Hybrid Inside Sales Specialist – Tech Components & Solutions

Arrow Electronics; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401k with Matching Contributions

Short-Term/Long-Term Disability

Health Savings Account (HSA) Options

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Growth Opportunities

And more!

Job summary

Arrow Electronics in San Jose is seeking an IP&E Inside Sales Representative to manage account relationships, drive margins, and pursue value-added solutions across passive, electromechanical, and connector products. You will coordinate with suppliers and customers, support quote-to-order processes, and maintain POI and inventory integrity while negotiating pricing and terms.

Hybrid work arrangement with three days in the San Jose office and two from home, offering comprehensive benefits and

Qualifications

• 4-5 years’ experience in electronics distribution; experience in passive electronic component sales strongly preferred.
• Systems savvy, ability to adapt quickly. Proficiency in MS Office Suite, advanced Excel skills (XLookup, Macros, etc.) a plus.
• Ability to build influential relationships.
• The ability to work collaboratively with internal and external resources to generate results.
• Strong communication, negotiating, and organization skills.
• Strong customer service and sales skills.
• This role will perform work covered by International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Viable candidates for this position must be eligible for an export license or be a U.S. Person (which includes but is not limited to U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees).

Responsibilities

• Managing the overall account relationship by providing strategic service and support to the assigned customer base. Maximize margins, gain market share, and drive value-added solution selling.
• Working with internal and external resources, provide customer service, often facilitating work of others in quoting, fulfilling demand, ensuring on-time delivery of orders, providing engineering support, and troubleshooting other customer problems.
• Functioning as key liaison between suppliers and customers to build and establish long-term business partnerships for Arrow.
• Responsible for Sales Excellence through the development and management of customer strategy in assigned account territory.
• Sell and drive Solutions Selling within the approved account level strategy. Requires knowledge of the competitive landscape in the market and the ability to make sales decisions based on that information.
• Responsible for on-going Sales Support activities for the Order to Invoice process. Owns the customer interface for backend Quality processes: corrective actions, Field Quality Reports. Owns and Maintains Perfect Order Index (POI) and Inventory integrity to minimize write-offs/bill backs.
• Owns the customer interface for important Credit and Financial Information as well as coordination of all available resources and support functions.
• As owner of the overall customer Quote to Order sales objectives, set strategy for the quote process, coordinate resources and processing of customer quotations (Quote Center, Quote Cover Sheet, PM Views, Management, FSR, Suppliers, Value Add, and SSG), validate EOL and item class change (NCNR), negotiate pricing and Quote markup (owns strategy and application) and notify the customer of all/any price increases.
• This job profile requires the assignment and participation in a sales compensation plan. A portion of OTE will be variable and tied to specific sales-related goals as set forth by Arrow.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Advanced Excel

Relationship Building

Collaboration

Communication

Sales Skills

Tools

Excel (XLookup, Macros)

Job description

Arrow Electronics in San Jose is seeking an IP&E Inside Sales Representative to manage account relationships, drive margins, and pursue value-added solutions across passive, electromechanical, and connector products. You will coordinate with suppliers and customers, support quote-to-order processes, and maintain POI and inventory integrity while negotiating pricing and terms.

Hybrid work arrangement with three days in the San Jose office and two from home, offering comprehensive benefits and