Design Consultant

International Executive Service Corps; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading furniture design company as a Design Consultant, where you'll build meaningful customer relationships and utilize your passion for design. Enjoy a supportive team environment, earn a competitive salary, and benefit from comprehensive training and advancement opportunities.

Benefits

Paid training

Salary Plus Commission & Bonuses

Health coverage

Paid Vacation

Tuition assistance

Generous Employee Discounts

Work in a State-of-the Art Showroom

Opportunity for growth and advancement

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in sales.
• Ability to listen and translate customer wants into design choices.

Responsibilities

• Engaging customers to determine their needs according to taste.
• Creating, presenting, and selling product and design solutions.
• Driving to customers’ residences for design consultations.

Skills

Passion for design

Excellent communication

Self-motivated

Friendly outgoing personality

Computer proficiency

Job description

Our Bassett Design Consultants are responsible for building meaningful and long-term customer relationships. They have comprehensive knowledge ranging from furniture construction to design trends. They use “relationship selling” techniques through in-home design consultations to maximize selling opportunities. Our design consultants take joy in the design process!

Opportunity

• Earn $50,000-$65,000 in your first year
• Commission Earned in addition to Salary after First Year
• Incredible Bonus Opportunities
• Positive family work environment with supportive team
• Retail hours of 10am-6pm
• Steady work schedule

Job Qualifications

• Passion for design
• Highly driven to meet or exceed sales goals
• Discern and coordinate colors and textures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Friendly outgoing personality
• Positive outlook
• Self-motivated to clientele
• Computer proficiency
• Desire to learn
• Proven track record of success in sales
• Polished image
• Career-minded professionalism
• Ability to listen and translate customer wants into design choices

Job Requirements

• Willingness to work both weekend days every week and some holidays.
• Desire to work in a commissioned sales environment.
• Dedicated to being a supportive team member.
• Capable of thriving in a varied paced retail environment.
• Creating, presenting, and selling product and design solutions.
• Ability to drive to customers’ residences and businesses for design consultations.
• Engaging customers to determine their needs according to taste, lifestyle, and investment range.

Training

The Bassett Brand is brought to life by the people who shape the customers’ experience. Our training programs are designed to help each associate create a meaningful career at Bassett.

As part of our in-depth training program, you’ll learn: product knowledge, sales techniques, design skills, and how to build a base of loyal clients. You’ll do this though comprehensive on-line classes, videos, hands-on activities, and one-on-one coaching. We provide continuing opportunities to learn throughout your career at Bassett.

Our most successful sales people have a creative personality and passion for design. Through our one-on-one coaching and educational development, we will help you build relationships with customers to help them reflect their own personal sense of style. We’ll also show you how to effectively use our complimentary design service as a powerful tool for developing customer relationships and providing opportunity for increased sales.

Benefits

• Paid training
• Salary Plus Commission & Bonuses
• Health coverage
• Paid Vacation
• Tuition assistance
• Generous Employee Discounts
• Work in a State-of-the Art Showroom
• Opportunity for growth and advancement

What sets Bassett apart?

Bassett’s blend of style, comfort and value has been trusted for more than a century (since 1902!) and makes it one of the most recognizable furniture brands in America. Today, Bassett has taken its craftsmanship and built a reputation of quality custom furniture. We are passionate about developing fashionable and innovative furnishings at a great value, as well as offering a number of exceptional services to meet customers’ needs. We are proud of our long-standing heritage but, at the same time, squarely focused on innovating furniture retailing in the next 100 years.

Take steps now towards building a meaningful career with a growing company. Apply to join the team at Bassett today!

Bassett Furniture Industries is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veteran status or other protected category. Bassett is dedicated to ensuring that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated consistently during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veteran status or other protected category.

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