Sales Associate - Engines

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is seeking an Entry level Sales Associate to provide internal support to the Account Managers on Sales, Purchasing and Brokering for an established customer base. This is a support role and is not doing sales.

Temp to Hire working on-site M-F 8-5 at a corporate office in Memphis, TN. Pay is $25.00/hr

Essential Functions

1. Provide daily Quoting, Selling, Sourcing and general Sales Support for Materials’ Sales Staff - ensuring customer (internal and external) requirements are met
2. Work with Sourcing and Repair team to dictate, create or follow up on Sales Order Repairs and/or purchase orders
3. Proactively seek solutions to challenges when alerting Materials’ Sales Account Managers to issues
4. Obtain market pricing and repair pricing from Materials’ Approved Suppliers as needed and load to Sourcing data base for full visibility
5. Develop and maintain customer and supplier relationships; Ensure speed of quote to execution/process of purchase order
6. Identify and understand Customers’ business decision-making process
7. Build solid relationships with Customers to generate revenue opportunities
8. Periodic customer visit or trade show attendance
9. Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness, and reliability; have a continuous improvement mindset
10. Meet sales targets set by management
11. Execute strategies in conjunction with internal sales leader to achieve company goals

Education/Experience

• Degree strongly preferred
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to handle multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Extraordinary attention to overall quality of the final product.
• Flexible, self-starting, and tenacious with an exceptional aptitude for dealing with ambiguity.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Able to travel internationally regularly, and at times, at short notice, as required