Industrial Sales Representative

About Us:

With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 29 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 6 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 9 provinces.

What’s In It For You?

Scope of the Position:

Responsible for generating sales with existing customers and developing opportunities with new customers within assigned territory.

Major Responsibilities:

• Scheduling appointments and visiting existing customers to review product needs and determining other opportunities.

• Providing product quotes as required.
• Organizing and attending joint sales calls with Vendors.

Opening new accounts.

• Continuously updating customers on product changes and modifications.

• Providing solutions to customers’ problems.

• Attending Trade Shows and Conferences (if applicable).

• Product introduction of new releases.

• Liaising between customers and the company for up-to-date status of service, pricing and new product release launches.

• Preparing reports for marketing and sales and keeping expense accounts.

• Performing maintenance and updating of customers’ accounts including contact names for future sales.

• Keeping up to date on new products, services, procedures and tools by attending training and departmental meetings.

• Other duties as assigned.

Education & Training

• High School Diploma required.

• Post Secondary courses in Sales and/ or Marketing an asset.
• Product knowledge or industry experience an asset.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office required.

Experience:

• 1-3 years related experience.

• Product knowledge or industry experience preferred.

Benefits & Perks

We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits:

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Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.

Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

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