Associate Inside Sales Representative

Wesco • Westborough, MA

15h

About The Position

As an Associate Inside Sales Representative, 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.

Requirements

• High School Degree or Equivalent required
• 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%

Nice To Haves

• 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).

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees