SHOWROOM SALES SPECIALIST (Largo, Florida, United States, 33777)

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.
• Uses the showroom as a selling tool to drive specifications, sales, and brand awareness.
• 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 the lead and ensure tracking/follow-up and sales closure.
• Prompts 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.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in a related field, or four years of related experience, or a combination of a two-year degree with two years of related experience.
• Competencies: Sales/Customer engagement/Customer service, Design/sketching/reading blueprints/Auto-CAD (a plus), Color coordination/interior design trends/customer buying habits/creative thinking, Ability to approach unfamiliar situations and conceptualize innovative and imaginative solutions easily, Using computer skills MS Office, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Customer management tools a plus, Excellent oral, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills necessary to effectively interact with customers, team members, management, and other internal and external customers to build positive interpersonal relationships with various business partners.

Qualifications

• Computer skills MS Office, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Customer management tools a plus.
• Excellent oral, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills necessary to effectively interact with customers, team members, management, and other internal and external customers to build positive interpersonal relationships with various business partners.

Skills

• Auto-CAD
• Design/sketching/reading blueprints
• Color coordination/interior design trends
• Customer buying habits
• Creative thinking

Benefits

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

Pay

Competitive salary.

Schedule

Evening and weekend hours are required.