Counter Sales/Warehouse Associate

Sonepar; Chilliwack; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electrical distributor in Chilliwack is looking for a motivated individual to join their team. You will be responsible for providing excellent customer service, fulfilling orders, and assisting customers in product selection. A High School Diploma and experience in a customer-facing role are required. This position offers competitive salary and benefits, including flexible options tailored to your needs.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits program

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer service environment is highly beneficial.
• Up to 1 year of related experience preferred.
• Knowledge of inventory management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent service to customers visiting the branch.
• Assist customers in selecting the right products.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.

Skills

Customer service

Order fulfillment

Communication

Inventory management

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Inventory software

Job description

About Us

With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 29 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 8 provinces.

To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

What’s In It For You?

• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

Scope of the Position

Responsible for providing excellent service to customers who visit the branch to either place orders, and/or pickup their product requirements.

Major Responsibilities

• Filling orders and ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Informing customer and/or the Sales Department of any issues that might occur with filling product requested.
• Continuously updating Branch Manager of customer interests and issues.
• Entering sales order for product(s) selected by the customer and ensuring all materials have been entered accordingly and documentation is complete within the close of sale.
• Assisting customers with identifying the specific product they are looking for based on their requirements and suggesting alternatives if required and/or up-selling of related product(s).
• Physically locating/picking order once product order has been finalized.
• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment.
• Assisting with the overflow of sales calls.
• Shipping/Receiving and storing product/inventory.
• Completing wire cuts for orders
• Other duties as required.

Education & Training

• High School Diploma required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft office required.

Experience

• Up to 1 year of related experience.
• Experience using inventory software preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:
• Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
• Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
• Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

Please note that, whilst not expected, the company may pay at a rate outside of the range for this role where appropriate. Actual compensation commensurate with the candidate’s experience, education, internal parity, role complexity, role level, and other relevant factors. The advertised salary range relates to British Columbia and is provided in accordance with the BC Pay Transparency Act. We recognize however that salaries are often driven by market forces in the local area where a candidate is based and accordingly the salary range may not apply outside of British Columbia.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming submissions from all candidates.

Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. If selected for an interview, please advise the Sonepar representative of your accommodation needs at that time. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their accessibility needs.

Next steps

We are interested in knowing more about you. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of benefits by applying online. While we are very grateful for your interest in joining the team, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.