Sales Associate

Job Title: Sales Associate

Location: Illinois

Pay Rate: 36.00hr

Staffmark Workforce Solutions offers this exciting contract opportunity with a global leader in electronics, mobile devices and appliances located in Illinois.

Sales Associate

Top Skills:

• Microsoft Office
• Communication
• Attention to detail

Summary:

The main function of a sales associate is to sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. A typical sales associate is responsible for making buyers and purchasing agents interested in their merchandise, demonstrating their products and explaining how those products could benefit the customer, by reducing costs and/or increasing sales.

Responsibilities:

• Recommend products to customers, based on customers' needs and interests.
• Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders.
• Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties and delivery dates.
• Provide customers with product samples and catalogs.
• Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support.
• Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients and attending trade shows and conferences.
• Provide internal, cross-functional administrative support for the sales team
• Conduct daily administration, pricing, condition, PUMI submission
• Assist with NERP reporting
• Generate, prepare, manipulate and analyze standard and custom reports
• Contribute to research projects using various other data
• Assist in meeting group deadlines by facilitating processes, situations, and taking corrective action on issues
• Help with sales tool support
• Maintain and audit account assignments and territory accuracy
• Provide backup support to team members as needed
• Assist with event coordination (i.e. BG, NECO, NATM)
• Dacor Sales Ops
• Training sales teams
• New account setup support
• National account operations; claims, sales analysis
• Budget coordination/tracking for Dacor/Regional teams
• Ad Hoc projects as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing or equivalent training required.
• 5-7 years required.
• Verbal and written communication skills, negotiation skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Basic mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services.

Staffmark talent working with this client receive competitive compensation and a great benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K and Paid Time Off plus more!

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