Digital Solutions Sales Specialist

There's a Place for You at Capital

A career at Capital Electric is more than a job. You're investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Capital Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and are part of the Sonepar group, the world's #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

Being "Powered by Difference" means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within Capital Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

Digital Solutions Sales Specialist

Capital Electric has a Digital Solutions Specialist position available. The role of this position is to support, manage and grow digital sales within Capital Electric. It is territory-based from Northern Virginia to Pennsylvania and will include specific goals and expectations. This individual will work 80% of the time at one of our Northern locations (location is flexible) and with 20% travel servicing the Northern locations. This is a high-visibility position with phenomenal growth opportunities. Digital Platform training will be provided, but the chosen candidate must possess a tremendous amount of energy, creativity and leadership instincts. Interested, read on!

Salary: $50,000 to $65,000 / annually with bonus potential

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible for meeting monthly, quarterly, and yearly eCommerce sales goals within the assigned territory.
• Strategically plan for and drive sales across all mediums of our existing digital platforms (including: web sales, mobile, System to System, EDI and proprietary solutions).
• Develop internal and external training programs to enrich our associates and customers knowledge and understanding of our value-add services.
• Work closely with sales associates and leadership to identify customer needs and provide digital solutions based on those needs.
• Collaborate with the marketing team on developing high-performing banner ads, landing pages, digital promotions, and video content.
• Assist in driving incremental sales via digital platforms by working with the marketing team on quarterly promotions.
• Identify target customer opportunities by data analysis.
• Assist and contribute to the creation of strategic email campaigns highlighting our digital platforms.

What We Need From You For You To Be Successful?

• Understands how digital tools and the flow of information fit within the customer processes.
• 1-3 years of experience in a customer service role and a track record for building and maintaining positive and successful business relationships.
• Interest in and aptitude for learning new software.
• Bachelor's degree is preferred but not required.
• Electrical Distribution industry experience a plus.
• Ability to travel 20% of the time, sometimes overnight.
• Sales/Marketing background
• Excellent written & verbal communication, with attention to fine detail
• Results driven, self-starter and metrics focused with customer satisfaction a priority
• Exposure to common B2B capabilities such as electronic catalog management, electronic invoicing, list management, inventory management, etc.

Why Should You Apply?

Are you looking for the opportunity to:

• Work with a strong, stable industry leader that has the flexibility and feel of a strong independent business but is supported and powered with the resources of the world's largest electrical distribution company?
• Use your skills and experience to grow your career; go anywhere you want, cross train into your dream job within a work culture that promotes and encourages associates to learn new roles and be recognized and rewarded for strong performance.
• Have your true entrepreneur mindset rewarded with income and career growth opportunities.

What We Offer You

We offer great family-friendly benefits to full-time associates:

We're proud to be a military-friendly company, and our many employee resource groups (ERGs) help you make connections and feel supported.

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