Interior Designer and Furniture Sales Associate

About the Job

Pine Tree Barn

Interior Designer/Sales Associate

Wooster, Ohio

Full-time

About the Job:

INTERIOR DESIGN SALES STAFF

Located just south of Wooster, Pine Tree Barn is one of Ohio's best-known shopping and dining destinations and a top resource for home furnishings and interior design.

We are looking for a sales professional to join our furniture sales/interior design team. The ideal candidate is responsible, honest, hard-working, outgoing, energetic, creative, dedicated, a team player, and customer-focused. Sales and/or design experience is a plus but not required - we will train the right person!

Skills & Qualifications:

Helpful skills include familiarity with measuring and dimensioning used for creating accurate space plans; basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, email, and the internet; and basic math used for creating accurate quotes for customers.

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours a week, 9-5;
No evenings. Some weekend work is required.

Compensation: Guaranteed hourly pay is provided on an ongoing basis, with commissions gradually introduced as you build your client base.

Benefits:

• Health insurance is available.
• Employee discounts.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

• Reputation and Experience: Pine Tree Barn is one of the oldest and most experienced and unique furniture and interior design stores in Ohio. We enjoy a terrific reputation and attract customers from all corners of the state, and beyond. And because we are a shopping - and dining! - destination, we are busy - 7 days a week! - and enjoy steady foot traffic.
• Training and Support: We will work to ensure that you have all the tools and knowledge to be successful. Our training program provides hourly compensation as you transition from training to a fully commissioned employee.
• Work Environment: Pine Tree Barn is a beautiful, comfortable place to work. Located in a restored, historic barn, our showrooms are a feast for the eye, designed to captivate customers' attention and imagination.
• Top Notch Co-Workers: You will be working with other designers and sales associates who have each been active in interior design and sales for decades. They help and support each other.
• Top Quality Merchandise: We are a full-line furniture store and interior design resource. We offer a large line of high-quality furniture, accessories, window treatments, floor coverings, paints, wallpaper, lighting, and more. With over 200 vendors, we are a complete resource for making homes beautiful.

The Ideal Candidate has:

• A successful designer is a powerful listener, and great communicator and excels at helping others to discover and realize their own personal style.
• A passion for making homes beautiful.
• An outgoing and positive attitude, a love for engaging customers, and the ability to develop rapport.
• An ability to learn and become familiar with a wide range of products, manufacturers, and specifications, including fabrics, leathers, colors, window treatments, lighting, floor coverings, and others.
• The ability to work well with your teammates.
• The ability to handle multiple projects, customers, and timelines.
• The ability to stay organized.
• The ability to communicate clearly to create clear expectations for customers.
• Confidence, self-motivation, and passion.
• Optimism, positivity, and kindness.

Benefits:

• Available Health and Vision insurance.
• Paid training.
• Employee discount on merchandise.
• Half-priced lunch in our on-site lunch restaurant.
• Reimbursement for car mileage for in-house appointments.

Schedule: 40 Hours (8 hours workday/5 days per week)

Pine Tree Barn is open 7 days a week, 9 am - 5 pm. (We are closed 7 major holidays)

• No evening work/shifts.
• 3-4 Saturdays or Sundays per month.
• Sales staff will work a 5-day workweek as follows:
  Scheduled on the sales floor 3-4 days per week, with the other 1-2 days in-store (doing sales paperwork/follow-up, interior design work, research, emails etc) or meeting/working at customers' homes.

Want to learn more? We encourage you to apply. We are scheduling interviews now and would love to meet with you!