Senior Sales Support Specialist

About the position

The Senior Sales Support Specialist is a key position responsible for managing various aspects of sales support and coordination between different departments within the organization. The successful candidate will be a key point of contact for field sales and will play a vital role in ensuring ongoing success of the sales organization, efficient operations, and driving overall customer satisfaction and retention. This role requires both direct client interaction and working with internal stakeholders to navigate and address client service and support needs. This role will be focused on supporting key sales professionals (or entire regions/markets) and work closely with stakeholders in strategic accounts, marketing, and other functions as required based on the service or issue request from the sales teams. This position will work collaboratively with internal and external partners to develop new opportunities and improve business. This role is expected to adhere to all company policies and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Support field sales on a variety of tasks directly related to the sale and/or development of business.
• Review opportunities with sales, develop quotes, negotiate order conditions.
• Promptly turnaround all quoting requests in alignment with standard pricing.
• New Business Onboarding: review contracts, identify requirements, delegate to the appropriate business unit leads, and track deliverables.
• Pricing & Margin Management - assist in price increase implementations.
• Provide technical information related to manufacturing specifications, care and maintenance of product, delivery options, and warranties.
• Develop and maintain current knowledge and resources to answer questions regarding product availability, delivery schedule, vendor contact and line information, product information and specification, product selection, and substitutes.
• Resolve external sales questions promptly, typically by phone, email, text, or other necessary means either by determining answers on your own or escalating to appropriate division/regional resources or external vendors, as required.
• Promptly route/escalate potential or unresolved customer issues within established guidelines for appropriate follow-up and response.
• Provide knowledgeable answers to questions about products, pricing, and availability.
• Meet sales support metrics/expectations.
• Understand product limitations to adjust product portfolio and/or marketing materials to address inquiries and issues with best-in-class solutions.
• Provide knowledgeable follow-up and offer solutions to field sales and customer care team regarding requests and pricing.
• Identify customer and product data and analyze opportunity to expand the relationship.
• Generate and analyze reports on inventory performance, customer demand, and other relevant metrics.
• Use data insights to make informed decisions and drive improvements.
• Maintain and strengthen existing customer relationships through consistent communication, professionalism, and exceptional customer service.
• Attentively listen to customer feedback and questions to provide answers that are knowledgeable and insightful to encourage product sales and/or solutions.
• Ask probing questions to further understand the customer's needs and offering solutions.
• Function as a product expert and understand each customer's needs to provide real, effective solutions and deliver exceptional customer service.
• Maintain advanced awareness of all product knowledge information, promotions, and vendor training.
• Research and fully understand our product line and value proposition; utilize knowledge to match R.S. Hughes products to the unique needs of the customer.
• Collaborate with different team leaders of various disciplines as partners to meet technical and operational requirements of customer.
• Proactively identify and liaise with suppliers and fields sales to resolve potential issues related to backorders, shipping delays, etc.
• Communicate new business with appropriate internal teams to process order and create new inventory levels.
• Maintain advanced awareness of sales activity on company wide Sales & Marketing plans and initiatives.
• Regularly access real-time information to support sales queries regarding product inventory levels, shipments, pricing, order activity, etc.
• Maintains advanced knowledge of ERP system and maximize functionality to best serve our customers.
• Responsible for the maintenance of pricing records.
• Conducts observations, demonstration lessons/ best practices, provides feedback to employees.
• Train and mentor employees in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and ensure employees receive the appropriate training to effectively perform job duties.
• Coach employees to enhance, support and facilitate their individual development and growth.
• Proactively monitor and strive to maintain high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency.
• Identifies opportunities for sales process improvement.
• Perform various administrative tasks related to sales cycle.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in B2B customer service or phone-based sales support required.
• College degree or equivalent experience in industrial distribution or supply chain experience preferred.

Benefits

• Paid Time off
• Major medical, dental, vision
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Various supplemental benefit plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)