Inside Sales Specialist

SUMMARY:
This position is primarily responsible for selling corporate products to business and industrial establishments or individuals over the telephone by performing the following duties.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from ad inquiries, trade shows, direct mail responses, card deck leads, aged leads, bingos, dealer resellers, business directories, Internet Web sites, and other sources.
• Makes outbound lead follows-up calls to potential and existing customers by telephone and e-mail to qualify leads and sell products and services.
• Handles inbound sales lead calls to convert calls into sales.
• Overcomes technical and business objections of prospective customers.
• Provides product demos to qualified customers on request.
• Emphasizes salable features, quotes prices and credit terms, and prepares sales orders for orders obtained.
• Tracks stock levels.
• Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of own firm's production and delivery schedules.
• Coordinates customer training.
• Builds and maintains customers’ relationships.
• Prepares reports of business transactions.
• Enters new customer data and other sales data for current customers into computer database.
• Works with outside sales representatives to keep account activities and literature up to date.
• Investigates and resolves customer problems with deliveries.
• Travels to and attends trade shows.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Contact Management systems; Internet software; Inventory software; Manufacturing software; Order processing systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.