Commercial Playground Sales Representative – Build Community Through Recreational Design-Build Solutions
Company: Sureplay, a division of Picerno-Giordano Construction, LLC
Salary/Pay Rate: $70,000 – $90,000 per year, plus commission
Location: Kenilworth, NJ — hybrid role with travel throughout New Jersey
Job/Employment Type: Full-Time
Territory: New Jersey
Required License: Valid Driver’s License
Required Certifications: None required
Preferred / Provided Training: Certified Playground Safety Inspector training provided
Picerno-Giordano Construction / Sureplay is seeking a Commercial Playground Sales Representative to help grow our recreation product and playground sales throughout New Jersey.
This role is ideal for a relationship-driven sales professional who can work with municipalities, schools, daycares, hospitals, architects, engineers, contractors, and private organizations to bring parks, playgrounds, surfacing, shade structures, site furnishings, and recreation spaces to life.
You will manage a mix of long-cycle specification sales and faster-moving direct customer opportunities. Some conversations will be highly technical, involving architects, engineers, public bids, specifications, materials, and installation requirements. Others will involve helping a school, daycare, municipality, or private customer understand the best recreation solution for their space and budget.
During the initial training period, this role will require regular time in the Kenilworth office to learn our products, process, estimating workflow, CRM, and project approach. After training, the role will include a mix of office time, remote work, customer meetings, site visits, and travel throughout New Jersey.
Sureplay is a division/brand of Picerno-Giordano Construction, LLC, a New Jersey-based civil construction company specializing in parks, playgrounds, recreation spaces, surfacing, public-site improvements, and recreation products.
As a family business with decades of experience, we take pride in building high-quality public and private recreation spaces that communities use every day. We represent leading playground and recreation product manufacturers and provide customers with knowledgeable support from early concepts through project completion.
Learn more at: https://sureplayinternational....
- Prospect, develop, and manage sales opportunities throughout New Jersey for playgrounds, recreation equipment, surfacing, shade structures, site furnishings, and related products.
- Build relationships with municipalities, schools, daycares, hospitals, architects, engineers, contractors, developers, and private organizations.
- Identify new opportunities through networking, referrals, site visits, events, outreach, bid/specification tracking, and relationship development.
- Present product and recreation solutions to customers based on project goals, site conditions, budget, timeline, safety needs, and design intent.
- Support specification-driven sales by working with architects, engineers, and public-sector stakeholders to position products as equal or superior solutions.
- Learn and communicate technical product details, including materials, coatings, fasteners, footing requirements, surfacing, installation considerations, and compliance-related requirements.
- Visit customer sites to understand project needs, site conditions, layout considerations, and installation feasibility.
- Prepare and coordinate accurate quotes, proposals, product information, and project details with internal estimating and operations teams.
- Maintain strong follow-up throughout the sales lifecycle, from initial lead through quote, specification, bid, award, installation, and post-project relationship management.
- Use HubSpot CRM to track leads, customer communication, follow-ups, opportunities, and pipeline progress.
- Attend grand openings, industry events, networking opportunities, and project-related meetings when appropriate to strengthen customer relationships.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure customer expectations, pricing, product selections, timelines, and handoffs are clearly communicated.
- Complete Certified Playground Safety Inspector training within the first year to strengthen product and safety expertise.
- 2+ years of experience in B2B sales, territory sales, construction sales, product sales, account management, or client relations.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to communicate professionally with both technical and non-technical buyers.
- Ability to manage long-cycle sales opportunities, follow up consistently, and stay organized across multiple active prospects.
- Comfort learning technical product details and explaining them clearly to customers, architects, engineers, contractors, and municipal stakeholders.
- Ability to read basic site information, understand customer needs, and coordinate details with internal estimating, design, and operations teams.
- Strong presentation, communication, and follow-up skills.
- CRM discipline and willingness to maintain accurate records, notes, tasks, and pipeline updates.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel throughout New Jersey for customer meetings, site visits, events, and project-related appointments.
- Ability to work independently while staying closely aligned with the internal team.
- Experience selling into municipalities, schools, daycares, parks, recreation departments, public agencies, contractors, architects, or engineers.
- Experience with playground equipment, site furnishings, shade structures, surfacing, outdoor recreation products, building products, or construction materials.
- Familiarity with public bidding, specifications, municipal procurement, or architect/engineer-driven sales.
- Experience using HubSpot or another CRM platform.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Construction Management, Communications, or a related field.
- Existing relationships in New Jersey construction, municipal, education, parks, recreation, or A/E/C markets.
- $70,000 – $90,000 base salary, based on experience.
- Commission opportunity on product sales.
- 401(k) retirement savings program with 4% employer match.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid time off, including holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
- Paid training and professional development opportunities.
- Certified Playground Safety Inspector training provided.
- Technology package, including laptop, docking station, and dual monitors.
- Mileage, travel, and cell phone reimbursement.
- Supportive team environment with long-term growth potential.
- Full-time position.
- Initial training period requires regular in-office time in Kenilworth, NJ.
- After training, role includes a mix of office work, remote work, customer meetings, site visits, and local travel.
- Travel throughout New Jersey is required.
- Based in Kenilworth, NJ.
- Territory covers New Jersey.
- Customer meetings, site visits, and project-related travel required.
Sureplay a division of Picerno-Giordano Construction, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
