Join Team Spirit

Position Overview

This position is responsible for customer quoting in support of revenue and gross profit budgets while maintaining quote accuracy and on-time delivery to ensure customer quote satisfaction. This position requires maintaining the knowledge of commonly-used quoting concepts, practices, and procedures. In addition, this position will utilize and provide feedback on work instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. The position maintains the company standards involving ethics and values while professionally representing Spirit America, dba Spirit Electronics. This position may offer future potential growth and opportunities within Spirit Electronics.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with suppliers, sales and other internal customers.
• Execution of customer quotes for franchised and non-franchised lines in support of Spirit quote opportunities for all business models (SMI, Distribution and Kitting) while ensuring accuracy and on time delivery of quotes
• Strategic Supplier Management
• Understand and seek input from sales on customer strategy and drive actions and results to achieve stated strategy and objectives.
• Market pricing analysis for commodity products
• Develop relationships with supplier representatives
• Develop strategic pricing models to enable Spirit to increase the quote win ratio
• Develop strategic plan for providing feedback to suppliers on lost quote opportunities to increase future quote wins including establishing a system of documentation, communication and review of internal and external comparative price data and win / loss results.
• Sourcing Capabilities
• Must be able to tactically execute customer quotes
• Provide feedback on suggested suppliers for the Spirit line card.
• Responsible for supplier interface and communication with sales on pricing decisions, profit optimization and LOI (letters of intent) management.
• Ensure sales orders are in compliance with gross profit margin guidelines and manage gross profit performance.
• Negotiation skills for improved pricing from suppliers
• Support of Quality Management System (QMS)

Non-Essential Job Functions

• Employee training and general housekeeping
• Backup personnel in other departments

Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 2 to 4 years product knowledge, materials knowledge and/or sales experience
• Distribution or industry experience in semiconductor, passive, electro-mechanical and interconnect products
• Extensive product knowledge including supplier part number configuration
• Self starter, self-motivated and attentive to detail
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Team Player
• Strong negotiation skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills
• Knowledge of pricing policies and procedures
• Proficient knowledge of the MS Office Applications, particularly in Microsoft Excel
• Able to multi-task in fast-paced environment
• Attendance/punctuality

Other Skills/Abilities

• JD Edwards
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Key Performance Metrics

• Quote Win/Loss Ratio at customer and supplier levels
• Quotes delivered on time and accurately
• Development of strategic plan for supplier pricing

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $13.00 to $20.00 /hour

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Day shift

Position Overview

Applicant must be proficient at Excel to include pivot tables, advanced formulas, LOOK UPS, and conditional formatting. Excel test will be first interview process for all applicants. Please do not apply if you are not qualified with these skills.

Technical background to decipher simple data sheets, technical specifications, part number accuracy for order entry, and overall ability to engage in technical jargon. Provide excellent support service to our internal customer account managers to provide order entry, contact with internal staff and contact with buyers. Utilizes work instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision of Spirit’s Account Representative. Maintains the company standards involving ethical and moral values while professionally representing Spirit Electronics.

Essential Job Functions

• Prepares source data for computer entry by compiling and sorting information; establishing entry priorities.

• Processes customer and account source documents by reviewing data for deficiencies; resolving discrepancies by using standard procedures or returning incomplete documents to the team leader for resolution.

• Enters customer and account data by inputting alphabetic and numeric information into the company ERP system, customer portals and various databases.

• Maintains data entry requirements by following data program techniques and procedures.

• Verifies entered customer and account data by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or reentering data; combining data from both systems when account information is incomplete; purging files to eliminate duplication of data.

• Tests customer and account system changes and upgrades by inputting new data; reviewing output.

• Secures information by completing data base backups.

• Maintains operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.

• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Data Entry Clerk Skills and Qualifications:

Organization, Typing, Data Entry Skills, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality, Thoroughness, Decision Making, Independence, Analyzing Information, Results Driven, Energy Level

Non-Essential Job Functions

• Phone coverage

• Employee training and general housekeeping

• Backup personnel in other departments

Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

• Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook)

• Self starter, motivated and attention to detail

• Keyboarding 50 wpm

• Strong interpersonal skills, including good written/verbal communication

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Job Description

• Multi-tasking in fast-paced environment

• Attendance/punctuality
• Distribution or industry experience preferred

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $12.00 to $15.00 /hour

Experience:

• Data Entry: 2 years (Required)
• customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

This Job Is:

• A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
• A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
• A job for which all ages, including older job seekers, are encouraged to apply
• Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
• A job for which people with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Day shift

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