PADI has an immediate opening for a full-time Sales Consultant Bi-Lingual Spanish at their corporate headquarters in Rancho Santa Margarita. PADI offers its employees a competitive salary, excellent benefits, generous time off and a great working environment.

PADI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has been voted one of the Top Workplaces in Orange County, California in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

SUMMARY

The Sales Consultant is responsible for educating PADI members about the various features and benefits of PADI products and services and to solicit the sales of those products and services prescriptively.

Whoever wins the Sales Consultant role will work closely with the Regional Manager and will conduct Sales Consultation to profile potential new customers, determine customer business needs, design business development action plans and follow up on the delivery of products and services. They will work in conjunction with other PADI staff to address the concerns and needs of PADI members. They will also travel and participate in local consumer shows and visit stores in their assigned regions at least twice a year.

PADI’s ideal candidate for this position should possess the following experience and background:

Sales Skills:

–       Strong sales background with proven track record.

–       Ability to develop new business; identify and sell to customer needs; translate product features to benefits.

–       Possess good listening skills; be sensitive to customers; deliver effective presentations; negotiate well; use closing skills appropriately; continually develop sales skills.

–       Able to build customer confidence, increase customer satisfaction and set achievable customer expectations

–       Willing to assume responsibility for solving customer problems, meet commitments to customers, solicit opinions and ideas from customers and respond to internal customers.

Technical Skills:

–       PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Certification required with the desire to continue PADI dive educations.

–       PADI Instructor status or higher preferred.

–       Strong working knowledge of PADI Educational System.

–       Dive store owner, manager, or employee preferred.

General Skills:

–       High school diploma or general education degree (GED);

–       Some college preferred.

–       Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or technical procedures.

–       Ability to write reports and business correspondence.

–       Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

–       Spanish/Portuguese language skills (speaking, reading and writing) required.

–       Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions and percentages.

–       Professional phone manner.

–       Excellent organization skills.

–       Strong business writing skills.

–       Strong commitment to serve the goals and direction of PADI.

Computer skills; Excel, Microsoft Word, e-mail.

This position is located at PADI’s Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, California location. Relocation is not available for this position.

If you meet these requirements please e-mail your CV/resume & salary requirements to jobs@padi.com