Quote Specialist

Our client, a video data infrastructure solution company based in Illinois is seeking a Quote Specialist to add to their Inside Sales team. This position initially acts as support to a 9 person Inside Sales Team delivering quotes and pricing for a variety of clients. Once trained the role then transitions into a member of the Inside Sales team. The HYBRID role works 3-4 days onsite in Vernon Hills, IL and works 1-2 days from home and includes normal M-F hours, no on-call hours, no travel, and delivers a strong benefit plan. The role pays $25hr-$27hr based on specific experience and will grow into a salaried role with commissions.The key to this role is past experience working in a sales environment around price quoting and order entry, The incumbent will:Turn customer requests for IT hardware and video surveillance solutions into accurate, competitive quotes.Build quotes for 9 inside sales representativesWorks from a daily queue and partners closely with Inside Sales to communicate to clients.Build accurate quotes in NetSuite from customer requests, bills of materials, and rep instructions, most under $100,000.Process revisions, re-quotes, and expiring quotes, and keep quote records current.Confirm part numbers, pricing, availability, and lead times with product and vendor teams.Apply pricing and margin guidelines, and escalate any request outside them to the owning rep.Log activity and hand off follow-up to the owning representative through Salesforce and NetSuite.Own quoting for a defined group of primary contacts with a 25% to 50% close rate, working alongside the Business Development Executives and the assigned inside representatives.Qualifications1+ years experience quoting, sales support, order entry, or inside sales, ideally with IT, security, or electrical distribution.Working knowledge of any ERP or CRMStrong attention to detail and comfort with spreadsheets and part-number-work.Clear, professional written communication with customers and internal teams.Strong experience with Microsoft Office suite of tools especially MS-Excel.Preferred but not requiredBachelors degreeExperience with SalesForce technologyExperience with NetSuite technologyFamiliarity with video surveillance, access control, or networking products.