Counter Sales Manager

ganahllumberco; Laguna Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ganahl Lumber Company in Laguna Beach seeks a Counter Sales Manager to lead and develop the local sales team. The role requires strong hospitality, sales, and leadership capabilities, with a focus on building customer relationships and executing company systems and best practices.

Experience with counter sales and vendor relations is highly valued. You will teach and reinforce the sales process, maintain Accuterm knowledge, and collaborate with yard and corporate management teams to drive

Qualifications

• Leadership and team development experience required.
• Ability to establish relationships with customers and coworkers.
• Clear understanding of company systems and best practices; ability to teach them.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the sales team at the Laguna Beach yard.
• Lead by example in hospitality, sales, and professionalism.
• Define and teach the sales process to the team.
• Maintain extensive Accuterm knowledge and use vendor relationships.
• Contribute to yard and company-wide management teams.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship building

Sales process

Accuterm knowledge

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Sales training

Counter sales experience

Vendor relationships

Composure under pressure

Tools

Accuterm

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Counter Sales Manager – Laguna Beach

The Laguna Beach yard is looking for a Counter Sales Manager to lead and develop their sales team. This is an awesome opportunity to manage an existing team that features some of the company’s top performers. Here are some of the expectations of the right candidate:

• Lead by example at all times in the areas of hospitality, sales, and professionalism


• The ability to quickly establish relationships and rapport with customers and co-workers


• Clear understanding of our company systems and best practices with the ability to execute and teach them


• Extensive Accuterm knowledge


• Experience with Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel


• The ability defines and teaches the sales process


• Prior experience managing people preferred.


• Experience with counter sales, inside and outside contractor sales


• Knowledge of our core products and strong relationships with key vendors


• Ability to keep composure in fast-paced, high-pressure environments


• To be a key contributor to the yard and company-wide management teams

GET TO KNOW US

Ganahl Lumber Company is the oldest lumberyard and hardware supply store in California. Since 1884, we have been a family- and employee-owned business providing building supplies and hardware for pro contractors and DIY enthusiasts alike. Our products include lumber, tools, paint, building materials, millwork, doors, and windows. With 11 convenient store locations, we serve customers throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Additionally, Ganahl Lumber Company reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. All active employees must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position and that, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship. Your employment with Ganahl Lumber Company is at will. Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the at-will employment status of the Ganahl Lumber Company employees.