Sales Specialist in Off Road Communications - temp to hire

Do you have a passion for Power Sports?

We are looking for a full-time Sales Associate. During your 90-day training period you will earn $15.50 hourly with a move to base plus commission sales at the end of three months or sooner. Earnings range potential after 3 months with monthly commissions translates into $32,240 - $72,800 yearly or more depending on your aptitude and initiative.

This position starts out as a temp to hire for the first 90-days.

Our customers consist primarily of people using two-way radio communication products for on and off-road recreational vehicles (UTV, ATV, Jeep, Toyota Tacoma, Ford Bronco) off-road racing, motocross, circle track racing, industrial, educational, agricultural, fire, police, and aviation.

Working from home is not an option for this position.

Characteristics
A positive and proactive attitude
Initiative to identify and resolve problems
Demonstrates high level of integrity
Willingness to expand knowledge base and improve business and selling skills

Preferred Skills
Powersports, Automotive or related industry experience
Familiarity or able to use Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks and Shopify software platforms
Able to manage and produce business documents, invoices, quotes/estimates, and credit memos
Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with customers, staff, & management
Strong selling skills with an ability to retain technical product knowledge
Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects with changing priorities
Ability to effectively navigate www.ruggedradios.com while assisting customers

Expectations
Full-time 40 hour workweek.
Base salary with commissions after 90-days.
Telephone or in person retail sales.
Available for occasional off-site sales at trade shows or off road races.

Benefits after 90-days
Medical and dental
7 paid holidays and 2 weeks vacation yearly.
401K with 3% Company match after one-year.
Employee purchase discount.

Compensation: $15.50 fulltime hourly paid training with commissions after 3 months. Earnings potential of $32,240. to $72,800. yearly or more.

Administrative Sales Processor-Temp to hire

We are looking for a full-time Admin Sales Processor to join our sales accounting team. This position will be a temp to hire during the first 90 days of employment.

Here’s what we are looking for:

• A team player with strong attention to detail and a willingness to excel in a fast paced environment.
• Accounting and finance background helpful with an emphasis on QuickBooks.

• Creating and processing sales quotes and orders with retail and B2B customers.

• Assisting with sales reporting, and other office functions as needed.

• Be able to engage and communicate professionally with retail and wholesale customers on the phone, through email, and with our online chat platform-We will train for this skill.

• Strong working knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace preferred.

• Be able to type 50 wpm and operate and perform 10-key by touch calculation preferred.

Rugged Radios is a local, nationally recognized manufacture direct company specializing in communication products used in high noise environments such as racing, aviation, motocross, off-road, industrial, agriculture, retail, aviation, schools, wholesale, fire, and police applications.

Compensation: $15.50-$20.00 DOE, 40-hour week, full-time hourly with available daily overtime. Benefits (After 90-day probationary period) such as medical and dental, 7 paid holidays, two weeks paid time off after first year, and 24 hours paid sick time yearly. Participate in the Company 401K program after one year with 3% company match. Generous employee product discount.

Rugged Radios in Arroyo Grande is seeking a creative, bright, articulate, and collaborative person to join our marketing team full time in Social Media Marketing.

We are looking for a driven Social Media Specialist to attract and interact with targeted virtual communities and network users. The goal is to gradually achieve superior customer engagement and intimacy, website traffic and revenue by strategically exploiting all aspects of the social media marketing roadmap.

Social media specialists should have a solid understanding of how each social media channel works and how to optimize content so that it is engaging on those channels. You are responsible for joining relevant conversations on behalf of the brand and “soft selling” the product by providing support to current and prospective customers.

This individual will help produce a wide variety of projects across multiple areas of focus such as Social Media, Graphic Design, Photography, Videography, Email Marketing, and other Ecommerce platforms.

The ideal candidate will be diligent, and able to multitask quickly and efficiently.

This is not a remote position. To be successful and collaborative, the applicant must be willing to work on-site in our Arroyo Grande, California headquarters marketing department.

Rugged Radios is the top brand for 2-way communications in the off-road racing industry. In addition to supporting various off-road race series, we attend many of the largest off-road trade shows in the United States

Job Responsibilities

• Generate original and creative content for Facebook and Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and various other platforms
• Communicate with followers, responding to queries and comments
• Produce product & lifestyle photography and video and copywriting for social posts and blogs
• Write, edit, publish, and share engaging content (e.g., original text, photos, videos, and news) geared toward off-road communications
• Collaborate to ensure social media campaigns and postings are executed to the highest standards
• Blog content feature and technical writing

Qualifications

• Experience with the off-road recreational vehicle industry and or any industry specific arena from which we operate
• Degree in Marketing or relevant field or in process of completing a degree or diploma-which may be substituted for “Real world” social media experience
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated collaboration skills across Company work groups and departments
• Fundamental experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Google Workspace
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere
• Available for occasional travel to various off road races and trade shows
• Knowledge of SEO, Google Ad Words highly desired

Pay Scale

• Range $19.00-$25.00 hourly

Do you have a passion for Power Sports?

We are looking for a full-time Social Media Sales Associate to join our in-house sales team. You will be on the front lines as an ambassador of the company for retail sales customers on the phone, in person and especially through social media sales channels like Instagram, Face Book, TikTok, and YouTube.

Our customers consist primarily of people using two-way radio communication products for off-road recreational vehicles (UTV, ATV, Jeep, Toyota Tacoma, Ford Bronco) off-road racing, motocross, circle track racing, industrial, educational, agricultural, fire and safety, and aviation.

Working from home is not an option for this position. We feel there is a distinct advantage for our business to have our Associates working in the office.

Characteristics:

• A positive and proactive attitude
• Initiative to identify and resolve problems
• Demonstrates high level of integrity
• Willingness to expand knowledge base and improve business and selling skills
• Exercise patience and understanding with fellow staff and customers

Your Success Path Involves a Very Strong Understanding of the Following Areas:

• Powersports, Automotive or Electronics industry experience
• Demonstrated proficiency with social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
• Experience with photography, videography, blogging, and customer driven engagement across platforms
• Familiarity with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, and Shopify
• Able to manage and produce business documents, invoices, quotes/estimates, and credit memos
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with customers, staff, and management
• Strong selling skills with an ability to retain technical product knowledge
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects with changing priorities
• Ability to effectively navigate www.ruggedradios.com while assisting customers
  
  

Expectations:

• Full-time 40 hour workweek
• Rotating schedule Mon.-Fri. or Tue.-Sat.
• Be available for telephone and in person retail sales
• Proficiency with social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
• Available for occasional off-site sales at trade shows or off road races

Pay Scale

• Range $16.00-$20.00 hourly