Electronics System Designer

NFM; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) is seeking an Electronics System Designer to sell distributed audio/visual solutions to builders, architects, property managers, and institutions. You will develop leads, visit customers, demonstrate products, and coordinate orders and installations.

The role requires a high school diploma, 3 years of outside sales, blueprint reading, and a path to CEDIA Designer Level 1 within 18 months.

Qualifications

• Three years of outside sales experience.
• Understanding of distributed audio and video technologies.
• CEDIA Designer Level 1 certification within 18 months.

Responsibilities

• Compile lists of prospective customers from various sources to create sales leads.
• Regularly visits customers, coordinates orders and installations, and resolves problems.
• Demonstrate products using samples or catalogs and explain features and benefits.
• Develops relationships with builders, architects, associations and end users.
• Writes sales orders, coordinates deliveries and attends exhibitions and home shows.
• Travel within assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers.

Skills

Outside sales

Blueprint reading

Customer visits

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

CEDIA Designer Level 1 certification

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Proposal software

Job description

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

As NFM’s Electronics System Designer you will sell products to builders, architects, associations, property management, healthcare facilities, schools and churches.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Compile: Create lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, web sites and other sources
• Communicate: Regularly visits customers, returns phone calls, coordinates orders and installations and takes the lead in problem resolutions
• Demonstrate: Show product using samples or catalog and present features and benefits
• Collaborate: Develops effective relationships with builders, architects, associations and end users
• Maintain: Writes sales orders, coordinates deliveries and attends all necessary NFM exhibitions, including parade of homes and home shows
• Travel: Explore assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders – single family homebuilders, multi-family unit builders and apartment owners

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• 3 years outside sales experience
• Clear understanding of distributed (whole house) audio and video technologies
• Become CEDIA Designer Level 1 certified within 18 months
• Ability to read blueprints and specification books within 3-6 months on the job
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record
• Microsoft office. Must be able to learn and use proposal software and CRM software as directed
• Proofreading skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work night, weekend and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer