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Showroom Sales Associate - Part Time [No Weekends]

Colonial Electric Supply

The Role

Overview

Assist customers with lighting design, sales, and project support in a showroom.

Key Responsibilities

  • po management
  • custom orders
  • blueprint reading
  • lead generation
  • order expediting
  • client relations

Tasks

-Placing a purchase order directly with a vendor when appropriate -Follow the company scripted greeting, sales presentation, quotations and cut sheets or other company directives relating to high service levels delivered to a client -For example, selling specific manufacturers directed by your manager. -Greet walk-in customers, answer phones, entering orders, taking deposits, managing the orders through the entire sale process: -Manage customer appointments via Google Calendars -Specify, price and order custom lamp shades -Create a target list of architects, interior designers, home builders and follow up to build a book of clients -Reading blueprints and creating a fixture schedule, specifications and pricing -Selling to and building relationships with clients and assisting them with their Lighting Design. -Occasionally Open / Close the store (if / when authorized) -Participate in the company Quality System -Including expediting backorders, returns and orders on hold -Walking the showroom floor daily. This will help familiarize you with the stock items, which are regularly changed out. -Selling – Selling should follow the CSD Selling Policy, Process and Procedures

Requirements

  • jobtrack
  • multitask
  • led layouts
  • lighting control
  • ventilation
  • organized

What You Bring

-Use of JOBTRACK, our proprietary job management software -Ability to multitask while remaining calm in a highly visible atmosphere -Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values -Recessed, Under Cabinet (or lighting LED tape layouts) -Lighting Control (dimming) and Motorized Shade packages -Additional lighting design will be necessary after receiving training in the fields of: -House-Vac, ventilation and other misc system layouts -Organizational Support – Highly organized and detail oriented during the customer follow –up process; Service during and after the Sale! -Warm Tile system layouts

Benefits

-You will be presented with a variety of sample projects to work on and submit to your manager for review. -Smart Home Integration -After a reasonable time following your hire date, 6-8 months, your manager will evaluate your volume of business and make the necessary training adjustments so that you have the full opportunity to maximize your volume.

The Company

About Colonial Electric Supply

-Provides solutions across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. -A key distributor of electrical materials and services to contractors, engineers, and project managers. -Specializes in electrical supplies for energy, utilities, and infrastructure projects. -Has a strong presence in commercial, residential construction, and industrial projects. -Expanded into renewable energy sectors like solar and energy efficiency projects. -Commitment to quality and timely delivery makes it a preferred supplier for large-scale projects and contractors.

Sector Specialisms

Electrical Contracting

General Contracting

Mechanical

Utility

Industrial

OEM Markets

Commercial Construction

Electrical and Telecommunications Contractors

Utilities

Connectivity Solutions

Lighting

Energy Efficient Products

Green Energy

Project Management