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EIS

Distributes process materials and engineered fabrication

Inside Sales Specialist

Full-Time
No salary listed
Junior
Associate's
Fremont, CA, USA+1 moreMore locations: Tempe, AZ, USA
In Person
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Executive

About the job

Requirements
  • An Associate’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent education is required.
  • A minimum of two years of sales experience in inside sales, field sales, or tele-sales is required.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and fulfill objectives with minimal direct supervision.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Strong verbal and written skills.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Detail orientation and the ability to multitask.
  • Innovative, proactive, and self-directed approach.
  • Ability to focus on goals and develop a work plan that produces desired results.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Responsibilities
  • Make sales development calls to existing and potential customers.
  • Establish and maintain business relationships with customers and work closely with suppliers and customers to understand and meet their individual needs and requirements.
  • Respond to and manage customer-related issues, including scheduled customer orders, expedites, corrective actions, and finished-good design changes.
  • Learn and promote company products and services.
  • Provide feedback to management and Marketing regarding customer needs and concerns.
  • Maintain detailed customer contact information and daily sales activities in SAP, including pricing analysis to ensure price increases are passed on.
  • Maintain customer contact information for lead-generation purposes.
  • Review account activity frequency across calls, email, mailings, and fax to ensure accounts are actively managed and reflect changing customer and company needs.
  • Strategize with team members to improve sales figures and identify product and service benefits for customers.
Desired Qualifications
  • SAP business software experience.

About the company

EIS distributes process materials, production supplies, and engineered fabrication to the OEM Electrical and Industrial, Aftermarket/MRO, and Electronic Materials markets across North America. It helps manufacturers by sourcing and delivering the right materials and fabrication services they need to keep production running, with a focus on reliable supply chains and technical support.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Duluth, Minnesota

Founded

1946

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What believers are saying

  • EIS bought Pittsburgh Electrical Insulation in 2025, showing active tuck-in execution.
  • 2024 Gerome and 2023 Power Grid Supply broaden aftermarket and OEM cross-sell opportunities.
  • North America specialty-distributor positioning supports custom fabrication demand from electrification customers.

What critics are saying

  • Searchlight's 2024 acquisition resets ownership, forcing another integration cycle and exit pressure.
  • EIS competes against IEWC and SouthernCarlson in fragmented, price-sensitive industrial distribution.
  • Customer concentration in power-generation and transformer markets creates demand shocks if utility capex slows.

What makes EIS unique

  • Searchlight backed EIS bought PEI in 2025, extending its buy-and-build platform.
  • EIS combines distribution, fabrication, and conversion across electrical process materials and assemblies.
  • Acquisitions like Gerome Technologies and Power Grid Supply deepen transformer and power-generation capabilities.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee Discounts

Company News

Citybiz
Sep 24th, 2025
Madison Street Capital Acts as Financial Advisor To PEI On Its Sale to EIS, a Portfolio Company of Searchlight Partners

Madison Street Capital, an international investment banking firm, acted as the exclusive financial advisor on the sale of Pittsburgh Electrical... Read More

PR Newswire
Feb 26th, 2025
Heritage Environmental Services Announces James (Shelby) Marlow As Chief Financial Officer

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Environmental Services ("HES"), an EQT Infrastructure portfolio company, announces today that James (Shelby) Marlow has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), effective February 18, 2025.Shelby Marlow joins HES from EIS (Audax), a leading North American distributor of process materials to maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") and original equipment manufacturers ("OEM") customers across various end markets, including Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Alternative Energy, E-Mobility, and Industrial Electronics. At EIS, he served as CFO, successfully establishing the company as an independent entity, setting up its finance and accounting functions, and leading six acquisitions. His efforts significantly grew business earnings and accelerated growth through a robust Buy and Build strategy. Prior to this, Mr. Marlow was the CFO at Reliable Parts, where he optimized financial operations, revolutionized supply chain efficiency, and boosted profitability

Business Wire
Jun 25th, 2024
EIS Acquires Gerome Technologies, Inc.

EIS, a leading specialty value-added distributor of electrical and electronic process materials in North America, is pleased to announce the acquisiti

TenLinks
Mar 20th, 2024
EIS Selects Flexxbotics for Advanced Robotic Machine Tending

Flexxbotics announced that EIS (Engineered & Industrial Solutions), North America's speciality fabricator, converter, and distributor of electrical process materials and related parts, has selected Flexxbotics for advanced robotic machine tending to increase the performance and optimization of robot-enabled workcells building precision parts for the oil and gas industry.

Business Wire
Nov 3rd, 2023
EIS Announces Acquisition of Power Grid Supply

EIS, a leading specialty value-added distributor of electrical process materials and components in North America, is pleased to announce the successfu