Summary Job title: Sales Support Job ID: 202549970001 Department: Newport - GES Location: ME-Newport Description Summary: Do you want to be part of a driven, growing team where you can make daily contributions to our continued success and to customer satisfaction? Come join CED and become an integral part of our sales team, finding solutions to unique supply chain and sales challenges daily. The purpose of this role is to work directly with our sales staff to support our customers while learning about our industry. As you gain product, operations, and customer service knowledge you will begin transitioning into an Inside Sales role where you will directly manage customer accounts. Reports to: Manager Minimum Qualifications: + Computer skills including Word and Excel. + Math skills that include calculating percentages, decimals, and multipliers. ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES: + Ability to work with a team. + Strong written and oral communication skills. + Detail-oriented, attentive. + Driven, assertive, motivated. Preferred Qualifications: Electrical industry knowledge preferred but not expected. Working Conditions: + This position operates in a professional office environment which may require sitting for extended periods. + Position requires routine use of office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, fax machines, filing cabinets Supervisory Responsibilities: No Essential Job Functions: + Gather and communicate product lead times and important production information from vendors to sales team and customers. + Analyze sales issues and come up with potential solutions and present to sales team and/or customers. + Ability to navigate computer system to answer questions, enter customer orders, credit memos and vendor purchase orders. + Be organized and consistent while multi-tasking. + Understand customer's needs and expectations. + Receive and forward customer and vendor feedback while making suggestions for improvement. + Desire to exceed expectations and earn trust and confidence in one's capabilities and performance. CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran Other Compensation: The following additional compensation may be applicable for this position: + Profit Sharing Benefits: Benefits available for this position are: + Insurance - Medical, Dental, Vision Care for full-time positions + Disability Insurance + Life Insurance + 401(k) + Paid Sick Leave + Paid Holidays + Paid Vacation + Health Savings Account (HSA) and matching + Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) + Teledoc + Paid Pregnancy & New Parent Leave