Sales Support Specialist

Who We Are: 

Bluewater Battery Logistics is on a mission to facilitate battery reuse and recycling to help enable a circular economy that moves industry toward a zero-waste future. Our startup is guided by accomplished entrepreneurs with a history of successful ventures, bolstered by a team of industry veterans with profound expertise in both the energy and logistics sectors, and energized by spirited new talent eager to make their mark and contribute fresh ideas! 

Job Description:

We are excited to welcome a driven and intuitive Sales Support Specialist to our team at Bluewater. In this role, you will be responsible for providing essential support to the Sales team by coordinating projects, monitoring logistics, and working closely with Operations to ensure the successful execution of deals. Your organizational skillset and ability to manage timelines will play a key role in ensuring efficient transactions and positive customer experience, from initial sales inquiries through delivery. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Sales Coordination: Serve as a point of contact during the sales cycle, answering inquiries from customers, providing updates, and resolving issues related to order fulfillment. 
• Project Facilitation: Oversee the handoff of information from Sales to Operations and Logistics. Ensure communication and alignment on deliverables, leading to seamless deal execution. 
• Sales Agreements: Prepare quotes, purchase orders, proposals, and sales contracts, ensuring accuracy.
• CRM Maintenance: Update the company’s CRM with project details, timelines, documents, key contacts, and more to ensure accurate information for teams internally. 
• Cross-functional Communication: Coordinate project timelines and key changes to stakeholders throughout the sales cycle.
• Problem Solving: Identify, address and resolve issues related to deals in your pipeline. This may include logistics challenges, storage requirements, and other hiccups.
• Risk Monitoring: Identify and proactively avoid barriers that arise throughout the sales cycle. Become a subject matter expert in shipping regulations regarding large format batteries. 
• Marketing Collaboration: Collaborate with the Marketing team to develop and implement targeted campaigns and generate new leads. 
• Perform ad hoc duties as necessary 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. 
• Prior experience in sales support, business development, project coordination, or tangential roles is preferred but not required.
• CRM familiarity and exposure.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and build rapport with stakeholders. 
• Proactive and self-motivated with a high-energy, results-driven approach to sales and business development. 
• Strong organizational and project management skillset. 
• Collaborative team player who can work closely with Sales, Operations, and Logistics teams. 
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel). 
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• A self-starter who takes pride in their work, shows initiative, and expresses ownership over their responsibilities. 

Why Bluewater Battery Logistics?

• Flexible paid time off policy. 
• Opportunity for rapid career growth and clear ownership. 
• Health benefits: Full medical and dental insurance coverage.
• Team-oriented workplace: Bluewater has a team-first ethos. We work together toward a common goal and take pride in our collective and individual successes. You will be surrounded by passionate team members who are motivated to succeed. 
• Be part of something big: When you join the Bluewater team, you’ll be a first mover in an exciting time in the company’s life cycle. Your input will help form and shape the company. Your work will have an impact for years to come. 

Location

• Santa Barbara, CA 
• This is an in-person role 
• Job Type: Full-time 
• Compensation: $48,000-$75,000