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Inside Sales Representative

MRA Recruiting Services · United States · back to the listing

HR standards

62/100

needs work

Title ↔ description

91/100

strong

Reads as

Sales Representative

100% confident

What this role officially is

commercial sales representative — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Commercial sales representatives represent a company in selling and providing information on goods and services to businesses and organisations.

Also known as: field sales representative, technical and commercial sales executive, field sales executive, sales and marketing consultant, business development representative, technical and commercial sales representative

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What the listing never says

  • 16 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
  • No location or timezone policy stated, so a candidate cannot tell where they may work from. Scope clarity

The listing, marked up

Company: Associated Bag
Title: Inside Sales Representative

About: Associated Bag is a national supplier of packaging and shipping products serving all types of industries from four strategic locations. We are a family1 -owned business with a stable history and a bright future. Our employees enjoy a casual, collaborative work environment, competitive salary, a complete benefits package that includes great work/life balance with flexible scheduling and a generous time off policy. Business success is all about meeting your customers’ needs. When we treat our co-workers like customers, the actual customers receive even better service. Open and honest communication is the key, and a workplace administered with consistency and fairness promotes enthusiasm, teamwork, and pride for all.

Position Summary: The Inside Sales Representativeis responsible for proactively contacting decision-maker(s) on a regular schedule, using promotional material and sales techniques to enhance customer awareness of capabilities for both stock and custom items; quotes and negotiating special pricing, delivery and payment terms, freight considerations, etc.; develops a thorough understanding of customer's business and stays educated and informed through news articles, customer websites, and industry information to identify key events that may warrant action; manages customer contacts with CRM program.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively contact decision-makers within companies on a regular schedule to:

• Introduce and promote stock and custom items

• Suggest special delivery, stocking, or pricing option

• Offer additional services such as flex pay warehousing, special packaging, custom, and direct shipments

• Manage customer contacts within the CRM program

• Quote and negotiate both stock and custom items, including:

• Special pricing

• Delivery/payment terms

• Freight considerations

• Utilize appropriate promotional materials and sales techniques to enhance customer awareness of capabilities for stock and custom items

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; post-high school education preferred

• 3 years of experience in sales or customer service

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and agreements

• Strong writing and business correspondence skills

• Effective presentation and communication skills for interacting with customers and colleagues

• Basic math skills, including calculating discounts and gross margins

We Make it Easy

Founded in 1901, MRA is a nonprofit employer association that serves more than 4,000 employers, covering more than one million employees.

As one of the largest employer associations in the nation, MRA helps its member organizations thrive by offering the most comprehensive assortment of HR services, information, education, and resources to help build successful workplaces and a powerful workforce.

We partner with these companies working directly with their HR department and leadership to hire their talent. We are a direct line to the company, not an agency recruiter.

Originally posted on Himalayas

How this was produced

Highlights are found by rule, not by a model: each one is a phrase matched at a known position, and every note is a template we wrote. The two scores come from a typed-decision model (Jev) that reads the listing against the official role definition and real listings for the same role, and returns probabilities rather than prose — it never writes any of the words on this page, and never chooses what to highlight.

Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 9 points (from 71 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.