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Job Details

Sale Executive, Technical Sales

Employer

Sure Security

Date Posted

March 16, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Apr 15, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

Sure Security

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Various locations
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Promote sales to existing clients
  • Identify and solicit potential clients
  • Assess client's needs and resources and recommend the appropriate goods or services
  • Develop reports and proposals to illustrate benefits from use of good or service
  • Deliver sales presentations
  • Estimate costs of installing and maintaining equipment or service
  • Prepare and administer sales contracts
  • Utilize sales/marketing software packages
  • Conduct sales transactions through Internet-based electronic commerce
  • Provide input into product design where goods or services must be tailored to suit client's needs
  • Consult with clients after sale to provide ongoing support
  • Train customers' staff in the operation and maintenance of equipment
  • Resolve product and service related problems
  • Troubleshoot technical problems related to equipment
  • Supervise activities of other technical sales specialists
  • Read and interpret blueprints
  • Develop curriculum for training programs

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people
  • Staff in various areas of responsibility

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Database management
  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • Presentation software

Sales experience

  • Consulting services
  • Environmental technologies
  • Electrical and electronic equipment
  • Telecommunications equipment and services
  • Construction materials, tools and equipment
  • Marketing

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Willing to travel cross-border
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Willing to travel overnight
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

  • Computer
  • Printer
  • Internet access
  • Cellular phone

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

Experience an asset

Workplace information

On the road job

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Bonus
  • Gasoline paid

Other benefits

Team building opportunities


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Sale Executive, Technical Sales is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale Trade
OBJECTIVE

Interest in troubleshooting technical problems related to equipment; may train customers' staff in the operation and maintenance of equipment

SOCIAL

Interest in persuading to promote sales to existing clients; may supervise the activities of other technical sales specialists

innovative

Interest in analyzing information to identify and solicit potential clients, and to consult with clients after sale to resolve problems and provide ongoing support

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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