Seasonal Inside Sales Rep

Job Summary

This job requires the ability to perform various sales support functions as well as provide clerical support to the Assistant Sales Manager. Call on Key Accounts while taking incoming calls and processing customers orders. Additional office duties include: answering telephones, transfer incoming calls, take messages, fax inventories, to customer(s), keep crop and customer notes, any projects given by Assistant Sales Manager and constantly educating on many different varieties of crops that Iwasaki Bros., grow. Accuracy and productivity is expected. Clerical and computer skills are required.

Responsibilities and Duties

High volume inbound calls and outbound calling to established customers (chain and independent garden centers).
Work from daily call sheets with our Inside Sales Reps and coordinate call areas for store orders based on priority regions. Send Ad Quantities to Key Accounts for their ads.
Process Sales Calls/Orders via over the phone, email or fax. Place orders from live inventory in industry specific software.
Able to understand how each key account is unique in their own Ad Distributions for Ad Material.
Crucial to be familiarized with all plant classifications company grows. Very important to know where and how to resource answers to customer questions regarding: difference between Annual, Perennial, Vegetable and Herbs; descriptions of each plant (texture, color, plume, plant and pot size); all styles of pots uses and flat count; appropriate growing conditions and when and how long is their growing season/flowering season for particular customers region.
Walk the greenhouses on a daily or every other day basis taking notes of current crop conditions and future crops.
Fax Inventory Availability with limits set for specific Key Account(s).
Report to supervisor any discrepancies or issues in a timely manner.
Able to multi-task


Qualifications and Skills

Call center, inside sales, customer service and data entry experience. Attention to detail, high accuracy rate, strong communication skills, in-depth computer skills, organize and prioritize daily tasks.

Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace