Customer Service Specialist

This part-time 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 questions about Sherwin-Williams products, and recommend the right solutions.

About the role

Customer Service Specialists are expected to promptly resolve customer concerns, ensure maximum client satisfaction, stay up-to-date with product features, and maintain the high quality and visual standards of the products and store. Specialists are tasked with achieving excellent customer service while consistently meeting the store’s sales goals.

This role is located at Store #2156: 887 S. Beckford Dr, Henderson, NC 27536. Duties involve contact with customers (including minors), handling cash and payments, accessing electronic equipment, managing personal information, and safeguarding store merchandise and other valuables. A criminal history review is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• 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

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 an employment work visa now or in the future
• Must have a valid, unrestricted Driver’s License
• Able to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasion (with or without reasonable accommodation)
• Willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends (with or without reasonable accommodation)

Qualifications

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

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings, and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. We invest in our people through rewards, benefits, and flexibility to enhance health and well-being, career development opportunities, and an inclusive team environment.

Benefits

A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Benefits may include:

• Retirement plans
• Health care coverage
• Total well-being programs
• Commuter benefits

Pay

Compensation decisions depend on factors such as skill sets, experience, training, and other business needs. The wage range for this role takes into account these considerations and has not been adjusted for geographic differentials.