Outside Sales Associate

The Outside Sales Associate will exhibit a positive, friendly, and helpful attitude with customers, have the ability to manage and grow existing accounts, and pursue new business accounts.

About the role

• Selling, marketing, promoting, and demonstrating products.
• Increasing business by generating sales to new customers and by selling additional products to existing customers.
• Pursuing product applications by utilizing personal knowledge, internal specialists/resources, vendor representatives, and other available sources.
• Establishing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Learning and evaluating customer operations to aid in identifying customer objectives, requirements, and preferences.
• Processing product quotations in conjunction with inside sales counterparts and providing continuous follow-up throughout the completion of the customer's purchasing cycle.

Responsibilities

• Using industrial & electrical product knowledge to better communicate with customers.
• Using negotiating skills while understanding and using sales techniques needed to close orders.
• Preparing sales proposals that meet customer expectations.
• Making customer presentations.

Requirements

• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to drive decisions with influence.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with at least one sales area: Industrial, OEM, Automation, Lighting, Power Distribution, Commodities, Energy.
• Minimum 3 years of electrical distribution sales experience.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle and have a current driver's license and good driving record.

Qualifications

• Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and have a current driver's license and good driving record.

Skills

• Industrial & electrical product knowledge.
• Negotiation skills.
• Communication skills.
• Customer service skills.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan.
• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Paid Holidays.
• Vacation.
• Employee Negotiated Discounts.

Pay

Salary Plus Uncapped Commission.

Schedule

Full Time.