We are seeking a self-motivated professional to serve as a Business Development Representative. This position is newly created at the company so it is an amazing opportunity to help define the role, rise to the challenge and prove your value.

Essential Skills:

• You must be comfortable making cold calls and adept at getting past the gatekeepers, identifying the decision makers and then work closely with inside sales account managers and management to turn the lead into a valued customer.
• This is a job for a hunter or huntress with strong computer research skills who can take an idea, run with it and make things happen.
• You must be creative and organized: able to formulate a plan, develop it, budget it out and propose it to management in a clear and succinct manner. This is a ‘smile and dial’ role; the ability to stay positive in the face of adversity, to be flexible and teachable is essential.
• You should possess exceptional interpersonal communication skills and enjoy working in a team environment.

Education & Experience:

• Experience: 1+ years of inside or outside sales experience, or 3+ years customer service or be a born sales person who can prove they have the gift.
• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or commensurate skill and experience is always a plus.
• Excellent computing skills with a working knowledge of Outlook, Excel. and the CRM system: Salesforce.
• This is an inside position with occasional travel for trade shows or customer visits.

Battery Junction is seeking an exceptional inside salesperson to join our team as an Account Manager. The Account Manager’s primary responsibility is to prospect new customers and enhance existing relationships with key channel partners. This important role includes developing and building new business, negotiating variables and closing sales. The Account Manager will need to possess exceptional sales, problem solving and communication skills. This position reports directly to the Sales Manager.

Essential Skills:

• Identify and qualify prospective customers and cultivate beneficial relationships through emails, cold calls, referrals, trade shows and prospecting.
• Make outbound calls and develop new accounts to drive incremental volume
• Establish Goals – Develop sales objectives and strategies with management and take the steps necessary to meet those goals.
• Develop an understanding of the battery and flashlights industries and various vertical markets. Learn and remain current on market conditions, new product launches, competition and pricing.
• Attend and participate in sales meetings, training programs and trade shows as required.
• Demonstrate superior interpersonal/negotiation skills.
• Consistently maintain and accurately update information database.
• Organizational skills include setting up and maintaining customer files, and all aspects of launching new products and lines.
• Self-motivate and manage time efficiently.
• Utilize strong oral and written communication skills to represent Battery Junction in a professional manner.
• Display the highest level of integrity and professionalism in all aspects of performance qualities.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills; a master of using phone & email to enhance sales growth. Strong time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to navigate and build relationships in and outside the organization. Works well in a team environment as well as independently. Creative thinker focused on driving new business.
• In depth understanding and working knowledge of the sales process, from prospect to qualifying including needs analysis, quoting and closing.
• Bilingual skill set a plus.

Education & Experience:

• 4+ years of commodity or distributor to retailer sales experience• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or commensurate skill and experience.
• Understanding of distribution of both commodity and consumer packaged goods as well as retail/reseller markets are a major plus.
• Working knowledge of MS Outlook, Excel, and SalesForce.com system.
• This is an Inside Sales position with occasional travel for trade shows or customer visits.

We are looking to expand our Marketing team to meet the websites’ growing demands. We are looking for an energetic individual with excellent attention to detail willing to work hard and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will assign content projects and edit copy writer’s work for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and SEO best practices. The development and maintenance of the sites’ architecture and UX interface are also essential to this role.

In addition to assigning and editing content, the ideal candidate will be able to analyze website traffic and made informed decisions on future landing page development and copywriting projects. Finally, s/he will be able to attend to multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritizing projects, and meeting deadlines and goals effectively.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assigning New Content – using project management software, delegate building products and landing pages as well as updating existing content to the content marketing team
• Editing Content to be Published – before launching any new or revised content on the websites, it will need to be reviewed for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and SEO best practices
• Researching customer behavior and applying newly found knowledge towards the development and creation of new content pages
• Auditing and migrating large sets of data between our ERP system and web platforms
• Learning, demonstrating, and using best practices regarding HTML5 and CSS3 guidelines
• Product photography and photo manipulation
• Blog maintenance
• Backlink development and management
• Monitoring and generating monthly reports of web rankings, organic traffic, and product performance

Qualifications, Skills, and Requirements:

• Consistent ability to write and edit clear, concise yet informative copy
• PC literacy including Microsoft Office, basic HTML, Photoshop, is essential
• High comfort level with software and technology in general
• Bachelor's degree preferred (not required), concentration in Business, Marketing or Communications a plus
• Positive attitude and strong work ethics, ability to multi-task is a must
• Willingness to learn
• Attention to detail
• Manage time effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A keen interest in Direct Marketing and Online Marketing
• Experience with any of the following a major plus:
  • Yahoo! Merchant Solutions
  • Magento Enterprise
  • Stone Edge Order Manager
  • Google Analytics
  • Moz Pro
• Experience selling products, at a large scale, on any eCommerce platform, eBay, and/or Amazon, a major plus
• Experience with social media for business and brand development a plus