Now Hiring - Consolidated Pipe and Supply - Manufacturing Gas Valve Sales in Birmingham, AL

Consolidated Pipe & Supply is a full-line supplier, fabricator, and manufacturer of pipe, valve, and fitting products and services to the natural gas, waterworks, energy, and industrial sectors.

Summary:

This position will support the team by aggressively prospecting and developing relationships with other Consolidated locations, generating sales quotes, and handling branch inquiries and orders. In time, the person in the Gas Valve Sales position will perform stock buys for specific products for the company.

Essential Functions/Duties:

• Responds to the branch’s needs, consistent with quality, culture, and business practices.
• Receive telephone requests for price quotations, purchase orders, order changes, adjustments, and cancellations directly from customers, original equipment manufacturers, and distributors.
• Achieve and maintain rapport with branches and their customers and work to give them the best possible service.
• Use a computer to retrieve customer information, stock status information, and the status of purchase orders, and to make changes to customer purchase orders. Ensure that correct codes are used for retrieving and inputting information.
• Follow up on inquiries by checking order status on the computer for delivery information. And acting as purchasing/expeditor regarding deliveries of scheduled shipments.
• Make price quotations immediately by phone on stock items. Prepare forms, and requests for quotes (RFQ) on items not in stock and return quotations to customers ensuring their requirements are met.
• Quote prices, terms, and delivery dates based on product knowledge/company forecasts and inventory.
• Obtain quotes from Approved Vendors (distributors and manufacturers) to meet customer's quality and delivery requirements
• Ensure documentation of all transactions (Customer RFQ, RFQ to the vendor, customer quote, customer Purchase Order, change orders.)
• Identify and develop new and existing marketing opportunities through mailings, research, cold calling, and trade show leads.
• Target sales by working with the branches’ outside representatives, excess inventory reports, and inactive/lower activity accounts.

About Consolidated Pipe & Supply-

Founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960, Consolidated Pipe & Supply has been under the same family's ownership for 60 years. This continuity and commitment to excellence offer you deep knowledge and access to only the best materials and services in the natural gas distribution and transmission, waterworks, oil & gas, energy, and construction industries.

Consolidated Pipe & Supply has never lost sight of who we are: we value relationships, and not just with our customers. We treat our vendors like partners and our employees like family. With a foundation like that, we know that we—and our customers—are ready for whatever comes next.

We're always looking for talented people to join our team.

We need people like you, who represents our values:

We offer not just a CAREER, but a place to call home.

At Consolidated Pipe & Supply, we believe in our employees and their well-being. We offer competitive benefit plans for our employees.

Health Benefits: Consolidated Pipe & Supply offers medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending coverage* for you and your family.

Insurance: Get Basic Term Life to Accidental Death, and Long-Term Disability coverage*. We also offer voluntary benefits for Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Life, and Short Term Disability insurance through Allstate. You have options that will best fit your needs.

• Date of eligibility based on your length of service.

Retirement Planning: We offer a 401(k) plan to eligible employees after their first 30 days of employment. CPS offers matching contributions.

Vacation: We strive for a balanced life with both our business and home life. As a part of our plan, we offer vacation based on your length of service.