Multi-Location Customer Service Specialist

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company in Mississippi seeks a Customer Service Specialist to assist wholesale and retail customers by identifying needs and recommending paint solutions. You'll resolve issues, stay current on product features, and help ensure high store standards.

Responsibilities include processing transactions, stocking displays, tinting and mixing paints, and assisting deliveries. Experience in sales or customer service is preferred, with a requirement to lift up to 70 lbs and work

Qualifications

• Must be at least eighteen years old.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Valid, unrestricted Driver's License.
• Able to lift up to 70 lbs and handle stock duties.
• Able to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide high levels of customer satisfaction through sales service.
• Assist customers in person and over the phone by identifying needs and recommending products.
• Build trust relationships with wholesale and retail customers.
• Process transactions accurately per policies.
• Work toward monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales goals.
• Maintain accurate work orders and stock records.
• Pull products from floor or warehouse as needed.
• Tint and mix products to customer specifications.
• Stock shelves and set up displays.
• Clean store equipment.
• Load/unload delivery trucks; assist with deliveries.
• Maintain in-stock and presentable areas.
• Stay knowledgeable about products and options.
• Follow inventory control procedures.
• Suggest ways to improve sales.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Cash handling

Communication

Bilingual Spanish

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

This position is essential to the success of our retail stores. Customer Service Specialists work closely with wholesale and retail customers to determine their needs, answer their questions about Sherwin-Williams products, and recommend the right solutions. Customer Service Specialists are also expected to promptly resolve any customer concerns and ensure maximum client satisfaction as well as stay up-to-date with product features and maintain the high quality and visual standards of the products and store. Customer Service Specialists are tasked with achieving excellent customer service, while consistently meeting the store's sales goals.

Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.

• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through excellent sales service
• Assist customers in person and over the phone by determining needs and presenting appropriate products and services
• Build productive trust relationships with wholesale and retail customers
• Process sales transactions accurately and consistently with policies and procedures
• Follow and achieve sales goals on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
• Maintain precise work order files and formulas
• Pull appropriate products from the sales floor or warehouse
• Tint and mix products, as needed, to customer specifications
• Stock shelves and set up displays
• Clean store equipment
• Load/unload delivery trucks
• Assist in making deliveries, as needed
• Maintain in-stock and presentable condition assigned areas
• Remain knowledgeable on products offered and discuss available options
• Comply with inventory control procedures
• Suggest ways to improve sales

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Must have a valid, unrestricted Driver's License
• Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasion
• Must be willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

• Have at least a High School diploma or GED
• Have at least one (1) year of experience working in a delivery, retail, or customer service position
• Have previous work experience selling paint and paint-related products
• Have previous work experience operating tinting and mixing equipment
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in more than one language
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in Spanish

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