Sales Support Specialist

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POSITION SUMMARY
The Sales Support Specialist, Global Strategic Accounts (GSA), provides critical commercial support to GSA Account Directors. The incumbent will be expected to be the primary commercial support resource for an assigned GSA Account Director, enabling her/him to focus on overall account strategy and customer-facing engagements.
As a key support function for the GSA sellers, this position requires significant collaboration across all Vertiv business functions. Key areas of focus include responsibility for CPQ quotations, order entry, order tracking, customer reporting requirements, product applications assistance, and pipeline maintenance. This position will also involve regular interactions with the customer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strong collaboration with the GSA Sales Organization including Sr. Executives, business leaders, and subject-matter-experts.
Intermediary support for product applications and researching and obtaining product related details necessary to support the Account Director and customer inquiries.
Customer Interactions
Comfortable interacting externally with customers as well as internal stakeholders
Prepares and delivers customer specified reporting either manually or via customer e-commerce portals
Participates in miscellaneous customer calls and meetings to support the Global Account Director as needed
Quotations / opportunity management
Initiate commercial quotes by creating a sales opportunity in CRM and customer quotation based upon inputs from the Account Director
Maintain quotation and proposal revisions
Assist Account Director with Deviation of Policy approval requests by submitting and following the process through to completion
Participates in ongoing pipeline review calls and maintains sales opportunities in CRM
Order entry
Complete order entry in a timely and efficient manner ensuring that all proper documentation has been included (technical documents, quotes, purchase order, etc.)
Liaison with Vertiv Order Management and Project Execution Teams to ensure order is properly handed off to next set of key stakeholders
Coordinate and process customer change order requests
Technical support
Broad business unit and product level knowledge to enable effective use of Configure, Price, and Quote tool
Able to understand and seek out application-related questions on behalf of the Account Director to support quote and proposal generation
Commercial Support
Coordinates with customer and accounts payable to resolve any order-related collections issues
Provides an interface into tax department as needed to gather all necessary tax exemption information
QUALIFICATIONS
3+ years of experience in a customer service-related role.
Strong technical acumen and ability to understand product applications
PC Tools Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and experience is preferred in Oracle Sales Cloud and Order Management systems.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to build strong and diverse relationships within a complex matrix organization.
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or technology/operations is desirable.
TRAVEL REQUIRED
Infrequent ( The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:   Safety.  Integrity. Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Customer Focus
Operational Excellence
High-Performance Culture
Innovation
Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
Own It
Act With Urgency
Foster a Customer-First Mindset
Think Big and Execute
Lead by Example
Drive Continuous Improvement
Learn and Seek Out Development
At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry  and  the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
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Location:
Westerville
Job Type:
FullTime

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