Inside Sales Representative

Inside Sales Representative

**Req ID**:41776

**Date**:Oct 6, 2025

**Location**:Coquitlam, BC, CA, V3K 6V7

**Brand**:Gescan

**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.

**_What’s In It For You?_**
- You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
- You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
- A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
- We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
- An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

**Scope of the Position**:

- Responsible for developing and maintaining positive customer relationships and ensuring that customers are satisfied with regard to order taking, product, pricing, deliveries and overall service.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Contacting current customers and identifying new products and potential up-selling.
- Responding to and processing incoming calls and orders.
- Opening new accounts.
- Developing customer base and sales leads by making cold and warm calls.
- Entering orders into system.
- Maintaining knowledge base on current products and learning about new products.
- Identify product(s) the customer requires that may not be stocked by the Company and sourcing the product(s).
- Providing pricing quotations, follow-up on quotes and Technical support on products.
- Purchasing for direct orders and do counter Sales.
- Shipping & Receiving - daily verify orders and fill-in if the shipper/receiver is absent.
- Responsible for Credits/Debits, Returns and Troubleshooting freight problems, expediting, etc.
- Responding to inquiries and closing orders.
- Other duties as required.

**Education & Training**:

- High School Diploma required.
- Post Secondary courses in Sales and/or Marketing preferred.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office required.

**Experience**:

- 3 years related experience.
- Product knowledge or industry experience preferred.

**Benefits & Perks**
- We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:

- Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
- Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
- Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

**Social Media**:
Facebook: Gescan Canada

LinkedIn: Gescan

YouTube: GescanTV
- Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.
- Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

**Next steps**: