Inside Sales Representative - Manufacturing & Metals

Description

Build a Career in Industrial Sales
 

Specialty Metals Corporation is looking for an Inside Sales Representative to join our team in Kent, Washington.
 

This is not a call-center or commission-only sales position. Our sales team works directly with customers on projects, helping turn drawings, specifications and material requirements into quotes and finished orders.
 

Previous metals experience is helpful, but it is not required. If you have experience in sales, account management, industrial distribution, manufacturing, construction supply, estimating, customer service, or another technical customer-facing role, we want to hear from you.
 

We'll teach the right person our materials, equipment and manufacturing processes.
 

Specialty Metals has served customers throughout the Pacific Northwest since 1981. We supply carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel alloys and other specialty metals while also providing in-house processing and fabrication including laser cutting, waterjet cutting, shearing, forming, machining and welding.
 

What You'll Do
 

As an Inside Sales Representative, you'll work directly with customers as well as our CAD, purchasing and production teams to:
 

- Respond to customer requests for quotes and orders
- Review customer drawings, specifications, dimensions and material requirements
- Prepare accurate quotes for metal products, processing and fabricated parts
- Help customers identify material and processing solutions for their projects
- Communicate pricing, inventory availability and lead times
- Convert approved quotes into accurate sales orders for production
- Coordinate customer requirements with purchasing, production, quality, shipping and outside processors
- Follow up on quotes and orders while identifying opportunities to grow customer accounts
- Build strong customer relationships and help resolve questions or issues throughout the order process
- Manage order revisions and changing customer requirements
 

You'll be managing multiple RFQs and customer orders at the same time, so organization, accuracy, and communication are important.
 

Who We're Looking For
 

We're looking for someone who enjoys working with customers, solving problems, and learning how things are made.
 

Experience in any of the following could make you a strong candidate:

• Inside sales or account management
• Industrial or manufacturing sales
• Construction or building-material sales
• Industrial distribution or supply
• Estimating or quoting
• Manufacturing customer service
• Fabrication or machine-shop environments
• Metal distribution

Previous metal sales experience is preferred but not required.
 

Experience reading drawings, working with manufacturing specifications or selling technical products is a plus, but we're willing to train the right person.
 

Pay & Benefits
 

$31.00–$38.00 per hour, depending on experience, plus quarterly incentives based on company performance.
 

Specialty Metals offers:

• Company-paid employee medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 7 paid holidays
• Quarterly company-performance incentives
• Monday–Friday schedule
• Work-life balance
• Stable, established company
• Opportunities to learn and grow within the organization
   

About Specialty Metals Corporation
 

Specialty Metals Corporation is a locally operated metal distributor, processor and fabrication company located in Kent, Washington. Since 1981, we've grown from supplying metal into a company capable of helping customers with everything from raw material to completed fabricated parts.
 

Our goal is simple: make it easier for our customers to get what they need from one supplier.
 

If you have sales, customer service, estimating, or manufacturing experience and you're interested in building a career in industrial sales, we'd like to hear from you.
 

Specialty Metals Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment background and drug screening, as well as random drug testing after employment.  

Requirements

What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain customer relationships
• Comfortable working with numbers, dimensions, quantities and pricing
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable using computers and learning new software
• Willingness to learn technical products and manufacturing processes
• Ability to work effectively with customers and other departments
• Dependable and willing to take ownership of customer requests  
• High school diploma or GED required.