VMI Tech/Sales Support
Airgas · Danville, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$25/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Title: VMI Tech/Sales Support (Open) Location: Danville, IL - Retail shop (but we don't repeat title)
- Pay: $25 per hour, eligible for OT.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday, no weekend work.
- Benefits: Comprehensive Family Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability insurance; support for parents: up to 14-week paid childbirth benefits; Future Security: 401(k) with company match, tuition assistance, paid holidays, vacation, sick time; Early Access: benefits start after 30 days.
- Also later benefits list: medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, life and AD&D, EAP, pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, paid holidays; 401k with company matching, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for dependents, Airgas Scholarship Program.
- Responsibilities: many bullet-like sentences. Let's extract duties:
"The VMI Tech/Outside Sales Support Specialist delivers and services key vending account customers and customer cabinets & storerooms relative to inventory of gases, consumables and safety products. Additionally, this position does basic troubleshooting and mechanical repairs as needed. This position focuses on servicing existing accounts throughout an assigned territory. This position will be cross trained to assist our Outside Sales team as needed. Delivery and replenishment to customers of various industrial products and vending machine or storeroom items. Performs basic troubleshooting and repairs mechanical vending systems as needed. Reviews manual stock levels of various inventories at multiple plant departments for reorder. Maintains dedicated branch inventory levels for proper replenishment. Tracks and turns in delivery tickets and consignment fill tickets. Fosters exceptional internal relationships by supporting the sales force and delivering professional, accurate quotes. Translates sales data and margin analysis, as well as usage reports, into actionable insights for account managers using SAP and BW (Business Warehouse) systems. Guides and streamlines special pricing and cost requests from the sales team. Provides comprehensive PSA management and contract review, coordinates sales deal pricing in PAW (Price Agreement Workbench), and works alongside account and district managers to implement effective pricing strategies. Prepares business reviews and performance metrics to help account managers shape successful sales strategies. Collaborates with the dispute workbench team to resolve customer pricing inquiries smoothly and efficiently. Other duties as assigned."
We can turn each sentence into items.
- Requirements: "Required Qualifications: Must be at least 21 years of age. High School Diploma or GED Required. Must have a valid US driver’s license. Minimum 2 years of experience in product distribution or inventory management. Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook). Effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Self-starter; self-motivated; operates with a sense of urgency; ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines."
- Preferred Qualifications: "Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Welding Technology or Sales preferred. Experience with welding and safety products or related industrial products a plus. Ability to operate a forklift. Prior Experience With SAP Order Entry Software Preferred."
- Skills: maybe combine required and preferred? But we can have a Skills section for things like Microsoft Office, communication, etc. However we already have Requirements and Qualifications sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have About the role? Could be a brief description: maybe the first paragraph about contributing and growing? Actually there is a line: "How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace..." That's more about company culture, not role. Could be About the role? Might be better to put a short paragraph summarizing role under About the role. But we must not invent filler. We have a description: "The VMI Tech/Outside Sales Support Specialist delivers and services..." That's more responsibilities. Could treat that as About the role? But we also have Responsibilities separate. Usually About the role is a brief overview. We could put the first two sentences as About the role: "The VMI Tech/Outside Sales Support Specialist delivers and services key vending account customers and customer cabinets & storerooms relative to inventory of gases, consumables and safety products. Additionally, this position does basic troubleshooting and mechanical repairs as needed." But that seems like responsibilities. However we can still include About the role with a short summary: maybe "The VMI Tech/Outside Sales Support Specialist supports vending account customers, performs inventory management, troubleshooting, and assists the sales team." That's derived from posting. Must not invent details; but we can paraphrase as long as we preserve substance. It's okay to rephrase.
We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. So we must cut those sections.
We need to include Pay and Schedule sections because they have specific content: Pay: $25 per hour, eligible for OT. Schedule: Monday-Friday, no weekend work.
Benefits: we have detailed benefits.
Qualifications: we have required and preferred.
Skills: maybe we can list specific skills: Microsoft Office, communication, SAP, forklift, etc. But we could also put those under Qualifications. However we have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We could treat Requirements as required qualifications, Qualifications as preferred qualifications. Or we could combine. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections.
Thus:
- About the role: short paragraph summarizing role.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: required qualifications (must be at least 21, HS diploma, driver's license, 2 years experience, MS Office, communication, self-starter).
- Qualifications: preferred qualifications (Associate/Bachelor degree, welding experience, forklift, SAP).
- Skills: maybe list specific skills like Microsoft Office, SAP, BW, PAW, forklift, communication, analytical, etc. But we might duplicate. Could instead put Skills as a list of competencies: effective verbal/written communication, presentation skills, self-starter, ability to work under pressure, etc. But those are already in Requirements. Might be okay to have Skills separate but we risk duplication. However we must preserve all substantive information; duplication is okay as long as we don't lose info. But better to avoid redundancy? Not prohibited. But we should aim for a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Having both Requirements and Qualifications and Skills may be thin. Perhaps we can combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we have headings allowed; we can choose to include only those with real content. We have content for Requirements (required) and Qualifications (preferred). That's two sections. Skills could be derived from both but might be thin. We could omit Skills if not enough distinct content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might omit Skills if it's not adding much beyond Requirements/Qualifications. However we have specific skills like SAP, BW, PAW, forklift, Microsoft Office that are not in Requirements (except MS Office). Those could go under Skills. But we could also put them under Qualifications (preferred). Actually SAP Order Entry Software is preferred qualification. So we could keep that under Qualifications. Forklift ability is also preferred. Welding experience preferred. So Qualifications covers those. Skills could be things like communication, presentation, self-starter, etc. Those are in Requirements. So Skills may be redundant. I'd omit Skills.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Check each for real content.
About the role: we need to write a short paragraph summarizing the role based on posting. Must not invent. We can take the first few sentences: "The VMI Tech/Outside Sales Support Specialist delivers and services key vending account customers and customer cabinets & storerooms relative to inventory of gases, consumables and safety products. Additionally, this position does basic troubleshooting and mechanical repairs as needed. This position focuses on servicing existing accounts throughout an assigned territory and will be cross trained to assist the Outside Sales team as needed." That's directly from posting. That's fine.
Responsibilities: list each duty as . We'll extract all duty sentences.
Let's list them:
- Delivers and services key vending account customers and customer cabinets & storerooms relative to inventory of gases, consumables and safety products.
- Performs basic troubleshooting and mechanical repairs as needed.
- Focuses on servicing existing accounts throughout an assigned territory.
- Cross trained to assist the Outside Sales team as needed.
- Delivery and replenishment to customers of various industrial products and vending machine or storeroom items.
- Performs basic troubleshooting and repairs mechanical vending systems as needed. (duplicate of earlier but okay)
- Reviews manual stock levels of various inventories at multiple plant departments for reorder.
- Maintains dedicated branch inventory levels for proper replenishment.
- Tracks and turns in delivery tickets and consignment fill tickets.
- Fosters exceptional internal relationships by supporting the sales force and delivering professional, accurate quotes.
- Translates sales data and margin analysis, as well as usage reports, into actionable insights for account managers using SAP and BW (Business Warehouse) systems.
- Guides and streamlines special pricing and cost requests from the sales team.
- Provides comprehensive PSA management and contract review, coordinates sales deal pricing in PAW (Price Agreement Workbench), and works alongside account and district managers to implement effective pricing strategies.
- Prepares business reviews and performance metrics to help account managers shape successful sales strategies.
- Collaborates with the dispute workbench team to resolve customer pricing inquiries smoothly and efficiently.
- Other duties as assigned.
We can combine similar items but keep substance.
Requirements (required qualifications):
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Must have a valid US driver’s license.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in product distribution or inventory management.
- Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Self-starter; self-motivated; operates with a sense of urgency; ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines.
Qualifications (preferred):
- Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Welding Technology or Sales preferred.
- Experience with welding and safety products or related industrial products a plus.
- Ability to operate a forklift.
- Prior Experience With SAP Order Entry Software Preferred.
Benefits: we need to list benefits as
- . Must include all substantive benefits mentioned. From first benefits paragraph: "Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance. Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families. Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time. Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment" Later benefits paragraph: "We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time