Inside Sales Representative

Molex; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

Molex is seeking an Inside Sales Representative in Lisle, IL to support orders from inquiry to fulfillment and identify opportunities to grow business. You will liaise with sales, customer service, product management and supply chain to solve customer needs and drive results.

You will join Molex's Connected Enterprise Solutions team, collaborating with operations and marketing to deliver value and growth for customers in copper and fiber connectivity infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B sales experience or B2B sales administration.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel for organizing, analyzing, or reporting business information.
• Experience managing customer orders, quotations, and sales opportunities.
• Experience prospecting new business and expanding relationships with existing accounts.
• Experience coordinating customer needs across two or more business functions (sales, customer service, product management, supply chain).

Responsibilities

• Manage customer inquiries and inbound orders, coordinating accurate and timely fulfillment.
• Identify and develop sales opportunities generated through marketing initiatives, outside sales, national accounts, and customer interactions.
• Build customer relationships and identify relevant product opportunities based on customer needs and purchasing history.
• Prepare and follow up on quotations, convert opportunities into orders, and capture insights from lost opportunities.
• Monitor open orders and coordinate across internal teams to address delivery risks, resolve issues, and keep customers informed.
• Gather and communicate customer feedback, competitive pricing information, and industry insights to inform sales and business decisions.
• Identify and implement improvements that make sales processes and the customer experience more effective.

Skills

B2B sales

Excel

Orders & quotes

Prospecting

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Your Job

Inside Sales Representative

Location: Lisle, IL | Onsite

Are you energized by building customer relationships, solving problems, and turning opportunities into sales? As an Inside Sales Representative with Molex, you will play a central role in the customer experience, supporting orders from initial inquiry through fulfillment while identifying opportunities to grow existing and new business. You'll serve as a key connection point across sales, customer service, product management, and supply chain, bringing teams together to solve customer needs and turn opportunities into results.

Our Team

You will be part of Molex's Connected Enterprise Solutions business, a global leader in copper and fiber connectivity infrastructure that powers enterprise buildings, cloud platforms, AI applications, and hyperscale data centers. You'll join a lean, collaborative sales team where inside and outside sales partner closely with operations, marketing, product management, and supply chain. The team values initiative, continuous improvement, and delivering value for customers.

What You Will Do

• Manage customer inquiries and inbound orders, coordinating accurate and timely fulfillment.
• Identify and develop sales opportunities generated through marketing initiatives, outside sales, national accounts, and customer interactions.
• Build customer relationships and identify relevant product opportunities based on customer needs and purchasing history.
• Prepare and follow up on quotations, work to convert opportunities into orders, and capture insights from lost opportunities.
• Monitor open orders and coordinate across internal teams to address delivery risks, resolve issues, and keep customers informed.
• Gather and communicate customer feedback, competitive pricing information, and industry insights that can inform sales and business decisions.
• Identify and implement improvements that make sales processes and the customer experience more effective.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in Business-to-Business (B2B) sales and/or B2B sales administration.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to organize, analyze, or report business information.
• Experience managing customer orders, quotations, and/or sales opportunities.
• Experience prospecting new business and expanding relationships with existing accounts.
• Experience coordinating customer needs across two or more business functions, such as sales, customer service, product management, or supply chain.

What Will Put You Ahead

• 4 or more years of experience in B2B sales and/or B2B sales administration.
• Experience developing customer or distributor relationships that resulted in incremental business.
• Experience in using Salesforce or another Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
• Professional proficiency reading, writing, and speaking Spanish.
• Experience using artificial intelligence tools in a business environment.
• Experience with structured cabling, including copper and fiber solutions, and/or enterprise data center environments.
• Bachelor's degree or higher.

For this role, we anticipate paying $70,000 - $85,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Relocation benefits are not provided for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

At Molex, we offer you the opportunity to contribute to the development of electronic solutions that improve people's lives. We use our capabilities to transform the world by creating solutions for technology used in everyday products. From data communications to the home, automotive, industrial, consumer, medical and other markets, our products enable the technology that brings people together.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).