Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Work site environment
- Industrial/commercial (general)
Work setting
- Various locations
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Estimate costs of installing equipment
- Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, trade-in allowances, warranties and delivery dates
- Oversee the preparation of sales and orders
- Prepare sales or other contracts
- Promote sales to existing clients
- Read blueprints to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements
- Identify and solicit potential clients
- Assess client’s needs and resources to recommend the appropriate goods or services
- Develop reports and proposals to illustrate benefits from use of good or service
- Deliver sales presentations
- Use sales forecasting software
- Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties and delivery dates
- Provide input into product design where goods or services must be tailored to suit client's needs
- Consult with clients after sale to provide ongoing support
- Reach to clients after sale or signed contracts to provide ongoing support
- Review and adapt information regarding product innovations, competitors and market conditions
- Provide clients with presentations on the benefits and uses of goods or services
- Resolve product and service related problems
- Troubleshoot problems related to equipment
- Advertise and/or promote products, sales or services
- Provide customer service
Supervision
- No supervision responsibility
Experience and specialization
Type of product
- Industrial supplies
Computer and technology knowledge
- Electronic mail
- Spreadsheet
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- MS Office
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word