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Aid in issuing and filing of purchase orders in a timely fashion.\nCoordinating with entire sales group on contractual business and corresponding inventory levels.\n Supports branch inventory management efforts through inventory review, purchasing coordination, and continuous improvement activities. Maintain all open purchase orders to ensure accuracy and expected delivery dates are kept current including internal and external supply and out for process related business \nDevelop working knowledge of branch purchasing processes, inventory management practices, supplier relationships, and program account requirements to provide backup support and operational continuity as needed.\nMonitor the status of customers’ orders and intervene as required to ensure on-time delivery. \nContact customers to inform them as soon as it is determined that their order will be late or incomplete and work with them to minimize the consequences of the service breakdown. \nReview the total in-stock and on order position of accounts to anticipate potential excess and aged inventory issues. \nPerform all duties in a manner that is consistent with principles outlined in Samuel’s Customer Bill of Rights. \nReview the profit performance of accounts on a regular basis and look for ways to improve. 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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nWORK ENVIRONMENT:\nThe work environment is predominantly indoors, within an office setting. The Inside Sales Representative - Branch Support collaborates with colleagues from various departments and customers.\nThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nSAMSA","description_format":"text","description_chars":3523,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T17:44:05Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.231,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":46,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/samuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/samuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T08:33:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"search","counted_by":"address","units_charged":0,"used_today":0,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":null,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2355398},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2355398"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsamuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsamuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsamuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/samuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsamuel-representative-inside-sales-branch-support"}]}