Switchgear Quotations Specialist

Founded in Denver in 1987, QED aims to provide high-quality electrical products and services to the industry. QED employs over 500 associates across 18 branches within Arizona and Colorado to serve commercial and residential contractors, industrial facilities, and OEM businesses.

At QED, we embrace what makes us unique. As a company with local roots and global reach, we excel at the diversity of our Associates and the different ways each of us contributes to our success. What keeps us at the forefront of progress? OUR PEOPLE. No matter where they work or who they are, we trust their individual skills and qualities and give them everything they need to reach their full potential.

Gear Quotations Specialist

The Switchgear Specialist provides dedicated technical expertise, inventory, logistical support, and specialized technical solutions for multiple customer jobs simultaneously. This position will be primarily responsible for managing and preparing quotes and bids for incoming projects and providing ongoingknowledge support to Project Managers as a technical resource.

What you'll do:

* Serve as a technical and commercial resource for industrial and data center gear projects, including switchgear, switchboards, power distribution units (PDUs), busway, transformers, UPS integration, and high-capacity distribution systems.
* Manage incoming quotes and bids for customers by providing accurate, competitive, and on-time quotations, as well as technical expertise to customers.
* Review and interpret industrial and data center construction documents, including single-line diagrams, one-lines, equipment schedules, and mission-critical specifications.
* Develop detailed quotations and proposals for complex, large-scale, and mission-critical projects, ensuring compliance with customer, engineer, and end-user requirements.
* Produce a bill of materials from drawings, specifications, descriptions, or notes.
* Coordinate with QED's purchasing department to ensure product availability in line with contract specifications and demand-driven inventory practices.
* Collaborate with sales teams, manufacturers, contractors, and engineers to support data center and industrial project pursuits from design assist through order execution.
* Evaluate alternate equipment configurations, manufacturers, and value-engineering opportunities while maintaining uptime, redundancy, and reliability requirements (e.g., N, N+1, 2N).
* Coordinate pricing, lead times, and technical clarifications with manufacturers for custom or non-standard industrial and data center equipment.
* Thoroughly understand all product capabilities, features, and benefits as well as QED's market conditions, product warranties, and services to ensure timely and accurate flow of information from Quotations to the Project Management team to ensure a seamless and efficient handling of customer projects from start to finish.
* Be aware of customer sales opportunities and share this intel with the manager.
* Build rapport with the customer by understanding the customer's job, their business, and the market.
* Ensure that QED is the Electrical Distributor of Choice.
* Bring a hope-filled, can-do, optimistic attitude to the workplace.
* Constantly look for better ways to continually improve processes.
* Demonstrate our mission, vision, and values through your words and actions.
* Learn from mistakes and failures and apply lessons learned to the next endeavor.
* Support customers through submittals, revisions, approvals, and change orders related to industrial and data center projects.
* Assist with customer and sales training related to industrial applications, data center power infrastructure, and emerging technologies within the electrical distribution space.
* Provide post-quotation support by addressing technical questions, scope clarifications, and issue resolution during procurement and installation phases.

What you'll bring:

* 3+ years of prior experience with commercial and/or industrial switchgear products, from manufacturing,distribution, or vendor background.
* Expert ability to read and comprehend electrical plans and specifications.
* Experience supporting industrial facilities and/or data center electrical infrastructure projects preferred.
* Familiarity with mission-critical power distribution concepts, redundancy models, and high-capacity electrical systems strongly desired.
* Effective user of ERP systems (preferably Epicor or SAP).
* Knowledge of commercial electrical suppliers and product lines, pricing strategies, and local/regional markets.
* Ability to travel to customer offices and construction sites.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with customers and suppliers at the highest level.
* Strong customer service orientation, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
* Time management - ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines; highly organized.
* PC literate with knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point)

Compensation: $65,000 - 85,000

Our Competitive Benefits?

401K Plan, Competitive Medical Plans (medical, dental, and vision), Paid Vacation, Paid Sick, Paid Personal, Paid Holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care), Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Life Insurance and a Definitive Career Path.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Sonepar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

Sonepar and our family of brands are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, we will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please call 843-745-2420 or email recruiting@sonepar-us.com.

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