Vendor Lead Specialist

Avnet

Vendor Lead Specialist selling products and solutions to customers at Newark, an Avnet Company. Collaborating with sales teams and maximizing customer experience through effective communication.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRichfield • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Combines inside sales/customer service and technical/systems knowledge to sell products, services and solutions to new and existing customers/account base through a variety of inbound and outbound multimedia communications leads.
Effectively develops, profiles, and manages vendor leads and incoming requests for assigned customers/and unassigned accounts.
Promotes company options and solutions to customers on a regular basis.
Identifies sales opportunities to deliver focused market/brand solutions and quotes, to the customer resulting in increased market share, sales and margin for suppliers and maximizing value to the company.
Consistently delivers revenue or profit that supports and drives the account/customer to meet financial sales metrics.
This position requires collaboration with sales teams, teammates (BDR's) and specified vendors, in order to distribute and close leads in a timely manner.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a minimum of two years of related experience.
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Possesses thorough knowledge of solutions or assigned products for specific vendors.
Exhibits the ability to identify new qualified customers for inclusion in Avnet’s portfolio of smaller and less complex accounts.
Intermediate knowledge of systems such as SAP, ERP, order management, Sales Force and ability to work in portals.
Working knowledge of Excel skills allowing for problem solving, formulas, analysis, formatting and manipulation of data.
Working knowledge of Portals, Sales Force, and ERP Systems, MS Word, Excel and One Note.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous Paid Time Off
401K and Pension Plan
Paid Holidays
Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption)
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account
Education Assistance
Employee Development Resources
Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

Sales TechniquesLead GenerationMarket AnalysisOrder ManagementData Manipulation

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication