Sales Support Specialist

Texcan; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Career path

Job summary

Texcan, a leading distributor of wire and cable in Canada, is seeking a Sales Support Specialist to back the Director of Sales and the sales team. The role focuses on admin, operations and project coordination for customer projects and initiatives.

You will manage documentation, contracts, quotations, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and alignment with customer requirements; a professional and organized mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Post-Secondary diploma or degree in Business Administration, Commerce or similar.
• Extremely detailed and organized, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Competitive salary with benefits including medical, dental, vision and RRSP matching.
• Extremely detail oriented and excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit proposals and supporting documents in customer quoting portals
• Provide administrative assistance to Sales Representatives and ensure all documentation is properly executed and deadlines are met
• Collaborate with various departments to ensure project goals are met
• Manage contract milestone activities, and close-out activities
• Act as a liaison and coordinator amongst key stakeholders
• Organize and maintain contract related hard copies and digital records
• Order entry and management
• Coordinate with logistics, warehouse, and customer to arrange delivery of product
• Analysis of costing and selling spreadsheets
• Track orders to ensure delivery times are met
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Organization

Detail orientation

Deadline management

Team player

Education

Post-Secondary diploma or degree in Business Administration, Commerce or similar

Job description

Texcan provides customers with high quality wire and cable products at the best value possible. As one of Canada’s largest distributor for over 45 years, we have built a reputation for going to great lengths for our customers. We supply solutions for a variety of different markets in residential, commercial, industrial and emerging green markets such as wind farms, solar energy, hydroelectric, water and waste treatments.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 6 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 9 provinces.

To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

What's In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• Be part of an ISO certified company with a strong a quality assurance program and new technologies which help you perform at your best.
• Attractive compensation with benefits and “other perks” such as tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Referral provides the opportunity to earn more while you work by referring one of the best you know.
• In-depth process and product training provided by a mentored approach, product knowledge sessions hosted by the Product Manager and lunch and learn meetings.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.

Scope of Position:

The Sales Support Specialist provides administrative, operational, and project coordination support to the Director of Sales and Sales team for customer projects and sales initiatives.

This position is responsible for managing project documentation, coordinating contract and order activities, supporting quotation submissions, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and according to customer requirements.

The role contributes to customer satisfaction and project success by ensuring accurate information flow, effective communication, timely order fulfillment, and proactive tracking of project milestones and deliveries

Major Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit proposals and supporting documents in customer quoting portals
• Provide administrative assistance to Sales Representatives and ensure all documentation is properly executed and deadlines are met
• Collaborate with various departments to make sure project goals are met
• Manage contract milestone activities, and close-out activities
• Act as a liaison and coordinator amongst key stakeholders
• Organize and maintain contract related hard copies and digital records
• Order entry and management
• Coordinate with logistics, warehouse, and customer to arrange delivery of product
• Analysis of costing and selling spreadsheets
• Track orders to ensure delivery times are met
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Training

• An extremely high professional approach to business
• Well organized and extremely detail oriented
• Works well with tight deadlines
• Team player
• Post-Secondary diploma or degree in Business Administration, Commerce or similar.
• We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:
• Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
• Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
• Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

To explore and learn more about Texcan, please visit www.texcan.com.

Watch our employee videos on our new careers page: https://www.texcan.com/careers

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Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

This commitment is tangible in our detailed Global CSR report, to learn more please visit https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/sustainability.

Sonepar has been recognized as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times’ 2024 Diversity Leaders ranking and was awarded GEEIS Certification in 2022. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates. We believe in creating a work environment where everyone can feel safe, use their voice, and know that they belong. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is a central focus of our global, strategic impact plan. We value diversity and inclusion in the workplace because it allows us to better meet the needs of the communities we serve. It helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and it’s essential to our success as an organization. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, disability status, gender identity, veteran status or any other aspect which makes them unique are encouraged to apply.

For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit https://www.sonepar.com/en/commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.

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