Inside Sales/Customer Service Representative
Role Overview
Supports Canadian operations by servicing an existing distributor base and working closely with the field sales team.
The representative coordinates with customers, other inside sales representatives, field sales, and mill contacts in purchasing, production, and logistics.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Supports Canadian operations by servicing an existing distributor base and working closely with the field sales team.
The representative coordinates with customers, other inside sales representatives, field sales, and mill contacts in purchasing, production, and logistics.
Primary duties
- Monitor distributor purchases, order accuracy, product needs, customer allocations, orders, pricing, and changes.
- Respond to distribution and OEM sales inquiries and quote product prices, availability, and lead times.
- Maintain current knowledge of pricing, margin lists, price changes, and manufacturing changes.
- Maintain call reports and coordinate organizational or plant resources to address customer needs.
- Follow up on claims with customers and collaborate with plants to resolve issues.
- Coordinate customer mill visits and hospitality.
Candidate qualifications
- Have 3–5 years of inside sales or customer service experience in manufacturing.
- Be bilingual in French and English, spoken and written.
- Be resourceful, meticulous, autonomous, and efficient.
- Understand panel specifications, including hardwood grades and 3-ply, line-by-line, MPX, and combi-core constructions.
- Be able to quote pricing, explore alternatives to secure sales, and complete order entry.
Workplace
- The candidate is required to work from the mill in St-Casimir, Quebec.
Compensation
- The stated salary range is 48–53k; no pay period or currency is specified.
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