Counter Salesperson

Hajoca Corporation in; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hajoca Corporation in West Palm Beach, FL is seeking a Counter Salesperson who thrives on helping customers and delivering outstanding service at the merchandise counter. You will assist shoppers, process sales orders, and work with the Profit Center team to grow revenue and margin through informed recommendations.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of customer service or counter sales experience, knowledge of the products sold, and a willingness to learn safety procedures and warehouse

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience in customer service or counter sales; contractor sales preferred.
• Knowledge of products sold in the Profit Center.
• Experience in swimming pool, well, or septic industries is preferred.
• Demonstrate outstanding customer service, verbal communication, and generous listening skills.
• Keep up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of products; suggest related products.

Responsibilities

• Confidently assist customers who purchase and/or pick up merchandise at the Profit Center.
• Accurately process and fill Sales Orders generated at the sales counter.
• Attract and retain customers.
• Work with the PCM to establish revenue and margin targets.
• Verify Pick Ticket ship date and obtain customer signature before release.
• Provide customers with reliable information regarding product specifications, pricing, and availability.
• Keep counter area and displays clean, neat, current, stocked and safely displayed.
• Ensure security and control at the customer contact point.
• Communicate changes in a customer’s business that might cause credit risk to the Profit Center Manager and Credit Manager.
• Process cash sale returns and refund paperwork.
• Inform supervisor of inventory levels or stock depletions that could impact customer service.
• Assist co-workers in servicing customers, answering calls, stocking merchandise, and pulling orders for delivery.
• Complete required safety and compliance training programs; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Counter sales

Communication

Product knowledge

Relationship building

Problem solving

Safety awareness

Warehouse operations

Hand tools

Computer skills

English proficiency

Tools

Point of Sale system

Inventory software

Order processing systems

Job description

Are you outgoing and value customer service? Are you knowledgeable and service-oriented? Do you have the determination to close sales and build lasting relationships with new and existing customers? If so, we’d like you to join our team as a Counter Salesperson.

About the Role

You will

• Confidently assist customers who purchase and/or pick up merchandise at the Profit Center.

• Accurately process and fill Sales Orders generated at the sales counter.

• Attractand retain customers.

• Work with the PCM to establish revenue and margin targets.

• Verify the Pick Ticket ship date is the date the material is picked up by the customer, update accordingly, and obtain customer signature before releasing material.

• Provide customers with reliable information regarding product specifications, pricing, and availability.

• Keep the counter area and merchandise displays clean, neat, current, stocked and safely displayed.

• Ensure security and control is upheld at this primary point of customer contact.

• Communicate to the Profit Center Manager and Credit Manager any changes in a customer’s business that might cause a credit risk.

• Process cash sale returns and refund paperwork in accordance with Company policy and procedure.

• Inform supervisor of inventory levels or stock depletions that could impact customer service levels.

• Assist co-workers in servicing customers, including answering incoming calls, stocking merchandise in the warehouse, and pulling orders for delivery.

• Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as assigned.
• Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

About You

• 1+ years’ experience in customer service or counter sales; contractor sales preferred.

• Knowledge of products sold in the Profit Center
• Experience in the swimming pool, well, or septic industries is preferred.

Our ideal candidate will also

• Demonstrate outstanding customer service, verbal communication, and generous listening skills.

• Keep an up to date and comprehensive knowledge of products; be able to suggest associated products for purchase.
• Be able to build and maintain a positive working relationship with customers, vendors and co-workers.
• Be able to ask probing questions to understand customer needs, overcome objections by recommending profitable solutions, and ask for the order.
• Know of, be able to apply and practice safety precautions in a warehouse and material handling environment.
• Be able to learn to operate warehouse material-handling equipment.

• Be able to learn to operate and demonstrate hand tools.
• Be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Be able to learn and operate the computer related systems used to process orders.
• Read, write, speak, and understand English.