Branch Specialist Color Blender

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Branch Specialist Color Blender for Store #5252 at 2100 Fort Ave, Lynchburg, VA. You will blend paints, prepare orders for wholesale customers, and maintain precise work orders and formulas while also supporting warehouse and delivery tasks.

Responsibilities include color matching, labeling batches, and assisting customers in a fast-paced store environment. This role requires physical fitness and flexibility for varied hours.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Able to operate a computer and communicate by telephone, with or without accommodation.
• Capable of lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs, with or without accommodation.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Ability to use material handling equipment safely after training.
• Ability to distinguish colors for color matching/tinting.

Responsibilities

• Support sales efforts at a Sherwin-Williams commercial paint store servicing wholesale customers.
• Prepare customers' paint orders quickly and accurately, including blending, shade/gloss adjustments, labeling and draw-downs.
• Assist with general warehouse, delivery and customer service duties as needed, including loading/unloading and assisting customers.

Skills

Color matching

Customer service

Computer literacy

Phone/telephone communication

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Evenings/weekends availability

Material handling equipment operation

Tools

Hand truck

Pallet jack

Forklift (trained)

Job description

Job Factors/Additional Comments - Internal

• Support sales efforts at a Sherwin-Williams commercial paint store, servicing wholesale customers.
• Prepare customers' paint orders quickly and accurately, which involves blending initial batches, making shade and gloss adjustments, filling and labeling batches, preparing draw-downs for submittal to customers, maintaining accurate work order files and formulas, in addition to cleaning, filling and repairing equipment as necessary.
• Assist with general warehouse, delivery and customer service duties as needed, including loading, and unloading of material, and waiting on customers.

The Branch Specialist Color Blender role will be expected to work at Store #5252, Located at:2100 Fort Ave Lynchburg VA 24501

Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.

Responsibilities

• Support sales efforts at a Sherwin-Williams commercial paint store, servicing wholesale customers.
• Prepare customers' paint orders quickly and accurately, which involves blending initial batches, making shade and gloss adjustments, filling and labeling batches, preparing draw-downs for submittal to customers, maintaining accurate work order files and formulas, in addition to cleaning, filling and repairing equipment as necessary.

Qualifications

Our Must Haves - These are our Basic Qualifications.

• 18 years of age or older
• Legally authorized to work in country of employment without requiring sponsorship for employment visa status, now or in the future
• Be able to operate a computer and communicate via the telephone, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs., with or without reasonable accommodation
• Willingness to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Operate material handling equipment (e.g. hand truck, pallet jack, forklift, etc.) safely once trained, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to distinguish the difference between colors, a skill used when color matching or tinting paint, with or without reasonable accommodation

Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.