Lumber Yard Associate

Are you looking for a fast-paced, rewarding, family-oriented work environment? At Hoy’s Hardware, when you join our team, you're joining a family-owned company that's been in business for over 80 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in Sweet Home.

Duties and responsibilities

• Supervise and direct the Counter Sales Staff.
• Enforce all company policies.
• Establish and maintain a comfortable and safe working environment for all employees.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with customers.
• Identify and respond to the need for personnel changes at the yard.
• Identity and articulate performance expectations to employees.
• Create and maintain a well-rounded staff through cross training, open communications and continuing education.
• Assist in the achievement of the company’s annual profit projections.
• Maintain corporate guidelines and criteria for customer service.
• Ensure cleanliness of yard is maintained.
• Ensure an appropriate level of inventory is maintained at the yard.
• Ensure merchandising programs are implemented.
• Conduct accident investigations.
• Chair the Safety Committee (yard level).
• Respond to customer complaints and concerns.
• Continually update product knowledge and selling techniques.
• Assist customers at point-of-sale, as needed.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Knowledge of lumber and plywood purchasing principles, practices and protocols.
• Knowledge of home and commercial construction principles, practices and protocols.
• Keyboarding at minimum of 30 wpm required.
• Ten-key by touch required.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and experience dealing with customers required.
• Ability to aggressively pursue company’s best interest when selling building materials to customers.
• Ability to prioritize work and manage time effectively.
• Ability to concentrate and attend to detail amidst a busy office environment.
• Ability to deal effectively with a variety of personalities.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to daily changing needs/demands of the department.
• Willingness to share department responsibilities in order to meet deadlines.
• Ability to effectively manage and motivate employees.
• Ability to work unsupervised and a desire for high level of responsibility.
• Must be tolerance of co-workers, knowing that honest mistakes will be made.
• Must be flexible to different personality types and work habits, knowing that goals may be achieved in different ways.
• Education, Training & Experience (includes licenses or certifications)
• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Prior experience as a building materials salesperson preferred.
• Prior supervisory/management experience preferred but not mandatory.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 80 lbs.
• Ability to work outdoors and be mobile for the greater part of the day
• Ability to stoop, bend, walk, and effectively communicate at levels normal for someone performing work with the general public primarily in the office environment of a customer or job site. Communication forms can include but are not limited to: in-person verbal and non-verbal, written, e-mail, telephone and public speaking to medium size groups.

Hoy’s Hardware offers excellent career advancement opportunities and a strong track record of promoting from within. Check out our company at www.hoyshardware.com

Hoy’s Hardware is proud to be a drug free company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: starting at $13.00 /hour and up

Experience:

• customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
• Lumberyard experience preferred but not required

Work authorization:

• United States (Preferred)

Additional Compensation:

• Store Discounts

Benefits:

• Merchandise discount
• Flex scheduling
• Paid time off
• Other

Ace Hardware is an equal opportunity employer

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Average Range: $28,000.00 to $32,000.00 /year

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $28,000 - $32,000