Counter Sales Associate

East Coast Metal Distributors • Durham, NC

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Counter Sales Associate generates sales orders while ensuring optimal customer service and increasing sales dollars and profits through communication with customers and Branch management. This role requires the individual to possess or attain knowledge of all products and services offered by East Coast Metal Distributors and have the ability to communicate this knowledge.

Requirements

• Ability to read and comprehend a variety of informational documentation, procedures and correspondence.
• Ability to write correspondence with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
• Ability to effectively communicate with customer and employees using correct English and a well-modulated voice.
• Good voice quality that is conversational and professional.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, guidelines and objectives.
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions.
• Requires the ability to use a variety of office machines and equipment.
• Must have average levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Must be able to operate computers, calculators, copy machines, facsimile machines and other general office equipment.
• Extensive use of computer monitor, keyboard and telephone is required.
• Must be physically able to lift equipment components, parts and machinery.
• Occasional standing bending, stooping and/or walking are required.
• Must be able to use body members to work, move, and lift or carry moderately heavy objects, equipment or materials up to 20 pounds.
• Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and color vision for reading.
• Must have the ability to talk (expressing and/or exchanging ideas by means of spoken works) and hear (perceiving sounds of nature by ear).
• Physical appearance to the public and internal employees must be positive.

Responsibilities

• Greets customers and enters their sales orders.
• Communicates to the customer products and services offered by E.C.M.D.
• Helps customers by suggesting associated and additional products related to their sales order.
• Helps customers to obtain items located within the branch.
• Communicates to warehouse personnel that items from the counter sales area are in the customer's possession.
• Verifies that correct items and quantities are delivered to the dock for customer pickup.
• Answers the phone and assists customers.
• Helps customer with technical inquiries of all E.C.M.D. products.
• Invoices counter sales orders, including ALL orders shipped via customer pickup.
• Generates C.O.D. account deposits.
• Invoices and reconciles all cash sales in preparation for the end of day Cash Sales Reconciliation report.
• Requests Cash Sales Reconciliation Report.
• Matches sales orders, voided orders and C.O.D. deposits to Cash Reconciliation report. Then forward this report to Branch Operations Manager.
• Generates warranty credit memos for customers.
• Issues customer credit memos with Branch Operations Manager's approval.
• Voids sales orders with Branch Operations Manager's written approval for each voided ticket.
• Maintains displays for stock items sold from counter sales area.
• Ensures counter area is neat and organized.
• Performs and completes other duties assigned by Branch Operations Manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed