Sales Support Specialist – Contract

Title: Sales Support Specialist
Location: Mostly remote, occasional onsite in Long Island, NY
Geographic Requirement: Must be based on Long Island, NY
Local Travel: Required periodically for customer meetings, events, demonstrations, and outreach
Job Type: Contract, long-term
Schedule: Flexible/part-time or full-time depending on business needs
Hourly rate: Depending on experience, $20-22/hour+ W2

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and organized Sales Support Specialist to support our sales team with day-to-day administrative tasks, prospect development, customer outreach, and local sales activities.

This is a mostly remote contract position, but the ideal candidate must be located on Long Island, NY and be available to travel locally on occasion. 

The right candidate is comfortable working independently, communicating with prospective customers, keeping accurate records, and jumping in wherever needed to support sales initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Sales & Administrative Support

• Assist with basic sales tracking, reporting, and updates.
• Maintain accurate sales and customer information.
• Assist with expense documentation and submission.
• Organize sales-related documents, information, and follow-up activities.
• Provide general administrative support to the sales team as needed.

Lead & Prospect Support

• Help identify and research potential customers within assigned markets.
• Maintain and update prospect and customer information.
• Support outbound outreach and follow-up activities.
• Help track leads, conversations, follow-ups, and sales opportunities.
• Assist with scheduling customer calls, meetings, demonstrations, and follow-ups.
• Communicate professionally with prospective and existing customers.

Sales Events & Activities

• Provide onsite support at trade shows, customer events, meetings, product demonstrations, and other sales activities.
• Assist with event preparation, setup, customer engagement, lead collection, and follow-up.
• Represent the company professionally at local sales events and customer interactions.

Local Outreach

• Visit assigned areas throughout Long Island to engage with potential customers.
• Share product and company information with prospective customers.
• Help build local awareness and identify new sales opportunities.
• Gather market and prospect information and communicate relevant findings to the sales team.
• Support other local sales initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be located on Long Island, NY.
• Must be available for occasional local onsite travel and customer-facing activities.
• Previous experience in sales support, business development, customer service, administrative support, or a related role preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Organized, dependable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Comfortable using email, spreadsheets, CRM systems, and other basic business software.
• Ability to work independently in a primarily remote environment.
• Professional and confident when interacting with prospective customers and business partners.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation preferred/required for local travel.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is proactive, personable, organized, and comfortable wearing multiple hats. This person should enjoy both behind-the-scenes sales support and getting out into the local market to connect with potential customers.

This could be a strong fit for someone with experience in sales coordination, inside sales, business development, customer service, recruiting, marketing, event support, or administrative support who wants a flexible, mostly remote contract opportunity with local customer-facing responsibilities.