Inside Sales - Instrumentation Products

Carotek; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Carotek, a SunSource company, invites an energetic Inside Sales professional to join our Instrumentation Inside Sales team at the Marietta, GA headquarters. This in-office role focuses on providing technical customer service, quoting products, and guiding customers through selection and substitutions.

You will work Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with occasional evenings or weekends as duties demand.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in business or engineering or related field is required or preferred.
• Three plus years experience in an Inside Sales role within the Industrial Fluid Process industry.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical drawings and electrical schematics; familiarity with technical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding service to customers and support to outside sales staff.
• Respond to technical questions by phone or email and identify appropriate products.
• Engage in discussions to determine correct product and advise substitutions when needed.
• Specify products based on customer application and design prerequisites.
• Coordinate with service technicians and managers on complex problems.
• Prepare detailed product quotations including price, discounts, and shipping charges.
• Inform customers about pricing, back orders, delivery, and order issues; provide tracking info.
• Collect purchase orders or credit card details from customers.
• Coordinate with Accounting to resolve invoicing discrepancies.
• Attend sales meetings to stay updated on product developments.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Technical reading & interpretation

Pricing calculation

Communication

Education

Associate’s degree (Business or Engineering)

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Prophet 21

Microsoft Office

Job description

Carotek, a SunSource company, provides process equipment solutions for the industrial, commercial and municipal markets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia. Carotek represents over 85 manufacturers as their process equipment distributor, representative, and repair center for pumps, blowers, heat exchangers, valves, instrumentation, IIoT, steam, hydronics and municipal products. www.carotek.com

Looking for a career in Inside Sales that involves providing technical customer service? Do you possess a mechanical aptitude, enjoy solving problems, and are a team player? Then this position may be for you as we are looking for an energetic, self-driven, technically inclined individual with a warm personality to join our Instrumentation Inside Sales team.

Responsibilities

• Providing outstanding service to our customers and support to the outside sales staff
• Answering telephone calls or responding to customer correspondence regarding technical questions on products or systems
• Engaging in technical discussions to obtain applicable information to identify correct product needed and advising customer on substitution or modification of product when replacement is necessary
• Selecting and specifying products based on customer application and design prerequisites
• Conferring and corresponding with service technicians, service managers or manufacturers to resolve unusual or complex technical problems or refer highly complex problems to Applications Specialist or Manager
• Supplying detailed product quotations by computing price, discount and shipping charges as required and within company guidelines
• Informing customer of pricing, back orders, delivery, delayed shipments and/or any other problems related to the order process and provide tracking information
• Obtaining purchase order number and/or credit card information from customer
• Conferring with Accounting to research and resolve invoicing or credit discrepancies
• Attending sales meetings or educational activities to stay up-to-date on the latest technical developments with the products

This is a full-time in-office position at our Marietta, GA headquarters. Hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Education and Experience

• Associate’s Degree (Bachelor’s preferred) from a Business or Engineering program. Other majors and experience will be considered.
• Three plus years experience working in an Inside Sales relatable position within the Industrial Fluid Process industry.

Preferred Attributes

• Working knowledge of electrical, pneumatics, mechanical assemblies, gauges, valves, instrumentation, steam traps and/or a very strong mechanical aptitude
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical drawings and electrical schematics and technical procedures, write reports and general business correspondence
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, commissions, proportions and percentages and the ability to convert standard measurement to metric
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.), Prophet 21.

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.