Associate Sales Representative, Lake Forest, CA

Associate Sales Representative, Lake Forest, CA

Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL) and leading provider of ATIC (Assurance, Testing, Inspection, and Certification) Services to many of the world’s leading brands and companies, is looking for anentry level salesperson to fill our Associate Sales Representative position in Lake Forest, CA.

Do you have customer service experience and want to start your career in sales? By joining Intertek, your contributions will be valued as we continue to help the world Build Back Ever Better.

We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products : we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide.

Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world.

Our purpose : Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

Intertek's Electrical team provides assurance, testing, inspection, and certification for a variety of electric products, including appliances, consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, information communications technology, HVACR, industrial, and energy transmission and distribution.

Our dedicated professionals help ensure the quality, safety, and sustainability of electrical products used by people throughout the world.

What will you be doing?

The Associate Sales Representative position is responsible for performing various sales duties and will be considered a stepping-stone to an outside sales position.

Salary & Benefits Information

The base wage or salary range for this position is $26 - $28 per hour. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, medical plan options, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, our Associate Sales Representatives are offered :

• Base pay plus monthly bonus eligibility based on sales goals
• Day to day variety with the ability to work on high profile projects
• Opportunity for growth (over 100 locations with opportunity for growth / advancement / relocation)
• Employee referral bonuses

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities :

• Manage designated accounts, including client meetings
• Manage inquiries, leads, and opportunities
• Process and manage transactional quotes and orders in an efficient and effective manner.
• Provide prompt and accurate responses to quotation requests, leads and inquiries.
• Follow up on proposals and close business.
• Research and resolve account problems.
• Work closely with customers and operations to facilitate a superior customer experience.
• May perform client research, prospecting and networking.
• May provide marketing support for webinars, lunch and learns, open houses, technical seminars, etc.
• May prepare sales reports and forecasts.
• Enter sales activities in to iConnect.
• Perform other work as required.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications :

• HS Diploma or GED required.
• MS Office proficiency, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent prioritization, organization and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with shifting priorities
• Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal written and presentation formats
• Must possess the fundamental technical and administrative skills required to perform the job duties
• Must be customer focused and quality driven
• Ability to travel as business needs dictate (up to 25%)
• Must have a valid unrestricted driver's license and safe driving record.

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications :

Why work at Intertek?

• Prior relevant sales experience, education or training.
• Experience with CRM tools (MS Dynamics / Sales Force / other).
• Experience with medical sales or energy sales preferred.

Intertek Total Quality Assured

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts.

With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.