JOB SUMMARY:
LION is an international company that operates in three markets: the emergency services, military and civilian agency uniforms, and personal equipment markets. LION serves a global customer base of fire departments, military installations, institutions, corporate organizations, and training companies from multiple offices around the world. Our mission is to develop the best fire protective and fire training products possible to enhance the safety of the global workforce. LION TotalCare focuses on the cleaning, inspection, and repair of PPE garments.
The Regional Sales & Bid Coordinator will play a key role in the TotalCare sales team. This role will support the proactive outreach to our target demographic in search of new business and bid opportunities with the goal of growing the overall TotalCare business.
Learn more about LION TotalCare here: https://www.lionprotects.com/totalcare
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Proactively reach out to prospective customers for new business and bid opportunities
- Gathering and utilizing business intelligence on prospects to support sales calls, product presentations and driving new business
- Relay Voice of the Customer feedback to Product Management/Marketing team about their brand, products, and services.
- Play a key role in building partnerships, alliances, and relationships with end users in your region
- Partner closely with other departments and business units at LION to ensure overall customer success
- Manage bid sites and bid emails
- Manage and track activity in CRM (Salesforce)
- Prepare bids and proposals to be submitted
- Manage contract renewal dates
- Assists in reviewing/advising and preparing appropriate documentation for bid modifications
- Analyze potential risks that bids may pose to the organization
- Report status of current bid processes to management
- Maintains historical information on customer buying habits
- Proactively act on marketing leads
- Assist LTC National Sales with quotes and administrative tasks
- Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree desired, with accumulated years of experience taken into consideration.
- Ability to build close connections with end-users, LION’s distribution channels and TotalCare team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and customer relations skills.
- Working knowledge of CRM software.
- Technical skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office, basic email and smartphone.
- Proven skills as a sales support and business development resource.
- Understanding of business acumen and budgeting/ forecasting processes preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- Occasional travel to prospective customers – 30% - 40%
- Highly flexible and able to react constructively and with a positive attitude to multiple demands, shifting priorities, change and unexpected events.
- Hearing and vision required to be within normal ranges with or without correction
- May be required at times to perform light lifting and carrying (30 lbs) and up to 8 hours a day on standing/walking/ driving.
- Required to operate traditional office equipment including computers, copiers, telephones.
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Skills Required
- Working knowledge of CRM software (Salesforce)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, email, and smartphone
- Excellent interpersonal and customer relations skills
- Proven skills as a sales support and business development resource
- Ability to build close connections with end-users, distribution channels, and internal teams
- Manage bid sites, bid emails, prepare bids and proposals, and track bid status
- Manage contract renewal dates and maintain historical customer buying information
- Analyze potential risks posed by bids
- Bachelor's degree
- Understanding of business acumen and budgeting/forecasting processes
What We Do
LION is always ready to make sure you're ready for what's next. We have a legacy and ongoing vision of introducing new products and services — designed to ensure the health, safety and performance of the first responders and military personnel who serve our communities and our country. LION PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) Our game-changing PPE innovations are designed to best prepare firefighters, EMS teams and law enforcement officers for the dangers and hazards they encounter on the emergency calls. Our first responder garments also include high-performance CBRN ensembles, rescue wear and LION StationWear™. Additionally our LION TotalCare® maintenance programs help to extend PPE wear life and safety performance, LION FIRE TRAINING Our state-of-the-art fire training tools and custom training facilities provide the global workforce and first responders with realistic, repeatable training scenarios, keeping them prepared for the potential live-fire dangers they face on the job. LION MILITARY LOGISTICS Paradigm-shifting supply chain and logistics programs from our LVI division help keep equip our warfighters for the rigors of training and the challenges of battle. Always keeping first responders ready for action....before, during and after.
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