Yard Sonoma

Overview

Join Friedman’s, where our mission is to Deliver the Human Side of Home Improvement. Named a “Best Place to Work” and voted Sonoma County’s Best Home Improvement Store 14 years in a row, we’re built on a positive, team-oriented culture built on decades of trust and service.

We offer bundled benefits; eligibility for a discretionary bonus; 401(k) match. You’ll also enjoy a generous employee discount and tuition reimbursement to support your career path. At Friedman’s, you’re not just starting a job, you’re joining a team that leads, grows, and builds something bigger together.

• Answer customers’ questions concerning location, price, and use of merchandise. Help customers with loading product.
• Serve all customers in your area or handle phone inquiries in a courteous, expeditious manner. Maintain product knowledge and assist customers by guiding them to the proper product, or by coordinating with Yard II or Yard III for assistance.
• Basic understanding of computer systems and the ability to complete customer inquiries, quotes, orders, and special orders as needed.
• Determine customers’ needs by finding requested product or suggesting related or substitute items. Sell and close sales on a project-oriented basis by demonstrating related products and presenting product facts and data. Serve multiple customers in a friendly, efficient manner.
• Cut lumber, sheet goods, and pipe to specified sizes to fulfill customer requests.
• Obtain merchandise requested by customers from racking and units.
• Maintain merchandising responsibilities, including culling lumber and down stocking; ensure current bin labels, pull tags, and pricing; actively use the computer system to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Stock bays, racking, and designated areas with merchandise.
• Sweep areas, remove banding, restack, and culled product as needed.
• Possess and maintain a valid California Class “C” or better driver’s license.
• Operate equipment such as pallet jacks, forklifts, yard carts, saws, pipe cutters, cutting torches, hydraulic rebar shears, manual rebar shear, culvert cutters, and other specialty equipment as needed.
• Unload vendor delivery trucks as needed and understand how to sign off packing lists.
• Sell products such as but not limited to sheetrock, insulation, lumber, building materials, fencing, and pipe.
• Apply common sense and problem-solving to carry out instructions in standardized situations.
• Complete the required Product Knowledge Self-Study guide for the Yard with a passing score.
• Take on additional duties as assigned by Manager.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

• Valid California Class C driver’s license or better with a clean DMV record.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; speak and hear. Climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently 50-75 pounds, and occasionally up to 100 pounds. Vision requirements include close, distance, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to outside weather conditions, including hot temperatures exceeding 95°F.
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals (Prop 65). Exposure to high places.

• Employee discount on all merchandise.
• Store bonus eligibility.
• Team Member of the Quarter opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement to further career path.
• 401(k) match up to 3% and 50 cents on the dollar for any amount greater than 3% up to 5%.

This is a non-exempt position. Shifts are available in a multitude of full-time and part-time schedules according to a retail schedule of Sunday – Saturday to meet business needs.

Friedman’s Home Improvement is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Friedman’s Home Improvement will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal convictions in a manner consistent with AB 1008.