Sales Estimator
Automate your job search with Sonara.
Submit 10x as many applications with less effort than one manual application.1
Reclaim your time by letting our AI handle the grunt work of job searching.
We continuously scan millions of openings to find your top matches.
Overview
Job Description
Sales Estimator – Commercial & Multifamily
We’re seeking a driven, process-oriented Sales Estimator with a strong commercial painting background and the desire to grow into a sales-focused role. Candidates may come from estimating, project management, or sales within the commercial painting industry. The ideal candidate is hungry to win, coachable, and motivated to build a successful sales career—identifying new opportunities, building relationships, developing proposals, and turning prospects into profitable customers.
What You'll Do:
- Prospect and develop new business across multifamily, HOA, senior living, and commercial markets.
- Conduct site visits, assess project needs, and develop accurate scopes and estimates.
- Build relationships with decision-makers through networking, cold outreach, referrals, and in-person meetings.
- Prepare and present competitive proposals, negotiate pricing, and close new business.
- Manage opportunities through the full sales cycle while maintaining a strong, qualified pipeline.
- Partner with operations and estimating teams to ensure accurate pricing, scopes, and smooth project handoffs.
- Maintain accurate sales activity, pipeline, and customer information in the CRM.
- Develop long-term customer relationships to drive repeat and referral business.
What We're Looking For:
- 2+ years of proven success in estimating, project management, or B2B sales.
- Demonstrated experience generating your own leads through prospecting, networking, and relationship development.
- A relentless hunter mentality.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated, competitive, and driven to uncover new opportunities.
- Experience in commercial construction, repainting, facilities services, or related industries is a must.
- CRM experience preferred.
What Success Looks Like:
- Consistently generating qualified new opportunities and expanding the sales pipeline.
- Meeting or exceeding new business and revenue goals.
- Establishing long-term relationships with property managers, HOAs, commercial owners, and decision-makers.
- Effectively partnering with the estimating team to convert opportunities into profitable projects.
- Serving as a trusted representative of the company and its core values in every client interaction.
Automate your job search with Sonara.
Submit 10x as many applications with less effort than one manual application.
