Outside Sales Rep - Commercial/OTR Tires | Seattle Metro

Purcell Tire and Service Centers

• $75K — $90K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of outside sales experience in commercial/OTR tires, truck parts, lubricants, or heavy equipment
  • Familiarity with cost-per-mile metrics relevant to fleet managers
  • Existing relationships with customers from Olympia to Bellingham are advantageous
  • Valid driver's license with a clean 3-year record (no DUIs)
  • Ability to pass background and drug screening

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage a protected sales territory
  • Engage in 95% face-to-face selling to commercial fleets and construction/logging companies
  • Develop a personalized route with 5-8 customer stops per day
  • Manage inventory effectively to prevent margin loss
  • Serve as a trusted technical resource for customers
  • Demonstrate knowledge of DOT codes, load ranges, and tire wear patterns
  • Engage in proactive hunting for new business opportunities

Benefits

  • Guaranteed salary of $75k-$90k with uncapped commission potential
  • Realistic earnings of $150k-$220k based on performance
  • Minimum of 10 warm accounts provided on day one
  • Company vehicle, gas card, iPad, and phone included
  • No mileage logs required for travel
  • Protected accounts to ensure stable business
  • Home every night with occasional weekend fleet checks
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and 401k match options
  • Paid time off (PTO)
Full Job Description
What You'll Do:

- Own a protected territory

- 95% face-to-face selling to commercial fleets, construction, and logging outfits

- Build your own route: 5-8 stops/day

- Move inventory, push programs, and aged stock before it kills margin

- Be the technical resource customers trust

- Know DOT codes, load range, wear patterns

- If you can't talk shop, this might not be for you

What You Bring:

You already know the customers from Olympia to Bellingham

- 2+ years outside sales in commercial/OTR tires, truck parts, lubricants, or heavy equip

- You understand why a fleet manager cares about cost-per-mile, not just price-per-tire

- Book of business is a plus, but not required

- Valid driver's license + 3-year clean record (no DUIs)

- Ability to pass background and drug screen

What We Bring:

- $75k-$90k guarantee, with uncapped commission

- $150k-$220k realistic - Top rep last year W-2'd $500k

- We'll give you min 10 warm accounts on day 1, but your paycheck comes from hunting

- Company truck + gas card + ipad + phone

- No mileage logs

- Protected accounts

- Real inventory + allocation. If we say we have it, we have it

- Home every night. Occasional weekend fleet checks, otherwise M-F

- Medical, dental, 401k match, PTO

The tire business is small - Reputation matters. If you're the rep customers actually want to see, let's talk. If you're looking for an "order-taking" route, this isn't it.

Salary Description

$75k-$90k guaranteed

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