Project Quotations Coordinator - Doral, FL

World Electric - Doral, FL

Full-time - Entry Level

Doral, FL

10,001+ employees

Specialty Trade Contractors

About the position

There's a Place for You at World Electric. A career at World Electric is more than a job. You're investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. World Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory, or other building - you can find it here. We operate throughout Florida and Georgia and are part of the Sonepar group, the world's #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe. Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within World Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career. Do you want to work for a Company where 96% of the employees say it is a great place to work?! World Electric has a Lighting Quotations Coordinator position available at our Doral location. The person in this role is responsible for developing proposals, bids, quotations, or other documents describing organizational products and services in response to requests from prospective clients. You will collaborate with members of the sales, marketing, finance, or product teams to ensure content is complete, accurate, and timely. The ideal candidate will possess a high level of professional customer service, meet deadlines, work effectively in a challenging environment, and be willing to go the extra mile.

Responsibilities

• Foster and maintain excellent working relationships internally with project manager and outside sales representatives
• Communicates with suppliers to discuss material specifications, clarifies, and confirms bill of materials, negotiates pricing, and identifies alternatives for special or custom orders
• Determine costs and sell amounts to maintain appropriate margins
• Effectively review and evaluate architectural and electrical drawings
• Read and review lighting specifications
• Identifies potential projects for bid and compiles list of material requirements including, supplies, lighting, switchgear, and other distribution apparatuses
• Ensure bid is inclusive of all mandatory requirements
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen customer relationships
• Stay current with new product information and emerging technologies
• Communicates with customers to resolve problems with projects during bidding process
• Follows-up on open and outstanding quotations with salespersons and customers to determine status
• Communicates with account representatives, account executives, and inside sales reps to ensure quotes and resulting orders are complete
• Maintains catalogs and price lists.

Requirements

• Lighting Estimating experience is preferred
• 1-2 years customer service experience - electrical/lighting industry preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good and dependable mathematic skills
• Excellent computer and Microsoft Office skills
• Reliable, responsible, organized, detail-oriented and a great work ethic.

Benefits

• Wellness program
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Gym membership
• Life insurance