Job Summary:

This position offers a unique opportunity to apply your experience to becoming part of a growing marine tech company close to Vancouver, BC, through advancing sales pipeline opportunities, support customer successes, communicate and engage customers and prospects in the company’s value proposition. You will play a key role in market data to strategically align sales and marketing functions, within our growing sales team.

Responsibilities:

Inside Sales Responsibilities

• Process new sales leads - Create sales quotes based on the unique technical requirement of each project
• Participate and lead customer video calls presenting our product information
• Provide superior customer service 
• Develop, service, and grow relationships with channel partners 
• Develop sales strategies, negotiating with partners, train and develop their sales team
• Record data in Salesforce 
• Liaise with engineering and production department, to ensure viability of customer specifications/requirements 
• Research competitive intelligence
• Answer phone calls 
• Assist the sales team as required with proposals’ generation and administrative tasks

 Sales Admin Responsibilities

• Assist the sales team with the administrative responsibilities related to the processing of orders
• Prepare, organize, and schedule outgoing shipments through various freight forwarders, couriers, and schedule transportation of shipments 
• Prepare and process all Customs documents for International & domestic shipments (including packing slips, commercial invoices, B13’s, NAFTA’s, export permits, certificates of origin and various documentation as requested by customers). 
• Assist the sales team with the export procedures of our systems 
• Assist the sales team as required with proposals and administrative tasks

Marketing Responsibilities

• Create / update marketing documentation as required (technical data sheets, web site, social media, trade show displays, videos, targeted emails)
• Create regular communication packages for our distributor and dealer network worldwide 
• Coordinate presence at international trade shows 
• Coordinate customer demonstration events 
• Other Sales and Marketing operations activities as needed

 Skills/Experience Required:

Detail-oriented, smart, energetic, self starters, who is hungry to learn, has a technical sense and want to work in a collaborative, team-based environment. Some other qualifications and skills we are looking for include:

• Meticulously organized with an uncommonly high attention to detail 
• High precision and accuracy with documentation & identify errors 
• Excellent written and verbal English, ability to communicate clearly
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly with Word, Excel and Outlook) 
• Quick to learn
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work under pressure and juggle changing priorities 
• Ability to work independently and in cross functional teams
• Able to execute flawlessly against multiple processes
• Strong time management skills and multi-tasking abilities
• Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement 
• Preference for “entrepreneurial” to “multinational corporations”
• Excellent customer care skills 
• Proactivity, desire to take ownership of the role
• Requires a valid Canadian work permit or resident / citizen status

 

Additional Beneficial Skills & Experience:

• 2 years demonstrated experience in a similar role
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with Salesforce and QuickBooks an asset
• Experience in the marine and or security industry is a plus
• Fluency in 2nd and 3rd language is a plus (Korean, mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, French…)

Company Description:

Current Scientific Corp. is a growing marine tech company headquartered in metro Vancouver, BC with customers located around the world. We manufacture stabilized electro-optical systems for use in the Naval & Defence sector and Marine & Yacht industry. Additionally, we continually invest R&D into new products and improved customer experience. Our customers include marine electronics integrators, shipyards, and end users in the segments of coast guard, paramilitary and navy, ferries & explorer cruises, super-yachts, icebreakers, marine mammal research and other specialty vessels.

Contact Us:

To apply, please send your cover letter, resume, and transcripts to hr@currentcorp.com with “Sales Support & Sales Admin” in the subject line. We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.