Administrative Skills, Collective Bargaining, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Customer Relations, Customer Satisfaction, Customer/Client Research, Detail Oriented, Field Sales, High School Diploma, Identify Issues, Industry/Trade Analysis, Inside Sales, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Multitasking, National Sales, Order/Customer Fulfillment, Pricing, Purchasing/Procurement, Report Distribution, Revenue Growth, Risk, Sales, Sales Administration, Systems Maintenance, Team Player, Up-Selling, Willing to Travel
As an Associate Representative - Inside Sales, you will interact with existing customers, primarily by phone and email, to increase sales of the Company''s products and/or services by obtaining and up-selling orders, creating customer satisfaction and adding value to the customer''s buying experience. You will collaborate with outside sales to ensure goals are being met.
Responsibilities:
- Obtain orders through email and telephone calls, verifies and enters items, transfers orders to fulfillment, explains stock-outs and expected delivery dates.
- Increase orders by suggesting related items, explaining features, and checks customer's buying history.
- With guidance, owns, qualifies and develops opportunities passed from marketing, outside sales, and national accounts.
- Prepare, generate, and follow up on verbal or written quotations to secure orders, or determine reason for loss of order.
- Review open customer order reports and act on open items, including those items that may be at risk in meeting customer's promised delivery date.
- Maintain distribution system backorder report, associated customer expediting report and notices, and customer notification.
- Report industry trends, competitive pricing and customer feedback to management.
Qualifications:
- High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Preferred knowledge and experience in sales and sales administration; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills, however still a productive professional contributor (0-2 years).
- Familiar with Microsoft Office, and ability to perform basic computer skills
- Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prospect and market concepts to existing and potentially new accounts
- Ability to act and solve routine or standard problems
- Ability to identify and define problems and possible solutions independently; chooses among existing solutions
- Ability to work independently with supervision
- Ability to travel up to 25%
This role includes the opportunity to earn commission in addition to base salary, with earnings tied to your individual sales performance.
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This amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.
For eligible positions, compensation may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents. For certain sales roles, Wesco also offers a commission structure that provides additional compensation based on sales results, as defined by the applicable commission plan.
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.