PAINTING ESTIMATOR 

• Do You Love Creating Win-Win Situations And Maximizing Your Time?
• Would You Enjoy Working In An Established and Stable Company?
• Are You Ready To Make The Money And Gain The Recognition You Deserve?

Then You Are Going To Love It Here!

PMV Custom Finishes (Portage, MI), an established and growing painting contracting company is now accepting applications for an interactive, people-oriented, and versatile individual to join our team.  You will be working with an involved owner and will feel comfortable with our small, supportive management team, and group of great employees. 

The Estimator position is a critical part of our company so it’s important that the person we choose will be a “fit” to our commitments and shared values.  If you are growth-minded, and want to be rewarded for your contribution to our community, please read on - or share this with someone you know.  

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Since 2001, we have provided great service while providing high-quality painting in homes and businesses in our area.  Our clients hire us for our high-end and decorative interior and exterior painting services.  The families we serve value quality and craftsmanship and they LOVE our polite, pleasant, reliable staff who communicate well and show up when we’re supposed to.  We’re not your typical painting contractor.  We value principles, care about the high quality of our work, and continuously learn how to improve our service. 

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Sales and Estimating

• Present clients with estimates, answer questions, overcome differences together, offer alternatives
• Identify areas where clients may need our other services and promote them
• Coordinate and participate in distributing marketing materials
• Consistently meet or exceed agreed-upon sales budgets and quotas and expected gross profit percentages
• Follow-up on leads persistently with a systematic approach
• Receive leads through company marketing channels and generate your own revenue streams
• Complete estimate appointment by providing a thorough inspection in order to produce the most accurate project estimates
• Complete precise and accurate estimates with organized notes and photos to produce detailed scope of work
• Evaluate and create additional work orders for jobs in progress

 Relationship Management

• Build trust, rapport, and a great relationship with all clients and prospective clients
• Maintain strong relationships by staying in touch with past customers using our systems
• Assist with and promote our marketing and social media efforts, including acquiring 5-star Google reviews, etc.
• Actively build professional relationships which lead to future business and business connections

 Administrative and Strategic

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records in our CRM and estimating software programs.
• Collaborate with Production Managers for smooth job handoff and team accountability for projects
• Debrief with Operations team to discuss job performance and celebrate or recalculate 
• Report all job-related and customer-related notes to the office to ensure everyone keeps the strong relationships you're forming
• Collaborate with Production Managers to assess workforce productivity, talent needs, suggested changes to estimating methods, etc.
• Regularly evaluate current production rates to ensure long-term accuracy
• Ensure estimates are produced using our production rates and generate the company-desired gross profit margins

 Continuing Education

• Continuously build technical painting knowledge to improve estimating accuracy
• Keep industry knowledge up to date to offer the best products and services for our clients
• Occasionally attend vendor events and trade organization events

 PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL: 

• Influential – you are good at affecting others’ actions, decisions, and opinions
• Customer Focused – you love anticipating and meeting or exceeding customer needs and expectations
• Resilient – you are skilled at quickly recovering from adversity
• Structured – you like following proven methods and a defined system for living
• Resourceful – you love practical results, ROI, maximizing time, energy, and resources

 REQUIREMENTS:

• 2+ years experience with in-home or home improvement sales required
• Bachelors degree in business, marketing, or psychology highly preferred, but not required
• Comfortable and willing to use current cloud-based computer and phone technology
• Ability to pass criminal background checks
• Current driver’s license and insurability

 SCHEDULE:

• Typical business hours with some flexibility.   Generally 8-5 Monday-Friday
• Mostly mobile working from various jobsites (80%).   Office, administrative work, and meetings (20%)
• Occasional, infrequent calls during evenings and weekends

 COMPENSATION:

• First year expected income of $ 65,000.  Third year expect income of $ 90,000.
• Employee health insurance, 100% paid by company
• Retirement - Simple IRA with 3% company match
• 10 PTO days and 6 paid holidays
• Company vehicle, fuel & expense card, laptop, phone

 TO APPLY:

• To arrange a confidential interview send your resume along with a cover letter explaining why you should be considered.  All resumes with cover letters will be personally reviewed by the owner.
• Visit our web site:  www.pmvcustomfinishes.com