Salary Range: $60,000 – $80,000 a year – Full Time

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide our customers with unsurpassed service, expertise and convenience throughout the sales and completion process.
• Uphold our Company Values of Integrity, Teamwork, and Customer Satisfaction.
• Achieve business growth objectives.
• Deliver professional presentations, identify opportunities, and develop effective strategies to maximize market share.

Necessary Skills:

• Excellent “relationship selling/customer-focused” sales skills.
• Ability to perform well in a detail-oriented, fast paced environment.
• Project management skills; solution-oriented with exceptional follow through.
• Strong computer skills; good basic math skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Monthly travel within the territory.
• Consistent/timely completion of all weekly, monthly, quarterly / yearly paperwork.
• Participate in and attend industry events on behalf of Pindler.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive compensation program
• Car allowance and some subsidized expenses
• Health Insurance (shared expense)
• Annual Profit Sharing – 100% company contribution
• Holiday and Vacation Pay
• Employee Merchandise Discount

The salary rate that Pindler reasonably expects to pay for this position ranges from $60,000 to $80,000, depending on circumstances including an applicant’s skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, location, and other relevant factors. Additional compensation may include commission.

Miscellaneous:

• Candidates must reside in the Seattle metropolitan area. Relocation is not offered for this position.
• Resumes only, no phone calls.
• Please email your resume, cover letter and compensation requirements to: careers@pindlercorp.com

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

SALES

• Builds customer relationships by instilling trust and loyalty through consistent service.
• Must develop product vocabulary and demonstrate knowledge of new product details in order to effectively communicate these details to staff and customers.
• Maintains customer focus by greeting customers as they enter the showroom. This includes: inquiring about current or upcoming projects, escorting customers to new product section of showroom.
• Assists customers with fabric selections, design schemes and alternates.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking, develops ideas about growing sales for the territory.
• Works closely with outside account executive to develop clear sales strategies and objectives to grow business.
• Develops customer outreach program to regularly check-in with existing and inactive accounts.
• Partners with outside account executive on targeted sales calls.

SHOWROOM AESTHETICS/WINGS

• Maintain fabric displays and keeps up with rotation of displays through the marketing team.
• Maintains wings, updates pricing, pulls dropped product and re-works wing rotation per corporate.
• Performs regular memo sample inventory and participates in reallocation of samples throughout the corporate showroom network.
• Ensures showroom is clean, presentable, and an environment conducive to shopping.

SHOWROOM OPERATIONS

• Maintains proficiency in order entry processing, procedures, policies.
• Provides stock check, pricing, quotes accurate lead times.
• Works with the credit, customer service, order entry, purchasing departments to stay on top of changes in policies and/or procedures.
• Ensures new account applications, resale certificates are accurately completed prior to submitting.
• Maintains petty cash accounting records/receipts, follows procedure for replenishment of petty cash.
• Keeps traffic count and updates weekly traffic records.
• Supports the efforts of the outside account executive by filling sample requests for the territory. Must be proficient in nationwide sample sharing program for sample fulfillment.
• Must be proficient in loan sample check in/out policies and procedures. Ensures samples are accurately and timely scanned in and out utilizing the barcode tracking system.
• Responsible for timely opening and closing of showroom
• Submits a minimum of 1 Hot Product report per month

HR/TRAINING:

• Knows and enforces HR policies i.e. attendance, vacations, employee conduct.
• Monitors and ensures accurate employee time card records. Reviews bi-weekly payroll submittal for accuracy.
• Recruits and hires showroom team members.
• Develops training program with manager for new employees as well as correction and/or counseling program for under-performing employees.
• Performs annual reviews of showroom team members, provides valid feedback and constructive criticism as well praise of employees.
• Ensures proper staffing levels with minimal turnover.
• Interfaces with HR on employee related problems and documentation.

GENERAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Reports to VP of Sales
• Must be dependable, detail oriented, organized and flexible
• Must have the ability to prioritize including shifting of priorities based on need
• Managerial experience
• Design and/or showroom background
• Computer experience
• Lifting required

Experience:

• Interior design: 1 year (Preferred)
• Management: 1 year (Preferred)

Compensation & Benefits:

• Commission Pay
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Salary: $55,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year

Job Type: Full-time (Monday – Friday, no weekends)

Work Location:

• One location – 5701 6th Avenue S, Suite 223 Seattle, WA 98108
• Ability to commute or relocate prior to starting work (position is not remote)