- Company: Staples, Inc.
- Location: Park, Lake County
- Salary: Pay not listed
Staples, Inc. at a glance
staplescareers.comStaples is a major office-products and business-services retailer; careers are listed via staplescareers.com. This role is for Quill, Staples’ business-to-business channel focused on office supplies and related services for commercial customers.
Join Staples, Inc. as an Inside Sales Business Development Executive supporting Quill in Park, Lake County. This is a full-time opportunity to drive new business growth by identifying prospects, presenting tailored solutions, and building lasting client relationships in a B2B sales environment.
About the Role
As an Inside Sales Business Development Executive, you'll serve as a key sales contact for prospective and existing customers seeking business solutions. You'll combine consultative selling with account development to expand Quill's customer base and increase customer lifetime value.
What You'll Do
- Identify and qualify new business prospects through outbound and inbound lead activity
- Present customized solutions tailored to each customer's specific needs and objectives
- Build and nurture relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders
- Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting through closing and beyond
- Meet or exceed individual sales targets and revenue goals
- Maintain organized pipeline records and provide accurate sales forecasting
- Partner with customer service and operations teams to support customer satisfaction
What We're Looking For
- Demonstrated success in inside sales, business development, or similar sales roles
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to quickly establish trust and rapport with business decision-makers
- Strong work ethic and drive to consistently meet sales objectives
- Experience with CRM systems and sales management tools
- High school diploma or equivalent; bachelor's degree a plus
- Available to work from the Park, Lake County location
About Quill at Staples, Inc.
Quill is the business-to-business brand of Staples, Inc., connecting organizations with the products and services essential to their success. As an Inside Sales Business Development Executive with Quill, you'll help drive growth while delivering real value to customers.
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What people say about Staples, Inc.
- We are throttling the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)
Recent news
- ‘Staples Baddie’ prints out a new page of her career - KRDO
- GitLab Says Will Cut Jobs to Spend on Growth in ‘Agentic Era’ - Bloomberg.com
- After years of testing women's workwear, these are the brands our editors keep wearing on repeat - Business Insider
- I was a no-name girl working in sports — then Kobe Bryant made my career - New York Post
- Staples subsidiary Essendant to close northwest Houston facility, lay off 92 employees - The Business Journals
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Working in Park, Lake County
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The posting points to Park in Lake County, Michigan—a rural Great Lakes area rather than a large metro. Michigan sits in the Upper Midwest among the Great Lakes, with a mix of small communities and water-adjacent regions; expect a quieter local setting than big-city sales hubs.
Michigan is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), M
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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Cost of living in Michigan: 3.8% below the national average — via BEA
Minimum wage in Michigan: $13.73/hr — via FRED
Real GDP per capita in Michigan: $56,168 — via FRED
Home prices in Michigan (year over year): +5.0% — via FRED
Median household income in Lake County: $49,680 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Average commute time in Lake County: 30 min — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Most common commute in Lake County: Drove Alone (79%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Households with home internet in Lake County: 82% — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Typical climate: average high 57°F / low 35°F year-round (summers around 81°F, winters around 15°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Least walkable — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $758/mo · $994/mo — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 259m (850 ft)
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Build the skills for this role
Build confident phone and CRM-driven selling, product fluency in office and business supplies, and disciplined pipeline follow-up. Practice objection handling, multi-thread account growth, and clear written quotes. No certification list was provided for this occupation family.
Be ready to walk through a cold-call or inbound B2B sales process end to end. Prepare examples of quota, pipeline hygiene, and how you reopen stalled deals. Ask how Quill segments customers, what tools the desk uses, and how success is measured in the first 90 days.
Strong fit if you like high-volume inside sales, structured product catalogs, and growing commercial accounts without field travel. Less ideal if you want fully remote work or pure field/enterprise hunting outside a call-and-desk model.
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Listing facts
- Role Inside Sales Business Development Executive, Quill
- Employer Staples, Inc.
- Location Park, Lake County
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted June 29, 2026
- Apply by August 1, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (293 words)
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- Hacker News — We are throttling the FCC to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth
- Hacker News — Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)
- Hacker News — Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)
- Hacker News — Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)
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