Flooring & Interiors Retail Sales Consultant

Acquire4Hire LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Carpeteria Carpet One Floor & Home in San Diego is seeking a Flooring & Interiors Retail Sales Consultant. The role focuses on selling flooring and countertops, greeting customers, and guiding decisions with design insight.

You will maintain product knowledge, process orders, and build lasting client relationships in a fast-paced showroom and community setting. The position emphasizes outstanding customer service, prospecting for new business, and collaboration with store staff to implement

Qualifications

• Must be self-starter and well-organized.
• Willing to undergo product and sales training to become certified.
• Open and flexible work availability, including weekends.
• Retail sales experience preferred.
• Ability to provide outstanding customer service and follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Sell flooring and countertops
• Greet customers on the sales floor, and determine their wants and needs
• Keep up-to-date on the wide select of floors we have to offer along with the benefits and warranties provided by each
• Provide outstanding customer service
• Write sales orders
• Help work through, and follow-up after, the completion of each job
• Build client relationships
• Network regularly, and work effectively, with other store employees
• Execute targeted sales strategies
• Receive payment, or obtain credit authorization
• Use computer database to research the availability of merchandise and to process orders
• Follow up in a timely and professional manner with all customers on requests and/or concerns
• Answer questions from customers about flooring
• Assist customers with flooring choices (explain features/benefits, etc.)
• Help customers with their choice through decorating and/or design advice
• Maintain showroom by keeping samples and displays neat, current, and clean
• Prospect for new business

Skills

Self-motivation

Detail-oriented

Customer service

Networking

Sales-driven

Education

Some college preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About This Role

Flooring & Interiors Retail Sales Consultant

Do you have a flair for design? A passion for people?

Are you:

• Self-motivated?
• Detail-oriented?
• The type of person who wants compensation based upon results?

This is an inside sales position selling flooring to retail customers with terrific growth potential. The position requires interacting with customers and assisting them with product choices according to their individual needs. Whether that interaction occurs in our showroom or in the community, the objective is always to provide flooring advice that will make the customers' buying decision easier.

Carpeteria Carpet One Floor & Home has long been regarded as the premier flooring retailer in the surrounding communities. Locally owned and operated for more than years, we are known for our superior customer service and our professional staff. Because we belong to the largest floor covering cooperative in the world, our company offers the very best flooring products with only the most qualified installers.

We believe in creating a family friendly work environment, where each person is an integral member of the team, yet responsible for his or her own results and earning potential. We are proud of our heritage and would like to find an individual who will excel and prosper in a fast paced retail environment becoming a valued member of our team.

What You'll Do

• Sell flooring and countertops
• Greet customers on the sales floor, and determine their wants and needs
• Keep up-to-date on the wide select of floors we have to offer along with the benefits and warranties provided by each
• Provide outstanding customer service
• Write sales orders
• Help work through, and follow-up after, the completion of each job
• Build client relationships
• Network regularly, and work effectively, with other store employees
• Execute targeted sales strategies
• Receive payment, or obtain credit authorization
• Use computer database to research the availability of merchandise and to process orders
• Follow up in a timely and professional manner with all customers on requests and/or concerns
• Answer questions from customers about flooring
• Assist customers with flooring choices (explain features/benefits, etc.)
• Help customers with their choice through decorating and/or design advice
• Maintain showroom by keeping samples and displays neat, current, and clean
• Prospect for new business

Requirements

• Willing to divide his or her work time between the showroom floor and prospecting for new clients (out networking within the community).
• Willing to undergo our extensive product and sales training in order to become certified flooring and design expert.
• A self-starter.
• Personally well-organized.
• Willing to create new business.
• Able to provide outstanding customer service.
• Able to provide exceptional follow-up.

Some additional qualifications include:

• A passion for, or experience with, decorating or design
• Some college is preferred, but not necessary
• Must have access to reliable transportation in order to get to work, and to visit customers' home (as necessary)
• Open and flexible work availability, including weekends
• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office programs and a willingness to learn our operating systems
• Retail sales experience strong preferred

Candidates who meet our selection criteria will be contacted by e-mail or phone for the next step in our hiring process.

Thank you for your interest in our position. We appreciate the time you have taken to apply with us.

Carpeteria Carpet One Floor & Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer

About Us

Carpeteria Carpet One Floor and Home is a third generation, family owned and operated, flooring company that has been serving the San Diego community since 1973. With our two showrooms throughout San Diego, we service the residential, commercial, restoration, and builder markets by providing best in class carpet, laminate, lvp, hardwood, and tile; along with installation services.