Utility Specialist Representative - Inside Sales

Why You’ll Love EECOL

When you join EECOL, you become part of a global leader in business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain management solutions. We take pride in having an inclusive and family-like work environment. We provide a compensation package that offers competitive wages, flexible hours, excellent benefits, and a career you can be proud of. There are endless opportunities with our promote-within culture! 

What’s in it for You

• Permanent, full-time positions, Monday through Friday. Weekends and evenings are for friends, family, and fun, not work!


• Enjoy regular salary reviews and incentive opportunities.


• EECOL is not just a job, but a company where you can learn, develop, and build your career! All training provided. We promote within; excellent opportunities to advance along with educational assistance so you can pursue your career goals.


• A benefits package designed with your total well-being in mind including generous paid time off, comprehensive insurance options for you and your family, generous flex benefits, health & dental plan, disability, life insurance, vision care, and a retirement savings plan including Pension, RRSP and TFSA opportunities to save for the future!


• Enjoy a wide variety of perks including discounts on travel, vehicles, entertainment, shopping and many more.

As a Utility Specialist Representative - Inside Sales, you will interact with existing customers, primarily by phone and email, to increase sales of the Company's products and/or services by obtaining and up-selling orders, creating customer satisfaction and adding value to the customer's buying experience. You will collaborate with outside sales to ensure goals are being met.

Responsibilities:

• Obtain orders through email and telephone calls, verifies and enters items, transfers orders to fulfillment, explains stock-outs and expected delivery dates.  


• Increase orders by suggesting related items, explaining features, and checks customer’s buying history. 


• With guidance, owns, qualifies and develops opportunities passed from marketing, outside sales, and national accounts. 


• Prepare, generate, and follow up on verbal or written quotations to secure orders, or determine reason for loss of order. 


• Review open customer order reports and act on open items, including those items that may be at risk in meeting customer’s promised delivery date.  


• Maintain distribution system backorder report, associated customer expediting report and notices, and customer notification. 


• Report industry trends, competitive pricing and customer feedback to management. 

Qualifications:

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.


• Preferred knowledge and experience in sales and sales administration; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills, however still a productive professional contributor (0-2 years).


• Familiar with Microsoft Office, and ability to perform basic computer skills


• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously


• Ability to work in a team environment


• Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form


• Attention to detail


• Ability to prospect and market concepts to existing and potentially new accounts


• Ability to act and solve routine or standard problems


• Ability to identify and define problems and possible solutions independently; chooses among existing solutions


• Ability to work independently with supervision


• Ability to travel up to 25%

** This role includes the opportunity to earn commission in addition to base salary, with earnings tied to your individual sales performance.**

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