Merchandiser

UMI Stone/Opustone•Morrisville, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The merchandiser will be an integral member of the field sales team, supported by a nearby branch. This individual will promote brands and product lines by visiting kitchen and bath (K&B) showrooms, Fabricators, and design studios in the designated region. With Corporate support, they would be responsible for the Company's promotional and sales/marketing efforts in the region. The role is an outside field position where 80% of the time will be spent visiting customers, driving, and part of the time internally at the assigned branch, assisting customers, showing slabs, assembling displays, collecting samples, and supporting internal staff under the supervision of the local Branch manager or the executive team. Merchandisers will also be part of the internal staff as needed and will be part of the schedule rotating Saturday.

Requirements

EXCEPTIONAL organization and planning skills
Energetic and confident in engaging with business owners and staff
Very strong interpersonal communication skills
Ability to occasionally work extended hours on the weekend
Must be over 21 yrs. of age and have a good driving record.
Communication Skills – Verbal Communication, Listening, Negotiation, Persuasion, Writing Skills
Critical Thinking – Adaptable, Flexible, Problem Solving, Desire to Learn
Positive Attitude – Cooperation, Courteous, Friendly, Honest, Respectful
Teamwork – Collaborative, Team Player, Accept Feedback, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Skills
Work Ethic – Multi-tasking, Organization, Time management & Efficiency, Strategic Planning, Results Oriented

Nice To Haves

Experience in sales, customer service or other people-oriented fields is preferred

Responsibilities

Engage business owners & other key decision makers through friendly, consistent and professional communications
Qualify and evaluate potential showrooms for UMI displays and marketing efforts
Identify opportunities for CR to improve the consumer experience in the marketplace
Regularly conduct product informational updates, educating our retail sales partners and fabricators about CR and our lines of products.
During these meaningful visits/discussions obtain a better understanding of their business needs and potential sales opportunities for CR.
Customer Evaluation and categorization of all customers assigned to your region, using existing sales “intel” report to collect all information CR requires for better serve our clients and improve sales performance.
Maintain accurate information about the customer, address, email addresses of all members of the clients’ team and updating the information into our Inventory system.
During these meaningful visits, CR expects all displays to be in order, clean and with all samples in place, placing an order when samples are missing from our displays and making sure all of our marketing collateral are in place.
Window decals, location cards, catalogs, updated price list when applicable and any other marketing initiative we have in place.
Helping customers showing slabs, assembling displays, collecting samples and supporting internal staff under supervision of the local Branch manager or the executive team.
Be part of the internal staff as needed and be part of the schedule rotating Saturday.