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BUNZL Sales Specialist in Romeoville, Illinois
Description
Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you’ll not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today, but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future.
At Bunzl, we know that our employees are our number one asset. We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude.
The Sales Support Specialist is responsible for performing and coordinating the day-to-day operational activities required to maintain service excellence for established accounts while promoting high satisfaction relationships with Bunzl sales & sales management. This role will help support the sales planning, reporting, and communications. This will include data analysis, sales reporting, market research, competitive analysis, planning, and sales process optimization. The role functions as a liaison between Sales and other departments in the company to address customer needs. This role is responsible for providing superior customer service levels in daily interactions with external and internal customers.
Responsibilities:
Produces weekly & monthly budget sales reporting and rolls up each week’s numbers to Sales Management. Assists in ad-hoc customer reporting and reviews
Produces margin enhancement reports and identifies areas of opportunity
Monitors the accuracy and efficient distribution of sales reports and external intelligence essential to the sales organization. Recommends revisions to existing reports or assists in the development of new reporting tools as needed
Provides demand planning and sourcing relevant details for forecast from sales.
Supports development of customer presentations and business reviews
Conducts online customer and market research to optimize lead generation & target lists
Produces overstock reporting and identification of customer opportunities
Develops and maintains customer hierarchy and contact lists
Internal system expert on supporting IT platforms.
Develops regional promotional flyers and product detail communications. Tracks sales contest and provides regular promotional tracing updates. Create and implement tools for optimizing promotion participation.
Provide a variety of general account, clerical and sales support functions including, return authorizations, price file updates, contract updates, quotations, product conversion updates.
Coordinates and facilitates sample process with customer, manufacturer, and sales team.
Requirements:
High School diploma required
Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience with customer service
Minimum of 2 years' experience in Sales support
Must be a go getter; able to work independently with minimal supervision
Must possess outstanding customer service skills and the ability to work in a team setting with a diverse group of employees, managers, and outside parties
Strong problem solving and analytical skills; recommends solutions, resolves problems, maintains a positive approach
So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.
Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.
Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match.
Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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