Counter Technician

SunSource • Fitchburg, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Hope Group, A SunSource Company, is New England’s leading provider of fluid power and motion control solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and MROs. The Hope Group has over 100,000 square feet of warehousing, fabrication, and administration facilities to complement its manufacturing capacity. We’re more than a parts distributor. Our customers rely on us to help identify and solve the efficiency and productivity challenges they face. www.thehopegroup.com

Requirements

• Customer servicing
• Order editing
• Pricing
• Writing
• Data entry
• Expediting
• Knowledge of connector products, industrial products and fluid power products
• Ability to check identification of parts and assemblies
• Ability to price following established practice
• Ability to refer questionable situations to supervisor
• Ability to contact customer for additional information
• Ability to provide application assistance
• Ability to make recommendations relative to products and services
• Ability to make custom hose and tubing assemblies
• Ability to enter orders into computer
• Ability to obtain pricing, delivery and other information
• Ability to work with supervisor on complex orders
• Ability to check customer orders against quotations
• Ability to receive, pick and ship orders
• Ability to wait on customers at counter
• Ability to investigate customer inquiries and complaints
• Ability to supply information and initiate action to resolve issues
• Ability to coordinate activities with outside sales force, fabrication department or other company personnel
• Ability to provide leads to outside salespersons
• Ability to keep sales force informed
• Ability to perform cycle counting daily
• Ability to record counts
• Ability to resolve count deviations
• Ability to update system
• Ability to monitor and check physical inventories against computer
• Ability to maintain sales, account and cost records
• Ability to prepare reports
• Ability to maintain product literature
• Ability to obtain technical information from manufacturers
• Ability to travel to other locations
• Ability to support The Hope Group Business Management System [BMS] procedures and work instructions
• Ability to follow established processes
• Ability to support continual improvement

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of customer servicing, order editing, pricing, writing, data entry, expediting and other similar duties, mainly those pertaining to a variety of connector products, industrial products and fluid power products.
• Receive and review inquiries and orders, check to ensure correct identification of parts and assemblies required; price following established practice from records available or in conjunction with supervisor. Refer questionable situations, items to supervisor or others for identification or additional information. Contact customer as necessary to obtain additional information required.
• Provide application assistance and make recommendations relative to our products and services. Make custom hose and tubing assemblies for customers while they wait.
• Enter orders into computer; provide all pertinent data and information. Obtain pricing, delivery and other information to finalize order with customer. Work with supervisor on more complex or major order situations to prepare pricing or quotations. Check customer orders against any quotation made, edit, write and enter into computer. Receive, pick and ship all orders. Wait on customers at counter, make hose assemblies.
• Receive and investigate customer inquiries and complaints regarding deliveries, price or other matters. Supply information, initiate action and resolve within established practice. Refer policy matters to supervisor. Coordinate activities with outside sales force, fabrication department or other company personnel.
• Provide leads to outside salespersons for new customers, major projects, product application, etc. Keep sales force and others informed on matters affecting their operations.
• Perform cycle counting daily, record counts, resolve count deviations, and update system. Entire inventory is to be counted twice within a fiscal year. Monitor and check physical inventories against computer.
• Maintain pertinent sales, account and cost records; prepare various reports as instructed. Maintain product literature and obtain technical information from manufacturers as necessary.
• Travel – The Hope Group operated multiple facilities throughout the New England area. From time to time out employees will be required to travel to other locations. Examples of required travel may include, but are not limited to, company events, conferences, open houses, training, orientation, and coverage for labor shortages. When travel to other locations is required, employees will be reimbursed for the use of personal vehicles as detailed in the Travel Reimbursement Policy from in The Hope Group Business Management System [BMS].
• Support The Hope Group Business Management System [BMS] procedures and work instructions by following established processes and supporting their continual improvement.
• Perform other similar or related duties as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed