WESCO International

Senior Quotations Specialist - ( Lighting/ Construction )

WESCO International • $80K — $95K *
Canton, MA 02021In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent required; Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Experience assembling complete bid packages
  • In-depth understanding of product lines and pricing strategies
  • Skilled in customer and supplier negotiations
  • Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints
  • Strong math, analytical, communication, and organizational skills
  • Proficient in computer use
  • Willingness to travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

  • Identify and qualify potential projects for bids and compile material requirements
  • Engage with consultants to secure approvals for bidding
  • Negotiate pricing and clarify material specifications with suppliers
  • Oversee negotiations with suppliers and customers
  • Prepare quotations based on data-com, switchgear, and other materials
  • Coordinate information gathering for final quotation preparation
  • Communicate with customers to resolve bidding process issues
  • Follow-up on outstanding quotations for status updates
  • Collaborate with sales team to ensure completeness of quotes and orders
  • Identify additional sales opportunities within current customer base
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Senior Specialist - Quotations, you will develop proposals, bids, quotations, or other documents describing organizational products and services in response to requests from prospective clients. You will collaborate with members of the Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, or product teams to ensure content is complete, accurate, and timely. You may be responsible for developing responses to the most complex or high-value inquiries.

Responsibilities:
  • Identifies and qualifies potential projects for bid and compiles list of material requirements including, supplies, lighting, switchgear, and other distribution apparatuses.
  • Interacts with consultants representing customers to obtain approvals for bidding.
  • Communicates with suppliers to discuss material specifications, clarifies and confirms bill of materials, negotiates pricing and identifies alternatives for special or custom orders.
  • Supervises negotiations with both suppliers and customers.
  • Provides material including, data-com, switchgear and apparatus, and lighting, take-offs for preparing customer quotations.
  • Coordinates receipt of required information for preparation of final quotation submittal.
  • Communicates with customers to resolve problems with projects during bidding process.
  • Follows-up on open and outstanding quotations with salespersons and customers to determine status.
  • Communicates with account representatives, account executives, and inside sales reps to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete.
  • May identify sales opportunities within current customer base.

Qualifications:
  • High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • 5+ years of related experience is required
  • Previous experience pulling together full bid packages
  • Broad knowledge of product lines and pricing strategies
  • Experience interacting and negotiating with customers and supplier representatives to obtain pricing information and cooperation
  • Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints
  • Strong math and analytical skills
  • Strong communication and organization skills
  • Strong computer skills
  • Ability to travel up to 25%

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Learn more about WESCO International
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$100.5 million
Founded
1922
5 Year Trend
+20%
Revenue
$12.3 billion
NASDAQ
WCC
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