Junior Sales Representative - Global Trading Company (36106)

Activ8 Recruitment & Solutions; Fort Lee (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Benefits package

Job summary

Activ8 Recruitment & Solutions is seeking a Junior Sales Representative for their Fort Lee, NJ team. The role focuses on handling customer accounts, visiting clients, and developing suppliers with a commercial approach.

A bachelor’s degree or relevant experience is preferred, with 1–2 years of B2B outside sales experience being desirable. The position is full-time and offers a bonus opportunity with an excellent benefits package.

Qualifications

• Prefers to have a bachelor’s degree or relevant experience.
• Prefers to have 1–2 years of B2B outside sales experience.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Available for frequent business trips (more than 50% throughout year) to domestic and international.

Responsibilities

• Quote price and lead times through coordination with procurement department and pricing matrices.
• Generate sales and meet budgetary requirements in terms of volume and gross margins.
• Support sales and Management with forecasting information on customer activity and opportunities.
• Coordinate with logistics team for scheduling and follow-up of deliveries.
• Strengthen existing customer relationships and develop new ones.
• Conduct market analysis to monitor competitors and market evolution for the area.
• Provide accurate and informative market reports.
• Collaborate with project sales for knowledge of upcoming projects.
• Update the sales database and prepare sales reports for regional management.
• Establish sourcing strategies and suppliers for Steel and Metal.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

B2B outside sales

Team player

Initiative

Autonomous

Motivated

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Job description

A global trading company is seeking a Junior Sales Representative to join their team in Fort Lee, NJ. This position is responsible for customer accounts, handling customer enquiries in a timely manner through a commercial approach: visiting customers, developing new suppliers, establishing reports and advising customers. This is a full-time, permanent role comes with bonus opportunity, with excellent benefits package.

• Quote price and lead times through coordination with procurement department, internal resources and use of pricing matrices
• Responsible for generating sales and meeting budgetary requirements, in terms of both volume and gross margins
• Support sales and Management with forecasting information on the status of customer activity and future opportunities
• Responsible for liaising with the logistics team regarding scheduling and follow up of deliveries
• Strengthening existing customer relationships & developing new potential ones
• Marketing analysis: to monitor & evaluate the local competitors and follow the market evolution for the particular area
• Provide accurate and informative market reports
• Proper coordination with the dedicated member from the project sales team for better knowledge of the upcoming projects
• Responsible for updating the sales database, preparing sales reports as required by the management for that particular region
• Establishing new sourcing strategies and new suppliers for Steel and Metal.
• Other duties as assigned
• Prefers to have a bachelor’s degree or relevant experience
• Prefers to have 1~2 years of B2B outside sales experience
• Has strong personal skills, team player and capable of taking initiative and strong pleasant personality
• Autonomous, motivated, and able to handle on-time customer requirements
• Has a flexible mindset, enterprising, enthusiastic, willing to learn
• Available for frequent business trips (more than 50% throughout year) to domestic and international (North America, South America and Asia)
• Must have a valid driver's license and clean driving record