Sales Support Specialist - Nashville - 3.22.23 - Military veterans preferred

An exciting opportunity has opened with a well-established company. Tencarva Machinery Company has continuously grown for the last 45 years with over 30 locations, mainly in the southeast US, and headquartered in Greensboro, NC. Tencarva is committed to our customers, our people, and our principal. We will provide superior service to our customers, above-average incomes for our people, and reasonable profits for our Company by supplying innovative engineering assistance, professional equipment, competitive deliveries and parts availability, and preventive maintenance and repair services to all of our customers.

Benefits Include:

• Paid Time off, including 10 holidays
• Bonuses
• Health Insurance, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• 401(k) & Profit Sharing
• Employee Assistance Program

Summary: Serve as a liaison between the sales team, customers, and other departments such as marketing, and logistics to ensure effective communication and coordination of sales activities. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, and have excellent communication skills to ensure efficient coordination with internal teams and external customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Willingness to learn and train continually with pumps, parts & service. Ability to prioritize/multitask, adapt to ever changing work environment.
• Deliver exceptional customer service while providing technical support and guidance.
• Maintain various records and files, including price catalogs, discount schedules, customer lists, and product catalogs.
• Assume responsibility the for order process on the computer system beginning with quote/order entry steps followed by individual order requirements.
• Place orders on applicable vendor websites.
• Interact and develop relationships with key suppliers to support sales
• Create order confirmations and send them to customers.
• Review order acknowledgments for ship dates and pricing discrepancies.
• Monitor inventory and order as needed.
• Help prepare orders for shipment or pick up when necessary
• Assist in creating proposals, presentations, and sales contracts for customers
• Obtain price quotes from suppliers and supply management groups for resale to customers and provide price quotes for customers.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of sales orders, purchase orders, and other sales-related
• Perform follow up to ensure timely shipment of materials and customer satisfaction.
• Handle Return Merchandise Authorizations (RMA's) to ensure proper credit is refunded.
• Other duties as assigned by management

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 3-5 years related work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills: Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. The ability to write routine reports and correspondence. The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills: Must be able to perform basic mathematical equations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, use of whole numbers, and percentage and decimals.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, the individual should have basic computer skills, knowledge of MS Office Software (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook), and internet software.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job's duties, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee occasionally must stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, use a keyboard, and reach with arms and hands. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described herein represent those an employee encounters while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job's duties, the employee is primarily exposed to an office environment but is occasionally exposed to warehouse/shop conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

This job description is subject to change at any time.

Tencarva Machinery Company, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or genetic information.