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Account Manager

@ Power & Tel

Burlington, Ontario

Full-time1+ years experience
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Overview

Power & Tel is hiring a full-time Account Manager for a defined territory and market. The role combines sales targets and new business development with order entry, customer account care, purchasing liaison and daily reporting. Fluent French is required.

Responsibilities:

  • Achieve sales and gross profit goals in an assigned territory
  • Enter quotes and orders in the computer system while on the phone with customers
  • Maintain customer relations and files
  • Advise district sales managers of quotes, bids and leads
  • Process returns, issue purchase orders and manage accounts receivable follow-up

Requirements summary:

  • Fluent French
  • 1 to 2 years of sales or customer service experience
  • Strong phone and communication skills
  • Problem-solving, negotiation and selling skills
  • High school diploma; college degree preferred

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Employer posting date
2026-08-14
First seen by our source
2026-11-03
Source record updated
2026-11-03

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentSales
Experience1+ years
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish, French
EducationHigh school (required), College diploma (preferred)

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Full company description

Since 1963, Power & Tel's extensive distribution system has provided an effective way for service providers and contractors to get the wide range of products needed to build and maintain communication networks. As a WBENC-certified Woman-Owned Business and value-add partner, we offer efficient solutions for managing material and transactions, increasing asset visibility, and maximizing resource and facility capacity. Company headquarters are located in Piperton, TN, with branch offices and distribution centers throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and an export branch serving global customers out of Miami. For six decades, our deep industry relationships have ensured unfailing access to the products and brands that accelerate innovation. Solving supply chain challenges is our core strength. We go the extra mile to get you the right product at the right time, every time. Want to learn what's new in the ICT industry? Sign up for our newsletter: https://ptsupply.info/newsletter

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  • 200 Keough Drive, Piperton, Tennessee 38017, US
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Other recorded names
  • Power & Tel
Specialties
  • Your Supply Chain Partner
  • Specializing in the procurement
  • sales and material management of #telecom products
  • telecommunications
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • ICT
  • rural broadband
  • fiber optics
  • RDOF
  • fiber cable
  • Woman Owned Business
  • Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
  • 5G
  • 10G
  • VoIP
  • telecom
  • Internet of Things
  • broadband access
  • Essential Business
  • electronics
  • and outside plant
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Since 1963, Power & Tel's extensive distribution system has provided an effective way for service providers and contractors to get the wide range of products needed to build and maintain communication networks. As a WBENC-certified Woman-Owned Business and value-add partner, we offer efficient solutions for managing material and transactions, increasing asset visibility, and maximizing resource and facility…

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IndustryTelecommunications
Company size201-500 employees
HeadquartersPiperton, Tennessee
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded1963
SpecialtiesYour Supply Chain PartnerSpecializing in the procurementsales and material management of #telecom productstelecommunicationsInformation & Communications TechnologyICTrural broadbandfiber opticsRDOFfiber cable
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Job description

Key Responsibilities

  • Achieve sales and gross profit goals within a defined territory and/or market by proactively seeking new business opportunities within existing customer base & new leads.
  • Works closley with assigned, existing, and potential customers in a defined territory.
  • Maintains customer relations & files (current quotes, correspondence, plans, problems, etc. and updates customer information in the computer system.
  • Enters quotes and orders into the computer system while on the phone with the customer.
  • Advises District Sales Managers (DSMs) of all pending quotations, bids, leads, competitive information, and sales possibilities.
  • Establishes GP% to be used in bids, processes return authorizations, sends out correspondence & literature, and works back-order reports.
  • Maintains close contact with the Purchasing Department (advises of low/high stock levels, competitive market prices, and vendor pricing discrepancies).
  • Participates in vendor shows, in-house product training, association meetings, and P&T training.

The additional Key Responsibilities below apply to Account Managers assigned to Power & Tel of Canada:

  • Transmits a daily order sales summary to the National Sales Manager.
  • Issues direct/drop shipments and POs when required.
  • Daily entering and review of QSAs
  • Daily activity reports to GM and ISM
  • Assists in planning, designing & launching email promos
  • Process VISA, Mastercard, debit card payments
  • AR follow-up & calls to customers
  • Product search e.g. substitutes, approx for specific applications
  • Price negotiations
  • POs for “Drop Ship” tickets

Skills Needed

  • Attention to detail, clear phone voice and excellent communication skills a must.
  • Customer/Employee relations using motivation and dipolmany in difficult situations
  • Flexible to change, general computer skills including Microsoft Office
  • Strong - problem solving, negotiation, organization, and selling skills
  • French Canadian Speaker - fluent

Minimum Educational Requirements

High School Diploma. A college degree is preferred, but is not required.

Experience Required

The successful candidate will have 1 to 2 years previous sales or Customer Service experience. Wholesale distribution experience is preferred, but is not required.

NOTE: The purpose of this outline job description is to focus attention on the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be a complete list of every duty and it is therefore to be expected that the day to day performance of the job will frequently include tasks not listed above. The list of duties for which the job holder is responsible may be varied or added to at the discretion of your manager. Any such alterations intended to be permanent will be added to this job description.

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