Inside Sales Representative Job in Chicago 60606, Illinois US
Inside Sales Representative
K¹² is a dynamic company on a mission to provide the most compelling, comprehensive, and effective K-12 education available. Our employees are a critical part of an organization that is providing powerful, new options for the way children can be educated. They have a passion for education and a drive to make a difference.
SUMMARY: The Inside Sales Representative functions as the hub of a dynamic sales team providing collaborative support to designated National Account Managers (NAM) working in the field while also building their own book of business. The Inside Sales Representative helps achieve shared revenue goals by acquiring new clients, servicing and maintaining relationships with existing clients, and providing overall administrative support to his/her Institutional Sales team including prioritizing lead generation lists, setting appointments, maintaining client data in Salesforce.com and proactively communicating in a thorough, accurate and timely manner with the NAMs, Manager of Inside Sales and Director of Inside Sales.
Requirements:
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Working with Fingers: Ability to type, sort through pages/papers, or otherwise work with fingers (including thumb) and palm on average 8 hours daily.
• Repetitive Motion: Ability to move wrists, hands, and/or fingers such as in typing on average 8 hours daily.
• Sitting: Ability to sit on average 8 hours daily.
• Visual: Ability to be able to see and read PC screens, and normal type size print.
• Hearing: Ability to answer/route telephone calls, and understand what clients and co-workers are saying in normal conversation.
ESSENTIAL MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: The mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Comprehension: Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information. Ability to understand, remember, and communicate routine, factual information. Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions.
• Organization: Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology. Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule on short-term and long-term basis.
• Reasoning/Decision-Making: Ability to apply common sense in performing job. Ability to make decisions which have moderate impact on immediate work unit. Ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit.
• Communication: Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines. Ability to complete routine forms, use existing form letters and/or conduct routine oral communication. Ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information. Ability to communicate with individuals utilizing a telephone and computer; requires ability to hear and speak effectively on the phone. Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, expediently and at sufficient volume. Ability to make presentations.
• Mathematics: Ability to count accurately. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide and to record, balance, and check results for accuracy
REQUIRED COMPUTER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT/DEVICE SKILLS:
• Computers/Peripherals/Other Office Machines: Computer
• Computer Software: Electronic Mail Software (Microsoft Outlook preferred); Spreadsheet and Word Processing Software, (Microsoft Excel and Word preferred); Presentation Software, (Microsoft PowerPoint preferred); Web proficiency.
• Other Tools/Devices/Machines (including Vehicles): No other tools, devices or machines are required in order to perform the essential functions of the position.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the office is usually moderate (computers, printers, light foot traffic).
The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. By signing below the incumbent acknowledges that she/he has reviewed and is familiar with the contents of this job description.