SALES ASSOCIATE - PLUMBING & ELECTRIC

Stanford Home Center • Plum, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves effectively communicating with customers, management, and employees, handling incoming and outgoing phone calls, and assisting customers with plumbing and electrical questions. The associate will also be responsible for loss control, safety, and security measures, reading and comprehending written materials, and managing special orders for non-stock items. Additionally, the position requires stocking merchandise, operating equipment like lumber carts and pallet jacks, lifting and carrying materials, assisting customers with large items, and cutting pipe and tubing to customer specifications.

Requirements

• Must be able to Stand/Walk for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs., consistently and repetitively.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have an understanding of basic math, and have the ability to count, add and subtract efficiently.
• Must have the ability to demonstrate and explain plumbing and electrical merchandise to customers.
• Must have prior knowledge of plumbing and/or electric.

Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate with customers, management, and employees.
• Receive incoming phone calls.
• Make phone calls to customers and vendors.
• Move throughout the store and/or assigned departments to assist customers and perform assigned job tasks.
• Be alert to all activities within assigned department.
• Help customers with plumbing and electric questions.
• Help in loss control, safety and security measures.
• Read and comprehend written and printed materials, as well as information presented in numerical form.
• Handle special orders for non-stock items.
• Double-check such things as color, size, price, etc., before placing an order.
• See that the customer gets an exact copy of any order.
• Don’t guess or promise a delivery date that may not be met.
• Always get a required deposit on any special order.
• Stock Merchandise within the department.
• Safely operate lumber carts, pallet jacks, etc.
• Lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Assist Customers with large bulky items.
• Cut pipe and tubing to customers specifications.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed