Inside Sales Team Member

HORIZON FOREST PRODUCTS; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon Forest Products seeks a highly motivated inside sales professional to join our team. You will be generating leads, meeting sales goals, and collaborating with the Outside Sales Team to implement effective strategies.

Ideal candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong relationship-building abilities, and a detail-oriented approach to ensure accurate order processing and timely quotes.

Qualifications

• Establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with current customers and prospective customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to pass a background check and drug test.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with current customers and prospective customers
• Work with the Outside Sales Team to implement and execute effective sales strategies to drive sales
• Negotiates pricing with customers, prepares quotes and submits orders
• Collaborates with purchasing departments, Branch Leaders and other team members to ensure that orders are processed with accuracy and efficiency and that products are distributed properly
• Identifies and locates new customers through networking and cold calls
• Apply product knowledge to match products to the needs of the customers
• Gather information from customers on competing products
• Supplies leadership with oral and written reports on customer’s needs, problems, interests, competitive activities and potential for new products and services
• Keeping abreast of the latest industry developments

Skills

Sales skills

Organization

Customer relationships

Verbal and written comms

Background check/drug test

Job description

Horizon Forest Products is the distributor of Impressions Flooring Collection and offers customers over 75 years of industry experience and one of the most comprehensive inventories of pre-finished and unfinished hardwood flooring, floor equipment, abrasives, finishes, fasteners, and accessories in the mid-Atlantic and Texas region.

We are searching for a highly self-motivated, ambitious inside sales professional to join our team. You need to be enthusiastic while generating leads and meeting sales goals. This is your opportunity to make a huge impact on the company’s continued growth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with current customers and prospective customers
• Work with the Outside Sales Team to implement and execute effective sales strategies to drive sales
• Negotiates pricing with customers, prepares quotes and submits orders
• Collaborates with purchasing departments, Branch Leaders and other team members to ensure that orders are processed with accuracy and efficiency and that products are distributed properly
• Identifies and locates new customers through a variety of methods including networking and cold calls
• Apply product knowledge to match products to the needs of the customers
• Gathering information from customers on competing products
• Supplies leadership with oral and written reports on customer’s needs, problems, interests,

competitive activities and potential for new products and services

• Keeping abreast of the latest industry developments

Skills and Experience :

• Excellent sales and organizational skills
• High attention to detail
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to pass a background check and drug test