Sales Assistant (Sales)

The Sales Assistant is responsible for soliciting pricing and procurement of material for the Sales and Service groups. They will also prepare proposals to be sent to customers. This individual must be professional, dependable, and ready to endure a fast-paced environment with multiple requests and tight deadlines. The Sales Assistant will work closely with a variety of team members and will play a critical role in the process of seeing that customers are properly taken care of. It would be advantageous for the individual to be familiar with the HVAC industry in order to identify and successfully minimize potential project setbacks.

Essential Job Functions:

Serves as the point of contact for soliciting vendor pricing and material ordering for the Sales team as well as other team members.
Communication with our team is immensely important. This individual should be prompt and provide updates on pricing requests and material orders as needed.
Ensures proposals are submitted to customers in timely manner and follows up with customers appropriately.
The agent will evaluate our suppliers and develop an understanding of whom to contact when sourcing various material types and brands, while keeping price, product availability, and quality in mind.
Excellent organizational skills are a must in order to keep up with the high volume of requests from our team members.
Maintains excellent purchase records so the proper documentation is readily available for the corresponding project.
Communicates final proposal approvals to internal team.

Job Requirements

Be to work on time, this is an office position. Start time is 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday. This is not a remote work position.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suites.
Familiarity with the "HVAC" Industry is strongly preferred.
Minimum 5 years experience
CRM experience prefered

Skills and Abilities

Requires the ability to identify and prioritize the demands of our customer's needs.
Requires excellent time management skills.
Requires the ability to accept and implement change, we welcome new ideas.
Requires commitment to integrity and quality.
Requires excellent initiative and dependability.
Requires excellent interpersonal and communications skills - actively listens, probes, and identifies concerns.
Requires good organizational skills.
Requires a professional and positive demeanor.

Working Conditions

Work to be performed in an office and warehouse environment.
Must be able to lift "­­30" lbs. or ask for assistance as needed.
The individual will primarily be at a desk but will routinely walk, kneel, push, and pull as needed to verify material orders.

Salary
$25.00/Hour