SALES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT-- EXCELLENT PAY! UP TO 65K - Long Beach California

Company: Company Confidential
Location: Long Beach, California
Posted On: 10/28/2009

Immediate need for Sales Administrative Assistant up to 65k
SALES & MERCHANDISING ADMINISTRATOR

A degree is required
Strong in Excel macros is required
Must be proficient with MS Office and Access
-Knowledge of programming languages of SQL and Visual Basic a plus
Ideal candidate will have prior reporting experience to VP Sales or VP Operations.
Experience in a consumer products/packaged goods organization preferred
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Job Responsibilities

Act as main contact point between outside Key Account Reps and company's internal departments, ensuring all projects and Key Customer requests are responded to promptly.
Responsible for managing the internal Company coordination of projects required by our Key customers.
Responsible for preparing Key Account quotations and assisting VP with costing, gross margin and pricing calculations.
Occasional travel with VP of Sales & Merchandising for customer meetings and trade shows.


Assist with Customer Service needs as required, resolving issues in a timely and courteous manner
Assist in the preparation process of customer presentations.
Assist Sales Department with account management functions and activity
Help maintain and update customer files

Assist sales team in preparation of budgets and forecasts
Assist sales department with budgets analysis and forecasting for accuracy and progress

Assist Merchandisers with the correct direction for customer as communicated by sales team for presentation and rollouts with regards to packaging, product, etc.
Communicate with Asia Merchants on open issues and/or changes needed
Assist with major presentation preparation and set up as needed.
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Qualifications/ Skills/Background:
Assertive and tenacious right brain personality
High sense of urgency and follow-up
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Ability to take a project or presentation from inception to completion, while monitoring the on-time performance of others.

Strong knowledge of costing, gross margins and pricing calculations.

Experience in a consumer products/packaged goods organization preferred










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