
Architect & Designer, Sales
Company Overview
Discover a career with Construction Resources and its family of brands — Bell Cabinets, UMI Stone/Opustone, Cancos Tile and Stone, The Jarrell Company, MVP Granite, and Ramos Marble and Granite, where craftsmanship and collaboration meet. For over 50 years, we’ve empowered designers, builders, and remodelers to turn visions into reality. Join a team that values problem-solving, people-first service, and excellence at every level.

Position Purpose
At Construction Resources and its affiliated companies, we are more than a distributor—we are a trusted partner to designers, builders, remodelers, and homeowners. For over 50 years, we’ve delivered integrated solutions that help turn ideas into reality across residential, multi-family, and commercial projects.
Our success is built on collaboration, craftsmanship, and a commitment to excellence. Whether you contribute on the design floor, in operations, or in the field, you’ll be part of a dedicated team that values people, quality, and continuous growth.
Our affiliated brands include Cancos, UMI/Opustone, and Bell Cabinetry.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The A & D Representative maintains and expands relationships with assigned account base customers, with intentions to maximize sales/profit for every account and most importantly to expand CR market penetration within the assigned area.
The A & D Representative represents the entire range of company products and services to assigned customers, while leading the customer account planning cycle and ensuring assigned customers’ needs and expectations are met by the company.
This position will be required to build and sustain productive relationships and partnerships with current customers and prospects to grow sales and to expand CR penetration with Designers, Architects and Builders’ segments.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts.
- Coordinates the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet account performance objectives and customers’ expectations.
- Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned accounts
- Proactively leads a joint company account planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period.
- Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates customer needs on an ongoing basis.
- Develops a sales action plan to service accounts with high growth potential, collect strategic “intel”, and develop leads from existing account base to better infiltrate designers, architects, and builder’s as potential customers.
- Participates actively with local professional organizations linked with CR’s tactics and strategies.
- Creates and executes specific plan to introduce and implement CR products in showrooms, A & D Representative accounts to create demand within the market. Expand Pompeii brand penetration assigning more displays to qualified customers/locations.
- Leads solution development efforts that best address customer needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company personnel.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Achieves assigned sales quota in designated strategic accounts.
- Meets assigned expectations for profitability.
- Achieves customer objectives defined by company management.
- Completes customer account plans that meet company standards.
- Closely coordinates company executive involvement with customer management.
- Works closely with Customer Service Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction and problem resolution
- Meets quarterly target expectations as far as CR- Display program once posted
- Visits every customer, with displays at least once per month, with mandatory report visits via email to Director of Sales.
- Strategizes, organizes assigned territory/region and plan sales calls weekly.
- Develops an action plan to approach designers, architects and builders, once fabricator leads are found during weekly visits.
- Promotes and executes product knowledge (PKs) at customer’s location and if possible, invite customers to visit one of CR’s branches.
- Actively participates and leverages branch events as ways to increase sales.
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree or proven track record of at least 10 years-experience in sales and marketing is required.
- Prefer knowledge and experience in the building material industry, in some capacity.
- Have the ability to develop a comprehensive understanding of CR’s competitors, including their capabilities, past competitive history, and can assist in developing a plan to beat them!
- Must be detail-oriented and highly organized with a hunter mentality in the approach to developing and executing strategic plans.
- Must have the skills to discover, create, and develop new opportunities.
- Requires excellent verbal communication and writing skills, but more importantly the desire, ability, and competitiveness to succeed.
- Minimum 50% Travel on a regional basis to cover territory.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:
- Communication Skills – Verbal Communication, Listening, Negotiation, Persuasion, Writing Skills
- Critical Thinking – Adaptable, Flexible, Problem Solving, Desire to Learn
- Positive Attitude – Cooperation, Courteous, Friendly, Honest, Respectful
- Teamwork – Collaborative, Team Player, Accept Feedback, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Skills
- Work Ethic – Drive or Will to Learn, Multi-tasking, Organization, Time management & Efficiency, Strategic Planning, Results Oriented
Pay Range
The pay range for this position is between 80000.00 – 90000.00 Salary*
Work Location
Onsite – These roles offer the opportunity to be part of a team at a specific physical location. Associates in these locations work in person at a local store, warehouse, or office, supporting daily operations and building strong relationships with their teams.
Building Location
500 Lordship Blvd
Stratford, CT
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Online Assessments
As part of our application process for this role, there is an online assessment that you will need to complete. You’ll be directed to the link to start the assessment immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the assessment link, you’ll have 96 hours to complete it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as needed during your 96-hour time frame. The assessment should only take about 20 minutes to complete.
During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about how you approach work and various other work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including: how you work as part of a team; whether you are responsible, dependable and thorough; and your ability to learn new skills. For Store/Merchandising roles we will ask a few additional questions around how you help customers and drive sales.
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here.
Benefits
Parental Leave
Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition
Profit-Sharing Bonuses
Merit increases and performance bonuses
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Home Depot stock at a 15% discount through payroll deductions
Retirement Plans
401(k) savings plan with company matching
Health & Wellness
Medical, dental, vision insurance plans and more
Tuition Reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement, scholarships, and discounted tuition rates
Paid Time Off Benefits
Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year. FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service. For positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only: Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater. For positions in Seattle only: Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.
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