
Bilingual Associate Specialist - Sales
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supports the sales process by working with various internal departments to coordinate selling opportunities for assigned Outside Sales Representatives.
- Schedules sales calls and deploys Field Technical Specialists (i.e. lighting, gear, automation, MRO specialists).
- Follows-up with sales representatives and technical specialists after customer visits, updating the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database and providing follow-up communication to internal and external customers.
- Provides sales team with data reports as needed.
- Provides pricing support to management and outside sales.
- Interacts with Inside Sales, suppliers, centers of excellence, and customers to ensure timely and accurate execution of projects.
- Participates in regularly scheduled meetings to measure progress of set objectives.
- Provides general administrative support to outside sales team.
- High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor's degree - Marketing, Business or relevant field preferred
- Must be bilingual in both English and French
- 0-2 years of inside or outside sales, project, business development or operations support experience
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Research skills
- Self-motivated and customer service oriented with ability to perform in a fast-paced, team environment
- Computers skills, including Microsoft Office
- Understanding of vertical market conditions
- Knowledge/understanding of inventory concepts and sales processes
- Ability to drive results-oriented activity
- Experience with CRM systems