Flooring Sales Representative - Showroom

Flooring Sales Representative

Reports directly to Division Manager, and is responsible for showroom flooring selections, inside and outside flooring sales in the new construction residential and commercial markets as well as the retail markets while helping achieve the overall company sales goal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Showroom Selections. Assist builder customers with flooring selections and products. Ability to meet, greet and talk with customers and potential clients.

Inside and Outside Sales. Generate and obtain residential, commercial, new construction and retail sales leads.

Ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively with the initiative and drive under tight schedules and pressure while maintaining attention to detail and quality.

Be energetic, dynamic, positive, and enthusiastic and possess the ability to think laterally and act through reasoned decision making.

Communicating with all relevant people and departments (sales, operations, management) and coordinating all relevant inputs for scheduling.

Reads blueprints and selects appropriate flooring based on space characteristics, style and comfort of the home or excluding characteristics of the material. Have basic blueprint reading abilities to direct the selling process

Offers flexible and helpful customer service to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and repeat business.

Helps maintain current customer base through customer service and quality of product and help retain possible new customer base generating sales.

Generates timely bids and accurate proposals and takeoffs of commercial and residential projects.

Receive P.O.'s from the builders, generate selection sheets & cut sheets for internal processing. Be comfortable dealing with and efficient in processing paperwork.

Provide oversight on products being utilized off the showroom floor & assist in selecting new items added to the flooring program.

Knowledge of the builder markets and 'order to ship' process a plus

Ability to handle key contact in assigned builders at all levels of the company

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Ideally educated with an Associate Degree or better; or have relevant professional related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software and Internet software. Proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel. Possess strong computer skills, blueprint ready software, and competency in basic MS Office applications (outlook, excel, word)

Certificates and Licenses:

No certifications needed

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms.