Sales Administrator
Allied Fire Protection · San Antonio, TX · 1 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
About the role
The Sales Administrator provides administrative and operational support to the Sales Team to improve customer service, streamline sales processes, and maximize sales opportunities. This position plays a key role in supporting sales activities through the effective use of ServiceTrade, Salesforce, and other company systems while ensuring timely communication with customers and internal departments.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the sales team to improve efficiency and responsiveness.
- Assist sales representatives with customer follow-up and general account support.
- Support collection efforts by coordinating with customers and internal accounting personnel regarding outstanding invoices.
- Serve as a liaison between customers, sales representatives, operations, and administrative departments to ensure timely communication and resolution of issues.
- Track customer requests, sales initiatives, and marketing activities to ensure timely completion and follow-up.
- Coordinate logistics for customer appreciation events, trade shows, networking events, lunch-and-learns, and other sales and marketing initiatives.
- Assist in preparing marketing materials, customer communications, registration lists, promotional items, and event documentation.
- Participate in off-site marketing events and industry trade shows to support the sales team, assist with event setup and logistics, engage with customers and prospects, and ensure accurate capture of leads and follow-up activities.
- Facilitate the inspection-to-deficiency sales process from report completion through proposal preparation.
- Download and organize inspection reports from BuildingReports.
- Review inspection reports and historical service information to assist with identifying repair opportunities.
- Research customer inspection and repair history to support proposal development.
- Assist with preparing material quotations and pricing for deficiency repairs.
- Coordinate with technicians, inspectors, and sales representatives to ensure complete and accurate proposal information.
- Monitor outstanding inspection reports and follow up to help ensure timely proposal delivery.
- Assist with customer setup and maintenance within ServiceTrade.
- Create, update, and maintain customer information, contacts, and service locations.
- Support job setup activities, including emergency service calls and Time & Material (T&M) work orders.
- Assist with preparing service proposals, inspection proposals, deficiency quotations, and contract renewals within ServiceTrade.
- Upload supporting documentation, drawings, inspection reports, and customer files.
- Ensure customer records remain accurate and current.
- Assist with monitoring proposal status and following up on pending approvals.
- Generate reports and provide administrative support for ServiceTrade workflows as requested.
- Create and maintain Salesforce records, including: Accounts Properties Opportunities Contacts Campaigns
- Support the creation, maintenance, and tracking of Salesforce Campaigns, including customer lists, campaign member updates, event tracking, and reporting.
- Assist with planning, organizing, and documenting marketing campaigns within Salesforce to ensure accurate reporting and lead attribution.
- Maintain accurate customer and prospect information.
- Update opportunity stages and sales activity as directed by the sales team.
- Perform routine data