Manufacturing Sales Representative

Inside Sales / Outside Sales Representative needed in Aurora, Illinois

$75K - $90K, based on experience

This role is 70% in-office, Inside Sales and 30% Outside Sales

SUMMARY OF FUNCTION :

Accountable for building relationships with customers and selling products / product applications or services to assigned accounts.

Cultivate and grow new business with prospective and established customers by discussing applicable requirements along with opportunities and challenges.

Take ownership of accounts and work closely with management to develop profitable business for the Company.

JOB REQUIREMENTS :

• Identity prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, and attending trade shows and conferences.
• Contact new and existing customers to customers to discuss their needs and explain how specific products and services can meet these needs.
• Help customers select products to meet customers' needs, product specifications, and regulations.
• Emphasize product features that will meet customers' needs and exhibit the capabilities and limitations of their products.
• Answer customer questions about pricing, availability, and uses of the products they are selling.
• Negotiate prices and terms of sales and service agreements.
• Prepare sales contracts and submit orders for processing.
• Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information, such as information on selling strategies and marketing information.
• Follow up with customers to ensure satisfaction with product and services.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS / PREFERENCES :

• Bilingual in English / Spanish highly preferred
• Background in manufacturing and CNC machining environments highly preferred
• Experience in Military sales a definite plus
• Ability to develop business to business telephone sales.
• Metals industry experience desired.
• Must have excellent customer service and communication skills; must be self-motivated and results-driven in pursuing and achieving objectives;

proficient with MS Office, MS Outlook, email and internet technology.

• Must have good organizational and follow-up skills, and must be able to visit customer sites as needed.
• Must be able to work effectively in a team-based work environment and possess the ability to understand and work effectively with the specifications and applications of an extensive and technical product line.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources.

Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.

As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.

In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly®

As a worker today, it's up to you to take charge of your career and look for opportunities to learn, grow, and achieve your potential.

Helping you find what's next is what we're all about. We know what's going on in the evolving world of work just ask the 440,000 people we employ each year.

Connecting with us means getting the support, guidance, and opportunities needed to take your career where you may have never imagined.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity.

It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world.

Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities.

At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center.

Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.