Showroom Design Consultant (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37204)

About the role

Join Dal-Tile, the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries. We support our team with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work.

As the Showroom Design Consultant, you will provide interior design and product selection advice, product expertise, and thorough follow-up to facilitate customer experience and influence sales/purchasing decisions. You will use the showroom as a selling tool to drive specifications, sales, and brand awareness. Saturdays are required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provides interior design advice and product expertise, facilitates tile and stone selection, and project development/support, ensuring the completion of selection/sales for all customers.
• Logs all client showroom visits, contact information, and detailed customer preference and selection notes in CMT.
• Effectively communicates with customers and internal team members to follow leads and ensure tracking/follow-up and sales closure.
• Reports sales closures monthly.
• Prospects for new business with an emphasis on Custom Builders and Residential Designers.
• Makes outside sales calls as needed and follows up on leads to grow and drive business.
• Maintains showroom samples and merchandising, including ordering, receiving, and maintaining models and displays.
• Ships customer examples as needed to drive sales.
• Maintains contact with suppliers/locally sourced vendors to keep current on design and product offerings and complies with Marketing’s standards for proper showroom merchandising, including new product launches and drops.
• Plans and hosts showroom tours and small and large events for industry trade to drive customer sales.
• Attends outside trade events to develop industry relationships and build brand awareness.
• Evening and weekend hours are required.

Requirements

• A four-year degree in a related field, four years of related experience, or a combination of a two-year degree with two years of related experience.
• Competencies in sales/customer engagement/customer service, design/sketching/reading blueprints/color coordination/interior design trends/customer buying habits/creative thinking.
• Ability to approach unfamiliar situations and conceptualize innovative and imaginative solutions easily, using creative skills to document and sell them to clients.
• Computer skills – MS Office, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – Customer management tools a plus.
• Excellent oral, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact with customers, team members, management, and other internal and external customers to build positive interpersonal relationships with various business partners.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, use hands, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• May sometimes need to sit, climb, or balance.
• May lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• May be exposed to a wide range of temperatures.
• The noise level is usually loud.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Benefits

• Company Match on 401k
• Employee Purchase Discount
• Tuition Reimbursement