Inside Sales Representative

Do you have a desire to help solve problems? Are you motivated and driven?

Do you want to be part of a company that is growing and excited about change?

Join the Simple Safety Solutions team as our new Inside Sales Rep in our Vancouver, WA office.

Who Are We?

Simple Safety Solutions supplies and installs engineered safety systems, associated safety supplies as well as testing and inspecting services. Located in Vancouver, WA Simple Safety Solutions primarily serve Oregon and Washington.

This role offers a platform for personal and professional growth and career development through training and continuous learning opportunities.

What Makes this Job Awesome?

The Inside Sales Representative will prove pivotal in the continued growth of Simple Safety Solutions expansion. Working directly with the General Manager you will have responsibility for developing new customers, cultivating and qualifying leads and closing new business. You will manage customer expectations from an inside sales and customer service perspective. This position requires a self‐directed, forward thinking, and energetic person who is results oriented and capable of professional and detailed follow through.

How Will You Do This?

• Receive and respond to inbound calls and emails from current and potential customers
• Place outbound sales calls to prospective customers to generate new business opportunities.
• Prepare and issue quotations for all product lines based on customer’s RFP
• Advise customers of potential fall protection solutions
• Utilize CRM tools to archive quotes, track pipeline progress, and create follow-up action items
• Follow‐up on leads and quotations as required/directed
• Utilize web‐based tools to track construction projects and create proactive leads
• Provide post-sale support to customers
• Develop, maintain, and grow customer relationships within assigned region
• Perform other tasks as requested by the General Manager or company directors

We Want to Hear from You If You Have:

• Minimum 2 year Engineering/Sales/Marketing degree or equivalent experience, preferred
• Previous experience in inside sales or technical discipline
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal
• Proactive mindset to recognize opportunities for lead generation and sales
• Self‐motivated, individual contributor and team player
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Technical “mindset” an advantage
• Able to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects

Individual characteristics

As the Inside Sales Representative, your attitude and aptitude are critical. Extensive experience is not required for the role, however the willingness and desire to learn new things will be a key factor in your success. Other important characteristics include:

• Team player
• Positive attitude
• Willingness to learn and grow
• Customer focused attitude
• Authentic communicator
• Organized and detail oriented

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, and filing cabinets.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and sit. The employee may occasionally stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The role may require occasional local travel to a construction site or clients facility where the employee must be able to lift, climb (including above average heights), move, pull and transport at least 25 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. maximum infrequently. At customer sites the employee may be required to wear personal protective equipment including steel toe boots, hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection and/or respirators.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Join our team and grow with us, there is a world of possibilities out there!

Simple Safety Solutions is an equal opportunity employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $49,920.00 - $56,160.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Shift:

• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Office

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person