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This individual will perform activities\nsuch as prospecting, leading sales opportunities, generating company awareness\nthrough association involvement, and other activities as required to generate\nsales.\nWho Are We\nThe\nGrounds Guys began with a single vision shared between 10 brothers. Originally,\nwe opened our doors as Sunshine Grounds Care in 1987. As time passed and more\nbrothers joined in the project, it became a widely recognized brand built on\nthe principles of excellent workmanship, customer satisfaction, and real care.\nThe\nGrounds Guys was transformed with help from The Dwyer Group in 2010, and since\nthen has exploded nationwide with more than 180 franchise locations around the\ncountry. Despite these exciting developments, our original vision for hard work\nand value has remained the same.\nSales Representative\nHigh Payoff Activities:\nThe Sales Representative will pursue and cultivate strong professional relationships with our\ncustomers by analyzing the market, identifying viable target clients, reaching\ndecision-makers, and intensely focusing on turning leads into accounts and\nsales. They will estimate and sell\nlandscape maintenance services to new and existing customers through base\ncontracted services and enhancements.\nThey will visit each client’s property to assess service\ndelivery vs. the SOW and customer expectations.\nThe Sales Representative will provide a detailed report to the\ncustomer and follow-up with each customer to ensure satisfaction with services. Maintain customer accounts.\nAdditional\nResponsibilities: \nDevelop sales strategies and help develop sales presentation materials. Deliver effective sales presentations in\nperson. Professionally conduct meetings\nwith clients. Plan and manage\nappointment schedules with office administrator. Maintain exceptional internal and external customer\ncommunication. Maintain accurate sales\ndocumentation. Maintain up-to-date\nknowledge of all products and services and stay current with market trends. Address\nclients' questions, comments, and concerns to ensure a high level of client\nsatisfaction.\nWage Range: Base Salary Plus Commission: 5 to 8% of Sales\nReports\nto: The Sales Representative will\nreport directly to the Owner.\nPreferred Skills, Experience &\nRequirements:\n·\nExtensive face-to-face selling experience in the\nGreen Industry\n·\nExperience managing multiple projects and able to\nmulti-task in a large territory\n·\nProficient with computer software programs including\nMS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)\n·\nExperience with a CRM tool (Salesforce) beneficial\n·\nProven track record of sales goal attainment in a\nlonger selling cycle environment\n·\nHighly competitive, positive, and results driven\nsales person\n·\nExcellent presentation skills\n·\nExcellent oral and written communication skills to\nbuild client and solution/value-based proposals\n·\nLandscape Design & Horticultural experience\npreferred\n·\nBachelor’s Degree or equivalent Landscape Industry\nwork experience preferred\n·\nCoach-able, trainable, and have a good personality\n·\nLocal knowledge and contacts in one or more market\nsegments preferred\n·\n3-5 years’ experience in the Landscape service\nindustry, Landscape design/build industry or similar industry with commercial\nLandscape contract sales desirable\nThe Grounds Guys are an Equal Opportunity Employer","description_format":"text","description_chars":3763,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T12:45:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":4,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.146,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":244,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:44","stale_co","ghost","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T13:22:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":31143,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2761702},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2761702"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fthe-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fthe-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fthe-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/the-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fthe-grounds-guys-landscape-sales-associate"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3680005}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"groundsguys.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3680005},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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