Sales Associate

$37,440 - $43,680/Yr

Beat The Bomb - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Entry Level

Charlotte, NC

About the position

The Sales Associate at Beat The Bomb will serve as the face and voice of the Event Sales team, responsible for delivering a premium experience to various groups, including corporate teams and birthday parties. This role involves managing the full sales cycle, from initial inquiries to closing sales and executing contracts, while ensuring excellent customer service and maximizing revenue for events.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service to clients, from initial inquiry through menu & event development, and negotiations.
• Respond to inquiries and leads via phone and email, ensuring all clients receive initial replies in an enthusiastic and timely manner.
• Maximize revenue for each event by offering comprehensive packages and upsell items in a thoughtful and compelling manner.
• Work with clients to gather all necessary information to ensure that you sell them on the appropriate experience.
• Process correspondence (internal & external), proposals, contracts, payments and BEOs accurately and in a timely manner.
• Attend local networking events, meetings, and conferences for lead generation.
• Provide tours of the location for potential clients.
• Support additional local marketing efforts such as local partnerships, influencer marketing, flyering and other 'guerrilla' marketing tactics.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in a related field - sales, guest relations, retail or hospitality, administrative or executive assistant roles.
• Highly self-motivated and hardworking with a hunger to learn, grow & win every day.
• Strong follow through with full ownership of the sales process from start to finish.
• Comfortable with software platforms.
• Detail oriented given work involves event planning, contracts and payment processing.
• Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Believes in and lives by the Beat The Bomb Values: Bring positivity, take responsibility, build the future, create the FUN.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Salesforce, TripleSeat or similar CRM platform.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay, Tip Pools and Monthly Bonus Pool
• Commission structure tiered at 1%, 3%, and 5% of everything you sell based on goals that are met.
• Paid time off: up to 5 days in year 1 and 10 days after 1st year
• 401k plan
• $500 Annual Learning Stipend for professional development
• Referral Bonuses
• Medical, dental and vision insurance (Full-time Only)
• HSA (Full-time only)
• Transit Benefits
• Life Insurance Benefit Options (Full-Time Only)
• Free fountain beverages and discounted meals (free for kitchen staff)
• An opportunity to advance or expand your career with company growth
• A chance to be a part of an exciting and fast-growing start up team
• Friends & family ticket discounts!