Inside Sales Specialist (Program Advisor)

Are you passionate about fitness and wellness? Are you interested in joining a team that partners with most of the premier sports organizations, helps transform lives and was recognized by the Arizona Business Journal as a 2020 and 2021 Best Places to Work and earned the 2020 and 2021 Healthiest Employers Award? Our NASM team is growing and adding an Inside Sales Specialist (Program Advisor) in our Gilbert, AZ office. For over 40 Years, we have had the honor of educating fitness professionals who have helped change millions of lives.

The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) provide science-based certifications and continuing education options for fitness and allied health professionals. We're dedicated to helping fitness enthusiasts become fitness professionals and fitness and allied health professionals realize their dreams.

The Inside Sales Specialist (Program Advisor) will be responsible for achieving individual and team NASM & AFAA revenue goals in the commercial sales channel (retail, health clubs, and web sales). The program advisor role is involved with sales activity as it relates to lead management and follow-up. This role requires effective communication skills, including answering inbound calls from customers and making outbound calls. This role will manage accurate client information through attention to defined processes/procedures within the CRM system. Provide and suggest solutions externally to NASM customers and business partners and new product ideas, revenue growth opportunities, and ways to improve sales operations. Adhere to customer service standards and be a productive contributor to the team's results and help foster an atmosphere of teamwork.

This is a hybrid role reporting to the Gilbert, AZ office; however remote professionals will be considered.

The Perks:

• On target earnings: $115,000
• Highly competitive compensation, with the ability to earn additional monthly compensation via incremental bonus opportunities
• On-site gym outfitted by Hyperice, TRX, Freemotion, and state-of-the-art fitness tools
• Daily voluntary virtual workouts: full body strength, yoga, meditation, mid-morning movement
• Access to best-in-class content and gold standard certifications and credentials
• No dress code
• Flexible and generous paid time off policy
• Market competitive 401k with matching
• Dedicated sales training
• 10 paid holidays
• Generous medical, dental & vision plans

Minimum Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years of sales experience strongly preferred.
• CRM experience preferred.
• Self-motivated and energetic with a drive to succeed.
• Strong ability to listen, collect information, and then communicate and assist customers with their needs verbally via phone and email.
• Ability to work well with others, positively impacting the sales results of our team and serving our customers with excellence.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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