New Home Sales Trainee at Drees Homes

Overview

Drees Homes is a family-owned home building company with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we have taken care of our employees and our customers. It's why we rank as the 21st largest privately-owned builder in the country and have a track record of long-tenured employees. We're proud of being named a 2023 and 2024 U.S. Best Managed Company, a program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and we've been officially certified as a Great Place to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability and success.

Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees has operations in ten metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

Drees Homes is currently seeking a New Home Sales Trainee in our Washington DC Division This position will work specifically in the Stafford area. In this position, you will be training to be an on-site New Home Sales Representative. The Training Program will provide you with the tools and information you need to answer customer questions about products, financing, warranty, and construction. A major portion of this training will occur on site shadowing an experienced New Home Sales Representative in their model/sales office, learning how the new home sales process works. Once the training process is complete and you are ready to be a New Home Sales Representative, you will be 100% commission based in your new role.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understands and utilizes all sales forms, procedures, contracts, and policies

• Prospects for new clients and qualifies buyers
• Presents the company's products in a professional manner
• Successfully complete all sections of the Trainee Program Manual
• Displays a thorough knowledge of the company's product lines, subdivisions, and relative community facilities
• Greets all prospective customers as well as demonstrates the model home
• Ensures the model home site is well maintained and presentable

Knowledge and Skills:

• Energetic, self-motivated and customer-driven individual who approaches challenges with enthusiasm and a positive attitude

• Strong work ethic as well as results oriented

• Desire to succeed as well as to satisfy customers

• Excellent verbal and written communication proficiencies as well as presentation skills

• Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment

• Professional appearance

• Displays a friendly, enthusiastic and approachable manner

• Well organized, self-directed and dependable

• Self-motivated and eager to learn

Requirements:

• Proficient in the use of computer technology

• 1 -2 years prior successful sales (in retail or service environment a plus!) required
• 2-3 years prior customer service experience (in retail or service environment a plus!) required
• 2 year associate degree and/or 2 years of applicable experience preferred.
  

Weekend and evening hours required.

Competitive salary, bonus potential plus a comprehensive benefit package including profit sharing and 401(k) plans.