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Sales Trainer (Merchant Services) Velocity Merchant Services- VMS - 2.9 Downers Grove, IL Job Details Full-time $50,000 - $64,000 a year 21 hours ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Qualifications Deal closing Sales training instructional design Curriculum design Sales coaching POS Prospecting Developing new training programs Time-based sales targets Financial services Business coaching Closing sales leads Teaching Full Job Description Sales Trainer — Onsite, Downers Grove IL Velocity Merchant Services is hiring an experienced Sales Trainer to coach our sales floor and ramp new reps fast. Onsite in Downers Grove (60515). About Us Velocity Merchant Services has helped small and mid-sized businesses run smarter since 1998 — payment processing, POS solutions, and the support that keeps merchants loyal for years. We've built a network of over 10,000 merchants on the back of a sales team that knows how to pick up the phone, build trust fast, and close. We're growing our floor, and we're looking for someone to make every rep on it sharper. The Role You'll own how our reps learn, ramp, and improve. You'll take new hires from day one to producing fast, and keep our veterans growing. This is hands-on coaching, not death-by-PowerPoint. If you can teach someone to handle an objection, read a merchant, and ask for the close — and you've done it in a real sales environment — we want to talk. What You'll Do Build and run onboarding that gets new reps producing in weeks, not months Coach the sales floor daily — call reviews, live role-play, and side-by-side feedback Sharpen product knowledge: payment processing, rates, POS systems (Clover and others), and how to position VMS against the competition Drill the fundamentals — prospecting, discovery, objection handling, and closing Partner with managers to spot where reps stall and fix it Develop training materials, scripts, and playbooks that get used Track ramp time, close rates, and rep performance, and adjust to the numbers What We're Looking For Proven experience training or coaching a sales team, ideally in a high-volume phone or floor environment A real sales background — you've carried a quota and closed Merchant services, payments, or financial services experience strongly preferred Ability to command a room and earn a rep's respect on day one Comfort with role-play, live coaching, and direct feedback Organized enough to build a curriculum, energetic enough to deliver it Nice to Have Familiarity with Salesforce or a comparable CRM Experience ramping reps in a commission-driven sales culture Compensation & Benefits Base salary: $50,000-$64,000, based on experience Monthly performance bonuses tied to your reps hitting quota and total floor production — when the team wins, you win 80% employer-paid health insurance 401(k) retirement plan Full-time, on-site at our Downers Grove office (60515)
Job Type:
Full-time Location:
Downers Grove, IL 60515 (on-site)
Pay:
$50,000.00 - $64,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k) Dental insurance Application Question(s): Do you have sales training experience? Ability to