WHO WE ARE?
Newton Nurseries is a firmly rooted company with over 40 years of solid experience in the green industry. We are a fast-growing wholesale nursery serving professional landscapers with the mission to help them thrive.
We supply them with a vast selection of premium trees, shrubs, flowers, bedding plants, hard-to-find plants, and associated landscape items while providing them with tools and programs that help them be more efficient and profitable.
Our strategically located nurseries are in the heart of Texas's metropolitan areas, providing an inviting atmosphere and a friendly team of expert professionals.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
This position is to be onsite at our Katy location.
We seek dynamic, customer-centric, result-oriented individuals enthusiastic about the green industry.
This team member will convert incoming leads into new customers, manage incoming calls to increase sales, and grow the assigned portfolio through calls, emails, chat, and deep customer knowledge, providing a first-in-class experience.
Our team members are outgoing, charismatic, and collaborative, with excellent communication skills in English and Spanish. They thrive in acquiring new customers, enriching relationships with current accounts, increasing customer loyalty, and retaining and winning back accounts.
WHAT WE OFFER
Newton Nurseries is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive compensation with a comprehensive benefits package and a career-building opportunity. We offer commissions based on monthly results.
We are committed to providing our employees with the training, tools, and support needed to succeed in this role in a fast-growing and changing environment.
Position Summary:
The Telemarketing Specialist will have an assigned client portfolio to reach via outbound calls and emails. The role is responsible for learning about clients' needs, growing their accounts, and retaining them.
This role will also answer incoming calls and provide clients with stock availability, product information, substitutions, specials, and promotions.
The Telemarketing Specialist will prepare quotes and close sales for our will-call and delivery channels, drive additional in-store sales, and enrich the customer information in every interaction.
This person will also speak with potential new customers, qualify them, and help them with the onboarding process to place their first orders with Newton Nurseries. Finally, this team member will replace the Inside Sales representative and need and collaborate in the nursery as requested by the Branch Manager.
This position is to be onsite at our Katy location.
Position Requirements:
- 2 years of inside sales experience, Telemarketing, or call center experience
- Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS)
- Superior communication skills in English and Spanish, both spoken and written
- Proven track record of achieving sales goals and cultivating relationships
- Proven ability to work with technological tools and digital channels
- Quick learner, curious, collaborative, and proactive with an eagerness to grow
- A go-getter, self-motivated, persistent individual with a high work ethic
- Adapts easily to change in a fast-growing organization
- Likes nature, plants, trees, gardening, and design
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32 – 42 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
Shift:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- No nights
Supplemental pay types:
Weekly day range:
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends
Work setting:
Experience:
- Telemarketing: 3 years (Preferred)
Language:
Ability to Relocate:
- Spring, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person