Sales Associate

Job Description

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Role Details:

Job Summary:

The Sales Associate will assist customers with purchasing merchandise.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Greets and interacts with customers.
• Consults with customers to understand needs and preferences related to available merchandise.
• Demonstrates and explains available merchandise, selecting and suggesting options suitable for the customer’s needs.
• Emphasizes product features, quotes prices and credit terms, and prepares sales orders.
• Retrieves desired merchandise from sales floor and/or yard; places special orders where appropriate and required.
• Builds and maintains customer relationships by entering new customer data and other sales data for current customers into a computer database.
• Assists customers in resolving complaints, including escalating them to management when appropriate.
• Investigates and resolves customer problems with products or services.
• Operates the cash register accurately using the UPC scanner, quick key, and product keywords.
• Accepts money in the form of cash, checks, and credit or debit cards for items purchased.
• Processes returns and exchanges according to store policy.
• Assists with stocking and restocking products, front-and-face products on shelves, and assisting with housekeeping.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• The ability to operate available equipment, such as cash registers, calculators, or scanners.
• Basic mathematical skills, as needed to make change and give refunds.
• Basic and intermediate knowledge of building products and local building codes.
• Knowledgeable about the company’s products and services, as well as customer-related policies.

Education and Experience:

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Successful completion of on-the-job training; completing levels 1 and 2 of the positional training offered.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of standing and working on the computer or related equipment.
• Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds at times, and occasionally lift/move up to 80 pounds.
• May need to work overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• The ability to perform repetitive movements over long periods.