Inside Sales Representative
About the role
The Inside Sales Representative will be based in Marietta, GA and will be part of the Mayer team at Rexel USA. This role is responsible for driving sales through proactive telephone and email interactions, product knowledge, and customer relationship management.
Responsibilities
- Process telephone orders by quoting product prices, delivery specifications, and payment terms and by offering substitute products where appropriate
- Aid outside sales personnel by processing priority transactions
- Utilize company digital tools to sell, market, promote, demonstrate products, answer technical questions, and increase business through product sales to new customers and through additional sales to existing customers
- Pursue product applications utilizing personal knowledge, internal specialists or other internal resources, vendor representatives and other available sources
- Manage a defined customer base and establish and maintain customer relationships
- Close orders and resolve customer issues promptly using root-cause analysis
- Gather and report to management information regarding the company, competitors, pricing, products, and current and future market trends
- Participate in product meetings, product and process seminars and product training to enhance and maintain personal and product knowledge
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 2+ years of customer service, sales, or electrical distribution experience
- High School or GED
- Ability to handle basic/intermediate issues and problems
- Basic/intermediate product and application knowledge essential
- Positive, friendly, and helpful attitude with customers and sensitivity to their needs
- Customer oriented and motivated with excellent communication, presentation, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent negotiation skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to drive decisions with influence
- Highly self-motivated
- Familiar with Microsoft Office as well as relevant ERP systems and Customer Relation Management Tools (CRM)
- The ability to work overtime as needed
Additional Information
- Physical Demands: Sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, climb or balance, talk, hear, taste, smell, up to 10 pounds frequently, up to 25 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds occasionally, exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment, exposed to potentially dangerous equipment, travels to offsite locations occasionally
- Working Environment: Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and/or exposure to heat and cold, occasionally, handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment, occasionally, travels to offsite locations, occasionally
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401K with Employer Match
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Paid company holidays plus flexible personal days per year
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health & Wellness Programs
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- HSA Accounts
- Commuter Transit Benefits
- Additional Optional Insurance such as Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Home and Auto Insurance
- Employee Discount Programs
- Professional Training & Development Programs
- Career Advancement Opportunities – We like to promote from within
Company
Rexel USA is one of the largest distributors of electrical products, data communication, wireless communication and related supplies in the United States. Rexel USA operates its electrical distribution business in the United States through eight Regions that go to market under various banner and trade names, including Rexel, Rexel Automation, Gexpro, Mayer, Talley and Platt Electric Supply. In addition to an online store, Rexel USA has a distribution network of over 460 warehouse storefront locations throughout the U.S.