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The bid is in flight. Half the spec is in the rep's head.

Electrical and trades distribution reps live between jobsites, contractor offices, and bid walks. Voze turns 30 seconds of voice into structured account updates — bid requests, jobsite specs, distributor switches, and project completion signals — without anyone touching a form.

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This week's signals · Electrical & Trades

Across the vertical · last 7 days
Live
Bids in flight
24
11 close in 30d
Jobsite specs
38
12 affect open quotes
Comp. switches
5
Rexel · CED

Notable this week · 3 of 14

Bid
Westline Electric — bidding 220-unit apartment build, materials list due Fri
Marcus Johnson · Tue · auto-extracted
Spec
Henderson Contracting — GC swapped panel spec on the Eastfield jobsite
Sarah Rodriguez · Mon · auto-extracted
Switch
Premier Electric switched conduit to Rexel last month — wants pricing review
Marcus Johnson · 1h ago
The problem in electrical & trades

Reps see everything. Almost none of it makes it back.

Three patterns we hear from every electrical and trades distributor we talk to — before we show them Voze.

Pattern 01

Bid requests evaporate between the jobsite and the office.

A contractor asks for a materials package on a 220-unit apartment build. The rep means to flag it Monday. Friday comes. The bid window closes — and the contractor goes with whoever turned a quote around in two days, not two weeks.

"Our reps hear about every bid. Half of them we never quote."
Pattern 02

Mid-job spec swaps cost you the next line item.

The GC changes the panel spec on a live jobsite. The contractor mentions it to your rep at pickup. Inside sales is still quoting the old spec. By the time the change reaches the quote desk, the contractor sourced the new panel from the distributor down the street.

"The job changes daily. Our quote stays the same."
Pattern 03

Distributor switches surface in next quarter's revenue.

A contractor quietly starts buying conduit from Rexel. Your rep notices. He'd love to win the line back — if anyone in the office knew it was at risk. By the time the trend hits a report, the contractor's relationship with the competing branch is two months old.

"We're great at winning back accounts — once we know they left."
How Voze works for electrical & trades

Three steps, tuned to the jobsite.

Same Voze loop, vocabulary and signal weighting tuned for electrical and trades distributors selling into contractors, GCs, and project managers.

01

Rep talks after the visit.

From the truck, from the jobsite, from the contractor's parking lot after a bid walk. 30 seconds of voice replaces the report no rep ever fills out.

What the rep says
"Westline Electric · bidding 220-unit apartment build · GC pushing for a materials list by Friday · they switched conduit to Rexel last month."
02

Voze parses the project.

Account, jobsite, bid type, spec change, competitor switch, follow-up — extracted automatically. ERP records update. Inside sales gets the bid signal before the contractor opens the next quote.

What gets structured
Account: Westline Electric · Project: 220-unit apartment · Signal: bid in flight · Comp: Rexel on conduit · Task: Materials list by Fri
03

Manager sees the territory.

By Monday — bids in flight rolling up across reps, spec changes mapped to in-flight quotes, distributor switches flagged before they hit next quarter's revenue. You move on signals while they're still warm.

What you see Monday
24 bids in flight · 12 open quotes affected by spec changes · 5 accounts shifting share to Rexel or CED
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Customer story · Electrical & Trades

How distribution reps turn bid walks into materials packages that ship.

With Voze, reps capture every bid request, spec change, and distributor switch in 30 seconds of voice. Inside sales turns the bid walk into a same-week materials package — and the contractor doesn't have time to shop the package to Rexel before your quote lands.

"Our reps hear about every bid walk first. Now the office does too — same day, not next Friday."
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Sample 90-day view · Electrical distributor
Illustrative
Notes captured
2,420
Bid packages turned same-week
142
Rep adoption
89%

Sample handoff context · auto-surfaced

WE
Westline Electric · bidding 220-unit apt · materials list due Fri · 90-day project
2d
HC
Henderson Contracting · GC swapped panel spec on Eastfield · re-quote pending
4d
PE
Premier Electric · switched conduit to Rexel · pricing review requested
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Electrical & Trades FAQ

Common questions from distribution leaders.

How does Voze integrate with our ERP — Eclipse, P21, or NDS?
Voze ships pre-built setups for HubSpot and Salesforce — turn them on yourself from Voze Web (Settings → Integrations). Eclipse, P21, NDS, and other ERPs connect through Zapier's 8,000+ app library, so account updates, notes, and follow-up tasks flow into the records your inside sales and counter teams already work from. If you'd rather have a native connector, our integrations team can usually build one.
How does Voze help us respond to bid walks faster?
When a rep captures a bid request, Voze tags the contractor, the project, the materials scope, and the bid window. The signal routes to inside sales in real time — with the rep's voice context attached — so your quote desk turns the package before the contractor has time to shop it.
Can Voze flag when a contractor starts switching distributors?
Yes. When a rep hears that a contractor switched conduit, wire, panels, or any line to a competitor, Voze tags the switch with the account, the line, and the competitor. You see distributor-switch signals roll up as their own queue — long before the share loss shows up in next quarter's revenue.
Do counter reps and outside reps both use Voze?
Both. Counter reps capture contractor-walk-in conversations the same way outside reps capture jobsite visits — 30 seconds of voice from wherever they are. Signals from both surfaces flow into the same project and account view, so you finally see the full picture per contractor instead of two half-pictures.
How long does rollout take across multiple branches?
Most multi-branch distributors are fully live in 3-4 weeks. Week one is a 30-minute training session per branch. Weeks 2-4 are signal calibration with your sales leadership — making sure the signal weighting matches how you actually sell. Adoption typically passes 80% by week 6.
Electrical & Trades · Demo

See what your jobsite already knows.

A 30-minute demo built around your branch footprint, your ERP, and your contractor base. We'll show you the rep app, the manager dashboard, and a sample of the signals you'd see in your first 90 days.

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