Floor Covering Sales and Project Manager in Auburn

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Flooring Estimator and Sales Specialist

At Floor Source, we offer employees an exciting, fast-paced, yet friendly work environment. We pride ourselves on having an experienced and knowledgeable team, which is why we offer training and development to assist you in your personal growth. Team members describe the company as innovative, enthusiastic, and forward thinking.

In this role, you will help grow sales from walk-in customers as well as from existing commercial accounts and develop new business relationships that result in increased sales of our product lines. You will be responsible to meet with commercial and residential customers in and out of the showroom, assessing their needs for new floor-covering and providing solutions to satisfy those needs from the widest selection of brand carpet and flooring products.

Pay: Based on experience

Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday, Saturday 9:00am to 3:00pm

* Some Saturdays required

• Experience managing small project pipelines from lead and quoting through execution and project completion.
• Ability to coordinate with installers, customers, and site supervisors to resolve project issues, manage material scheduling and returns, coordinate completion visits, and ensure successful final inspections.
• Strong client communication skills, with the ability to provide detailed and professional email follow-ups, proactively communicate project updates, and over communicate key details to prevent misunderstandings or issues before they escape.
• Develop relationships with current customers and gain potential new customers
• Understand our products, our market competition and how to position products to overcome these factors
• Quote prices, discuss credit terms and prepare sales contracts for customer orders and negotiate prices with vendors.
• Estimate date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of company’s delivery schedules.
• Investigate and resolve customer claims/problems with deliveries, returns and credits
• Build and develop relationships with contractors, builders, property managers and developers by calling on existing and prospective customers.
• Collaborate with other inside sales staff to ensure exceptional service is provided to clientele.

• Sales and Negotiations skills
• Self-Starter who will go above and beyond to get the job done.
• Problem solving skills
• Experience with Construction materials and Industry
• Excellent communication and Ability to overcome objections and challenges to gain the customer's trust
• Flooring experience is
• Outside sales or Construction experience
• HIGHLY driven to succeed
• MUST be results-oriented and able to work both independently and within a team environment
• In this position you will be a part of a team who is responsible for growing the business!
• Proficient in computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, various estimating software)
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail