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Commercial Power Generation Inside Sales Representative - Memphis
Cummins Inc. · Memphis, Tennessee · Posted Jun 29, 2026
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In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Convert inbound inquiries and cold‑call prospects into qualified opportunities that drive revenue and margin growth.
- Proactively generate new sales through follow‑ups, cross‑selling, and up‑selling to deepen customer value and repeat business.
- Execute the full Cummins Sales Process to ensure a smooth lead‑to‑sale experience and high customer satisfaction.
- Provide sales support through accurate quoting, RFP coordination, and effective collaboration with sales representatives.
- Strengthen customer loyalty by building trusted relationships, resolving concerns, and troubleshooting transaction issues promptly.
- Ensure data accuracy and operational excellence by maintaining CRM records, new account setups, and sales forecasting.
- Coordinate with internal partners to align inventory, delivery, and service capabilities with customer expectations.
- Identify and independently capture new sales opportunities while contributing to continuous improvement of sales processes and customer value initiatives.
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- Action Oriented: Jump on new leads and tough challenges with urgency and energy; consistently move opportunities forward without waiting for perfect information.
- Communicates Effectively: Tailor messages and channels (phone, email, CRM notes, proposals) to each audience—clear, concise, and outcome-focused.
- Customer Focus: Build trusted relationships and translate customer needs into solutions that improve satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value.
- Persuades: Use data, ROI, and relevant customer stories to secure buy‑in, navigate objections, and close with confidence.
- Plans and Aligns: Prioritize the highest‑impact activities (pipeline health, follow‑ups, quotes/RFPs) to meet revenue, margin, and forecast commitments.
- Articulating Value Proposition: Diagnose needs and position Cummins offerings with crisp differentiation—showing tangible value versus alternatives.
- Channel Awareness: Understand routes to market and partner dynamics to choose the most effective path and accelerate deal velocity.
- Pricing Strategy: Align pricing with value, margin targets, and approvals—balance competitiveness with profitability and policy compliance.
- Account Planning: Set clear account objectives, milestones, and risks; track progress in CRM and adjust tactics to hit targets.
- Adapts to Target Audience: Explain complex or technical details in plain language so customers and sales partners can act on them.
- Integrates Customer Perspective: Bring the customer voice into proposals, demos, and content to raise win rates and revenue per account.
- Sales Forecasting: Use internal data and external signals to produce accurate forecasts that inform inventory, delivery, and staffing.
- Sales Pipeline Management: Maintain a healthy, stage‑balanced pipeline; course‑correct early and coach stakeholders as needed to ensure attainment.
- Sense Making: Ask probing questions and synthesize insights across sources to tailor solutions and guide customers through their buying journey.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
- Advanced certificates or college degree in the field of Sales or Marketing, or an acceptable combination of education and experience required.
- This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience:
- Limited prior experience required.
- Experience as a quote analyst or another sales support function desirable.
- Limited travel may be required.
- Experience with customer relationship management software desirable.
- Experience with other software-based sales and business tools desirable.
Hiring Manager is looking for candidates with the following degrees, skills and experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Industrial Distribution is required
- Effective Communication - ability to deliver clear communications; ability to adapt to target audience and explain complex topics
- Relationship and trust building skills - Inspire reliability and dependability, attentive to details, able to approach and connect with others while keeping an open mind when communication difficulties arise.
- Competitive - exhibit desire to compete and succeed, focus on personal development.
- Plans and aligns - ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Action-oriented - ability to take on new opportunities/challenges with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
- Self-starter - able to take initiative and begin projects independently. Exhibit ability to work without needing supervision.
- Pursuit of excellence – Seek personal improvement towards exceeding expectations. Learn from past experiences and stay informed to increase knowledge
- Customer focus - Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Make a positive impact to stakeholders i…