Now Hiring - DeSitter Flooring, Inc - Retail Sales Associate - Flooring Consultant in La Grange, IL

Full description of the position

Residential Flooring Sales Associate(s) (LaGrange Showroom)

DeSitter Flooring, the most trusted name in flooring for over 103 years, is a successful and fast growing flooring company serving the entire Chicagoland area. We are looking for (2) two talented Residential Flooring Sales Associates to serve our beautiful, updated showrooms in Glen Ellyn or La Grange, IL. The compensation for this position includes a base salary, plus commission and bonuses for a annual earning potential once established of $75K-100K+.

As a Residential Flooring Sales Associate, you will provide a five star experience to our longstanding clientele while hitting your KPI's / sales goals. Ultimately, we are looking for someone to contribute to our stores's success by being the best and to ensure our customer's flooring needs are met quickly and easily with complete satisfaction.

The right candidate will assist, design, educate and sell all types of high quality flooring materials and installation services for carpet, area rugs, hardwood, and more.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, a strong interest to detail, and a high energy, positive driven attitude that's willing to succeed. Most importantly, they must also have a passion and talent to easily build trusted relationships with our clients that help them immediately feel comfortable so they may result in a higher propensity for them to buy.

This position reports directly to the Store Manager and in conjunction with General Sales Manager and Operations. The general duties and skills required of this position include, but are not limited to:

Duties / Responsibilities:

Adhere to the company Core Values:

• Serving everyone with integrity and care
• Forward thinking
• The pursuit of excellence
• Teamwork
• Accountability

Note: Showroom Coverage Hours : Position requires candidate to cover during showroom hours working only a 5-day work week that does include Saturdays (Closed Sundays). Which means you'll will get a day off during the week. However, there is potentially to get one Saturday off a month , which then that week you would be required to work your normal day off during the week.

Develop a full understanding and utilization of our company's "6-Step Sales Process" that's presented one on one with every new customer. This process helps to develop upfront a strong customer rapport that quickly identifies their flooring needs and result in finding the best flooring selection options recommended for their home.

Greet incoming guests entering our showroom, assisting them with selections, design and knowledgeable advice for all their flooring projects.

Occasionally visit client's home to assess their space /decor to better understand the scope of their project & design style, to possibly handle any service issues or to better review client's estimate to help close their order.

Provide detailed estimates (materials & labor) for all types of flooring.

Diligently follow-up on all leads & estimates to help close orders.

Track sales performance for success to ensure KPI's / sales goals are met.

Participate in ongoing product knowledge and sales training sessions to be a successful flooring specialist.

Assist in keeping samples and showroom looking clean and organized.

Participate in weekly sales meeting

Qualifications and Skills

Associate or bachelors degree preferred but not necessary.

Minimum 2 years of successful sales experience (performance base incentives).

Previous professional sales training experience helpful but not necessary.

Previous experience in flooring, home decorating / furnishings or home remodeling experience is helpful but not necessary.

Positive attitude

Detailed oriented

Energetic

Effective communication skills

Ability to service all type of clientele

Completes tasks to fruition

Timely

Anticipates potential problems

Proficient in basic math

Sets goals and monitors performance.

Team player

Capable of multitasking

Ability to navigate in a Windows computer environment

Follows established process and procedures

Benefits

We provide professional sales training, a competitive salary + commission / bonus to annual earning potential $75K- 95K+ (within the first 1-2 years) with full benefits to include health insurance, paid vacation and 401K (w/company match).

Work Location:

• One location: In person

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities
• Commission pay
• Signing bonus

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• interior design or home furnishing sales: 1 year (Preferred)
• professional sales with performance based compensation: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person