Residential Painting Sales & Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Painting Plus is seeking a motivated, organized, and customer-focused **Residential Painting Sales & Project Manager** to help grow and manage our residential painting division. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys building relationships with homeowners, closing profitable work, and ensuring each project is completed with excellent quality and service.

This position is approximately **60% sales and 40% project management** and reports directly to the **Director of Residential Painting Services**. The ideal candidate combines strong in-home sales ability with the practical judgment and follow-through needed to manage residential painting projects from the initial appointment through final completion and payment.

What You’ll Do

Sales — Approximately 60%

- Meet with homeowners at scheduled appointments to evaluate their painting needs.
- Build trust, explain Painting Plus services, and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Measure and accurately estimate interior and exterior residential painting projects.
- Prepare and present clear, professional proposals.
- Consistently follow up on open estimates and maintain an active sales pipeline.
- Close profitable work while meeting company sales and gross-margin goals.
- Maintain accurate customer, proposal, follow-up, and sales information in the company CRM.
- Develop referral relationships and identify opportunities for repeat business.
- Represent Painting Plus professionally in customers’ homes and throughout the community.

Project Management — Approximately 40%

- Transition sold projects smoothly from sales into production.
- Confirm project scope, colors, products, schedules, access requirements, and customer expectations before work begins.
- Coordinate with field personnel, subcontractors, suppliers, and the Director of Residential Painting Services.
- Conduct project start-ups, progress checks, and final walkthroughs as needed.
- Monitor production, job quality, schedules, labor performance, materials, and project profitability.
- Communicate proactively with homeowners throughout the project.
- Identify and document additional work and prepare change orders when required.
- Resolve customer or field issues quickly and professionally.
- Ensure punch-list work is completed and assist with final approval, collection, and closeout.
- Help maintain a strong customer experience and generate positive reviews and referrals.

What We’re Looking For

- Proven success in residential painting, home-improvement, remodeling, roofing, windows, flooring, or other in-home sales is strongly preferred.
- Experience managing residential construction, painting, or home-service projects is preferred.
- Strong sales, relationship-building, presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.
- Ability to understand project scope, measurements, production requirements, and job costs.
- Excellent organization, follow-up, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable balancing sales appointments, customer communication, and active projects.
- Able to work independently while collaborating closely with field and office teams.
- Professional appearance and a customer-first attitude.
- Comfortable using estimating software, CRM systems, email, and mobile applications.
- Valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.

Compensation and Benefits

- Competitive base compensation
- Performance bonuses available for both sales results and project-management performance
- Company vehicle provided
- Company-provided technology and tools needed to perform the role
- Paid time off
- Opportunity to grow with an established painting contractor and expanding residential division

Performance Expectations

Success in this role will be measured using a balanced scorecard that may include:

- Residential sales volume
- Estimate close rate
- Gross-margin performance
- Speed and consistency of estimate follow-up
- Project schedule and budget performance
- Customer satisfaction, reviews, and referrals
- Change-order documentation and collection
- Job closeout and final-payment performance

Schedule and Work Environment

This is a full-time, field-based position serving homeowners throughout Northern Colorado. The position requires regular travel to estimates and active projects using the provided company vehicle. Some evening appointments may be necessary to accommodate homeowner schedules.

About Painting Plus

Painting Plus is a growing professional painting contractor serving residential and commercial customers. We are committed to dependable communication, quality craftsmanship, professional project management, and an excellent customer experience from the first appointment through final completion.

Apply

Please submit your resume and a brief explanation of your experience in residential painting, home-improvement sales, and/or project management. Candidates with a proven record of closing in-home sales and successfully managing customer projects are encouraged to apply.

Painting Plus is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

\nCompany Description

Looking for a detailed individual that has a positive attitude and works well with others. We have opportunities to advance.

Company Description

Looking for a detailed individual that has a positive attitude and works well with others. We have opportunities to advance.