Inside Sales - National Security Accounts

As an Inside Sales Representative for the National Security Accounts division, 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 focus on proactive selling techniques to add business or expand current book of accounts. You will collaborate with outside sales to ensure goals are being met.

Responsibilities

• Reports industry trends, competitive pricing and customer feedback to management.
• Obtains orders through email and telephone calls, verifies and enters items, transfers orders to fulfillment, explains stock-outs and expected delivery dates.
• Owns, qualifies and develops opportunities passed from marketing, outside sales, and national accounts.
• Prepares, generates, and follows up on verbal or written quotations to secure orders, or determine reason for loss of order.
• Identifies ways for continuous improvement of processes.
• Increases orders by suggesting related items, explaining features, and checks customer’s buying history.
• Reviews open customer order reports and takes action on open items, including those items that may be at risk in meeting customer’s promised delivery date.
• Maintains distribution system backorder report, associated customer expediting report and notices, and customer notification.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form.
• Ability to take action and solve a range of problems that may be difficult but are not typically complex.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to prospect and market concepts to existing and potentially new accounts.
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, and ability to perform basic computer skills.
• Ability to work independently with general supervision.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelors’ degree preferred
• Ability to identify and define problems and possible solutions independently; chooses among existing solutions.
• Ability to work in team environment.
• Requires knowledge and experience in sales and sales administration; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills, however fully competent and productive professional contributor (2-4 years).

Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

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Organization

At Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Wesco offers a best-in-class product and services portfolio of Electrical and Electronic Solutions, Communications and Security Solutions and Utility and Broadband Solutions. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for thousands of customers worldwide. With millions of products, end-to-end supply chain services and leading digital capabilities, Wesco provides innovative solutions to meet customer needs across commercial and industrial businesses, contractors, government agencies, institutions, telecommunications providers and utilities. Wesco operates approximately 800 branches, warehouses and sales offices in more than 50 countries, providing a local presence for customers and a global network to serve multi-location businesses and multi-national corporations.

Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. Wesco is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Be You, Be the Difference, Be your Best!

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company.