Quotations Specialist

Hajoca Corporationis one of the country’s largest privately-held wholesale distributors of plumbing, heating & cooling, and industrial supplies. Founded in 1858, Hajoca is a company based on the principles of “Service, Integrity, Reliability,” and on relationships of trust and support with teammates, customers, and suppliers.  Throughout its history, Hajoca has played an active role in shaping advances in plumbing. However, we attribute our success to two simple truths; a unique business philosophy and talented people. Hajoca is all about the people, who give us our advantage, and who will guide us successfully into the future. 

Haines, Jones & Cadbury (HJC), a division of Hajoca, is a national construction material supplier. HJC specializes in providing comprehensive construction material packages to major retail chains from coast-to-coast for new construction and remodel projects. 

HJC is looking for a Quotations Specialist at their Bentonville, AR office. 

Pay for Quotations Specialist is between $16.50 and $18 per hour at this location.

Do you have a strong work ethic and a high standard of integrity? Do you possess strong communication skills and value customer service? Do you have an expert level of construction product knowledge? If so, then we’d like you to join our dedicated team as a Quotations Specialist. 

You will: 

• Interpret complex customer requirements and offer solutions that maximize profitability and add value for the customer; negotiate pricing with manufacturers and customers. 
• Create accurate and professional quotations and submittal packages from customer specifications/drawings using the applicable software systems.

• Support the Profit Center Sales Team serving as a peer expert concerning the specifics of quotes, proposals, bid strategies, and product application. 
• Investigate and resolve customer problems; address pricing deductions and material returns timely and in accordance with Company policy and procedure.
• Communicate to the Profit Center Manager and Credit Manager any changes in a customer’s business that might cause a credit risk. 
• Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as assigned.
• Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. 

About You: 

• 1+ years' related experience, contractor sales preferred
• Knowledge of products sold by the Profit Center 
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Moderately proficient with Microsoft Excel.

Our ideal candidate will also: 

• Have experience using Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel) to communicate via email, to maintain appointment and customer contact files, and to analyze performance data.
• Possess outstanding verbal and written communication, and generous listening skills. 

• Be organized, a self-starter, and detail oriented. 
• Be able to build and maintain a positive working relationship with customers, vendors, and co-workers. 
• Be able to collect and analyze quotations data to determine patterns of success or failure; take appropriate action to adjust processes to ensure success. 
• Be able to learn and operate the computer related systems used to create and submit quotation packages and create orders. 
• Read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.