Sales Manager in Training

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture and Mattresses • Waterbury, CT

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About The Position

At Raymour & Flanigan, the Sales Manager in Training oversees sales associate performance, sales, showroom operations, and financial performance while implementing individual and team goals. The role trains and develops a high-performing sales team, establishes sales consultant goals, organizes and directs associates to meet objectives, and coaches consultants on monthly sales goals and action plans. It monitors daily performance, supports consultants during the selling process, and helps enhance the customer shopping experience. The position also maximizes merchandising effectiveness through displays, signage, and showroom arrangement. Additional functions may be assigned at management’s discretion.

The role requires moving around the showroom to attend to customers, with walking, standing, or sitting for extended periods as needed, and pushing or pulling furniture for merchandising. The employer states that it maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace and is unable to offer visa sponsorship; candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

• Three years of leadership experience in retail management in a high-volume environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Computer skills and the ability to learn new programs.
• Desire to succeed in a revenue-driven atmosphere.
• Proven track record of sales success in a retail environment.
• Flexibility to work a retail schedule that includes nights, weekends, holidays, and special events.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree preferred.
• Strong mentoring, coaching, and development skills, with the ability to motivate teams to achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Oversee sales associate performance, sales, operations, and financial performance, and implement individual and team goals.
• Train and develop a high-performing sales team.
• Coordinate showroom operations by establishing goals for sales consultants.
• Set objectives, plan, organize, and direct sales associates to meet objectives and maximize their potential.
• Coach each sales consultant to establish monthly sales goals and develop an action plan; provide advice, support, and motivation to help achieve those objectives.
• Monitor each consultant’s daily performance and compare it with that month’s objective.
• Maximize merchandising efforts through effective displays, signage control, and showroom or sales floor arrangement.
• Assist sales consultants in the selling process when needed and participate in sales to enhance the customer shopping experience.
• Perform additional functions assigned at management’s discretion.

What This Job Offers

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