Accelerated Commercial Experience (ACE) Trainee
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About the role
The Accelerated Commercial Experience (ACE) Trainee is responsible for completing an intensive rotational training and development program that provides employees with a fast-tracked opportunity to gain broad exposure to multiple areas of business within the Electrical Distribution industry. This is accomplished through a series of diverse assignments, projects, and classroom training. Successful program completion could lead to placement in a commercial role which opens doors to several career paths, including sales, project management, operations, procurement, marketing, and more.
Responsibilities
- All rotations are a value-add to help us transform and grow our business and professionally develop you. Participants will complete various rotations in the following disciplines:
- Warehouse/Logistics - Spend time learning the logistics of the warehouse. This can include filling customer orders, receiving, stocking, staging, and shipping material
- Sales - Complete several sales rotations focused on inside sales, outside sales, counter sales & other specialty sales as determined by region's business. These sales rotations will encompass customer service skills, product knowledge, sales skills, and savviness with digital tools
- Operations - Identify levers that impact profitability, understand safety & facility maintenance protocols, use tools/data available to make sound business decisions, understand the trade working capital and customer service effects of maintaining a healthy inventory
- Gain knowledge on the Automation business through a series of shadowing opportunities and prospecting opportunities to sell automation services packages to customers
- Other duties as assigned
- Job Duties Disclaimer:
Requirements
- Must be open to relocation, as it is required both to complete the program as well as to achieve career success
- External candidates:
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 upon degree completion
- Relevant internship/co-op experience preferred
- Internal Candidates:
- 12 months of Rexel experience
- Positive year-end review with at least a Meets Expectations rating
- High School or GED - Required
- 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree - Preferred
- High School Diploma/GED + equivalent military experience considered
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, or related degree preferred
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Possess excellent communication, time management, and leadership skills
- Be a flexible and adaptable team player, who possess an enthusiastic/self-starter attitude
- Professionally mature
- Self-confident
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Physical Demands:
- Sit: Must be able to remain in a stationary position - Frequently - 21% to 50%
- Walk: Must be able to move about inside/outside office or work location - Frequently - 21% to 50%
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Operates a computer and other office machinery - Constantly - at least 51%
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl: Must be able to crouch down to stock shelves, pick up boxes, or position oneself to maintain computers in the lab/under desks/in server closet - Occasionally - up to 20%
- Climb or balance: Must be able to ascend/descend on a ladder, forklift, pallet jack, or other warehouse equipment - Occasionally - up to 20%
- Talk, hear, taste, smell: Must be able to use senses to effectively communicate with co-workers and clients and detect hazardous conditions - Constantly - at least 51%
- Weight and Force Demands:
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We are looking for an Accelerated Commercial Experience (ACE) Trainee to join our Rexel USA team in San Diego, CA!
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