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Customer Sales & Serv Rep

Applied Industrial Technologies · Texarkana, TX · 3 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, etc. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro: "Our company culture is friendly, fun with healthy competition and rewards. Applied Industrial Technologies offers integrity, inclusion, and career advancement. Individual contributors and ideas are encouraged and welcomed. We are hiring a full-time creative, resourceful customer service representative (CSR) in Texarkana, TX. In this role, you will provide professional and timely support to our sales team and customers. As a leading industrial distributor (and Fortune 1000 company), we realize we are only as strong as our dedicated team. Selling millions of industrial products to all types of customers takes special skill and that's where you come in. This position is onsite at our service center, part of a great team. Hours are 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Why join us? Applied is listed as one of the World’s Best Employers by Forbes for 2021. We have earned the Outstanding Employer Support award from the US Navy, are listed as #8 in the top 50 Industrial Distributors for 2025, and we are a GSA approved vendor. Applied has been fortunate to retain associates who have built long lasting careers. 25% of our U.S. team has 20+ years of service!" - Benefits: "Benefits In addition to competitive hourly pay, monthly, quarterly, and annual bonus opportunities, and all the benefits you’d expect from an industry leader (401K with company match, insurance, time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance, etc.) you will also enjoy: A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the countryProfessional development and trainingGreat work / life balanceTeam oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing" - What You’ll Do: "In our fast-paced team environment, you will partner with our customers and Account Manager to find products and services, solve customer needs, and build ongoing positive business relationships. Customer inquiries, quotes, order processing, expediting / returnsSourcing partsAssist in generating salesHelp in the stockroom as needed, deliver orders to customers as needed" - Qualifications: "1+ year customer service or inside sales. Industrial distribution or parts counter environment a plusAttention to detail, accuracy, ability to multitask, sense of humorWritten and verbal communication skills, including English grammarHigh school diploma or equivalentMust be able to lift up to 50 lbs.Valid driver's license & clean driving record (MVR)Candidates must be authorized to work in the US. We are not able to offer sponsorship of work visas for this position.This position is not eligible for relocation benefits and is expected to be performed on site.Basic computer skills including Excel" - Preferred Qualifications: "Hydraulic, bearings, or power transmission knowledgeMechanical aptitude" - Company description: "Founded in 1923, Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is a leading value-added distributor and technical solutions provider of industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies, and related maintenance supplies. Our leading brands, specialized services, and comprehensive knowledge serve MRO and OEM end users in virtually all industrial markets through our multi-channel capabilities that provide choice, convenience, and expertise. Applied Industrial Technologies is built on a philosophy that puts people first." - EEO boilerplate: remove. We need sections: About the role (maybe intro), Responsibilities (What You’ll Do), Requirements (Qualifications), Skills (maybe Preferred Qualifications?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Pay: posting mentions "competitive hourly pay" and "monthly, quarterly, and annual bonus opportunities". That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that detail. Schedule: "Hours are 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday." So Schedule section. Benefits: we have benefits description. About the role: maybe the intro paragraph describing role and company culture. Responsibilities: the "What You’ll Do" bullet list. Requirements: the Qualifications list (mandatory). Could also include "Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.", etc. Skills: maybe Preferred Qualifications (hydraulic knowledge, mechanical aptitude) and also "Basic computer skills including Excel" could be skill but it's in qualifications. We'll treat Preferred Qualifications as Skills. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We need to use

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      • . Need to parse the benefits paragraph. Benefits paragraph: "In addition to competitive hourly pay, monthly, quarterly, and annual bonus opportunities, and all the benefits you’d expect from an industry leader (401K with company match, insurance, time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance, etc.) you will also enjoy: A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the countryProfessional development and trainingGreat work / life balanceTeam oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing" We need to extract list items: - Competitive hourly pay - Monthly, quarterly, and annual bonus opportunities - 401K with company match - Insurance - Time off - Tuition reimbursement - Employee assistance - A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the country - Professional development and training - Great work / life balance - Team oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voice - Join a local team with company backing But note the phrase "A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the countryProfessional development and trainingGreat work / life balanceTeam oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing" seems to be a run-on list without punctuation. We need to split logically. Could treat each sentence after colon as separate items. The colon introduces a list: "A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the countryProfessional development and trainingGreat work / life balanceTeam oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing" It seems missing punctuation between items. We could split by capital letters after a period? There's a period after "process." then "Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing". Actually there is a period after "process." then "Customers can hear that in your voiceJoin a local team with company backing". No period after "voice". Might be a typo. We'll keep as one item? But better to split into logical items: "A LASTING CAREER – Career paths are available in sales, operations, or management throughout the country", "Professional development and training", "Great work / life balance", "Team oriented company culture where it’s called work for a reason but have fun in the process. Customers can hear that in your voice", "Join a local team with company backing". However the phrase "Customers can hear that in your voice" seems attached to previous. We'll keep as part of that item. We'll produce
        • for each. Responsibilities: "Customer inquiries, quotes, order processing, expediting / returnsSourcing partsAssist in generating salesHelp in the stockroom as needed, deliver orders to customers as needed". Also earlier sentence: "In our fast-paced team environment, you will partner with our customers and Account Manager to find products and services, solve customer needs, and build ongoing positive business relationships." So responsibilities list: partner with customers and Account Manager to find products/services, solve customer needs, build ongoing positive business relationships; customer inquiries, quotes, order processing, expediting/returns; sourcing parts; assist in generating sales; help in stockroom as needed; deliver orders to customers as needed. We'll make list items. Requirements (Qualifications): list items: - 1+ year customer service or inside sales - Industrial distribution or parts counter environment a plus - Attention to detail, accuracy, ability to multitask, sense of humor - Written and verbal communication skills, including English grammar - High school diploma or equivalent - Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. - Valid driver's license & clean driving record (MVR) - Candidates must be authorized to work in the US. We are not able to offer sponsorship of work visas for this position. - This position is not eligible for relocation benefits and is expected to be performed on site. - Basic computer skills including Excel We need to keep the sentences as is; some are long. We'll keep each as
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          with details. Schedule: Hours are 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. About the role: we need a prose paragraph summarizing role and company culture. We'll combine intro sentences: "Our company culture is friendly, fun with healthy competition and rewards. Applied Industrial Technologies offers integrity, inclusion, and career advancement. Individual contributors and ideas are encouraged and welcomed. We are hiring a full-time creative, resourceful customer service representative (CSR) in Texarkana, TX. In this role, you will provide professional and timely support to our sales team and customers. As a leading industrial distributor (and Fortune 1000 company), we realize we are only as strong as our dedicated team. Selling millions of industrial products to all types of customers takes special skill and that's where you come in. This position is onsite at our service center, part of a great team. Why join us? Applied is listed as one of the World’s Best Employers by Forbes for 2021. We have earned the Outstanding Employer Support award from the US Navy, are listed as #8 in the top 50 Industrial Distributors for 2025, and we are a GSA approved vendor. Applied has been fortunate to retain associates who have built long lasting careers. 25% of our U.S.

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