What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Coordinator position at mdf commerce?
The Sales Coordinator position is responsible for assisting in the management, support, and sales of the NIGP Code and Consulting Programs.
Periscope Holdings is looking for a highly motivated and energetic individual who recognizes the value of public procurement and is committed to transformation public procurement. This position will support the growth of the NIGP Code and Consulting Programs. The successful candidate should have experience in public procurement, should demonstrate active engagement regionally or nationally in public procurement organizations and ideally who has experience with project management, marketing and relationship management.
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Duties and Responsibilities*
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Provides administrative support to President of NIGP Code and NIGP Consulting programs
- Pursues sales opportunities thru monitoring sourcing websites and regular outreach to potential public sector clients
- Designs/develops various documents, templates, reports, manuals, training materials
- Schedules meetings, prepares and facilitates various program documents
- Tracks projects, consultants, invoicing/billing for all Code & Consulting engagements
- Responds to NIGP consulting and NIGP Code sales inquiries (emails and phone calls)
- Communicates regularly with clients, potential clients and consultant team membes
Prepares quotes for NIGP Code potential clients
- Communicates and manages both internal and external project requirements, deliverables, deliverable quality, billings, and consultant team and payments
- Provides follow up with all clients on NIGP Code cancellations, including explanations of Periscope/Code,copyright implications, and license requirements
- Assists Finance and other internal teams on sales activity including pricing, cancellations, billings
- Assists in the preparation and tracking of various reports
- Assists internal Support team on client account information.including updating of internal sales management system,
- Assists with potential client engagement and closing on new business opportunities
- Markets NIGP Code & Consulting through regular social media engagement and coordination with internal Marketing team and NIGP marketing team
- Develops content for marketing, including articles, blogs, video and other promotional material
- Develops spreadsheets, manuals, templates and marketing material for programs
- Registers NIGP Code and Consulting as suppliers in entity supplier registration systems
- Manages other duties as assigned by President of NIGP Code & Consulting
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Qualifications*
Required/Preferred
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5 years in government procurement preferred
- Public procurement certification preferred (CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP)
- Strong knowledge of procurement processes and operations within the public sector
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong technical skills, including advanced experience with spreadsheets, database, manual development
- Experience with leveraging social media for networking and marketing
- Experience engaging with public procurement professionals
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About Periscope Holdings*
Periscope Holdings is a SaaS company providing public sector procurement solutions. We sell technology solutions to state and local government buyers that help them purchase goods and services cost effectively and compliantly. We also sell technology solutions to suppliers that help them sell their goods and services to state and local government. 2021 marks Periscope’s 20th anniversary. We truly believe in our purpose to eradicate waste and maximize the value of every dollar spent. Our solutions make a difference. 2020 proved the importance of public sector procurement in a way no one expected. State and local governments that had our solutions in place were able to more efficiently procure the goods and services needed to manage through the coronavirus pandemic. And, we didn’t just help our customers – we set up an Emergency Marketplace and populated it with vetted PPE vendors – offering on online shopping tool to any state and local government across the country. What we do matters. Come join us!
Periscope Holdings is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran or disability status, or other protected characteristics.
Job Type: Full-time