Counter Sales Representative

Establishes or improves relationships with customers to better understand sales territory schedules and customer needs by phone and customer visits. Interviews customers in order to determine the appropriate product desired either by phone or at the company facility and records information into computer for product delivery. Warehouse responsibilities including: shipping receiving inventory control and order pulling.

What youll do:

• Communicate with customers by phone or in person to receive orders for products.
• Solicits sale of new or additional products.
• Practices good interpersonal relations using tact courtesy a positive attitude toward customers and co-workers pleasant telephone etiquette and a general attitude as a representative of goodwill on behalf of the company.
• Liaison between the customer and QED departments including credit purchasing warehouse outside sales and management.
• Determines make type and quality of merchandise desired by being familiar with products sold in the department by use vendor location in warehouse catalog and catalog number other reference materials and special selling points.
• Identifies and uses appropriate company and/or customer pricing systems.
• Make phone calls to regular and prospective customers to solicit orders.
• Describes or demonstrates product using samples or catalog and emphasizes salable features.
• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads.
• Provides oral and written quotations or estimates of prices terms and delivery for standard complex or non-standard merchandise.
• Prepares cash or charge sales tickets with required identification necessary information for customer merchandise price and sales tax status for processing shipment and delivery of merchandise in a timely manner. Follows up with any specific record-keeping requirements.
• Estimates date of delivery to customer based on knowledge of own firms delivery schedules.
• Purchases materials following approved purchasing procedures.
• Reviews complaints concerning billing or products sold referring complaints to designated departments for investigation and resolution.
• Prepares correspondence and reports necessary for business transactions.
• Recognize when special pricing is required and provide competitive pricing.
• Follow up on all quotations in an attempt to write the order or receive input for use in future quotations.
• Handles difficulties with customers with diplomacy and seeks assistance when needed to resolve customer order problems and complaints promptly.
• Acquires uses and continuously develops personal technical knowledge of general and specialty merchandise items to assist customers and other company personnel.
• Warehouse responsibilities: including: shipping receiving inventory control and order pulling.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned.

What youll bring:

• Ability to read analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals and technical procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from small groups of managers clients customers and the general public.
• Ability to perform math functions representative of the job such as; addition subtraction multiplication and division in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions decimals and metric scales; computing rate ratio and percentages and to draw and interpret bar graphs; calculating figures and amounts such as discounts interest commissions and proportions.
• Possess in depth knowledge of QED computer systems Microsoft Office etc.
• Must be a team player and abide by QEDs strong core values and beliefs.

Compensation: $20.00/Hour Counter Sales Monthly Commission

Schedule: 7:00am -4:00pm (Monday-Friday)

Location: Grand Junction CO