About the role

  • Inside Sales Representative focusing on proactive selling techniques and customer satisfaction in Stuttgart, Germany. Collaborating with Outside Sales to meet goals and earn commission based on performance.

Responsibilities

  • Obtain orders via email and telephone calls, verify and enter items, transfer orders to fulfilment, explain stock-outs and expected delivery dates
  • Increase orders by suggesting related items, explaining features and checking the buying history of customers
  • Own, qualify and develop opportunities passed on from Marketing, Outside Sales and national accounts
  • Identify ways to continuously improve processes
  • Prepare, generate and follow up on verbal or written quotations to secure orders or determine reason for loss of order
  • Review open customer order reports and take action on open items, including those items that may be at risk in meeting the promised delivery dates of customers
  • Maintain distribution system backorder report, associated customer expediting report and notices, and customer notifications
  • Report industry trends, competitive pricing and customer feedback to Management

Requirements

  • High School degree or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Knowledge and experience of sales and sales administration; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills, however fully competent and productive professional contributor (2-4 years)
  • Familiar with Microsoft Office and ability to perform basic computer skills
  • Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Comfortable working in a team environment
  • Strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to prospect and market concepts to existing and potentially new accounts
  • Take action and solve a range of problems that may be difficult but are not typically complex
  • Identify and define problems and possible solutions independently; chooses among existing solutions
  • Ability to work independently with general supervision
  • Ability to travel: 0%-10%
  • Sales background from IT/Network/Electronics is preferred
  • German language proficiency level: business or higher (required).

Job title

Inside Sales Representative

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

€45,000 - €58,000 per year

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

Location requirements

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