ABOUT US:

With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 29 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.
We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world’s largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 8 provinces.
To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma required.
• Post Secondary courses in Sales and/ or marketing an asset.
• Product knowledge or industry experience an asset.
• 1-3 years related experience.

• Scheduling appointments and visiting existing customers to review product needs and determining other opportunities.
• Providing product quotes as required.
• Organizing and attending joint sales calls with Vendors.
• Opening new accounts.
• Continuously updating customers on product changes and modifications.
• Providing solutions to customers’ problems.
• Attending Trade Shows and Conferences (if applicable).
• Product introduction of new releases.
• Liaising between customers and the company for up-to-date status of service, pricing and new product release launches.
• Preparing reports for marketing and sales and keeping expense accounts.
• Performing maintenance and updating of customers’ accounts, including contact names for future sales.
• Keeping up to date on new products, services, procedures and tools by attending training and departmental meetings
• Other duties as assigned.