Now Hiring - Sales Development Representative in Apache Junction, AZ

This is why you should work for Pioneer!!

$500 Sign on Bonus!!

Monthly sales bonus potential, averaging $800

Pioneer Landscape Centers, an Arizona and Colorado-based landscape materials supplier with 33 retail locations, and named one of the 50 Most Trustworthy Companies, is seeking Retail Associates to join their team!

Do you enjoy working with customers, being outdoors and have retail sales in your background? Do you want a better work life balance? At Pioneer, retail is different: no nights, plus monthly bonus programs!

JOIN A COMPANY IN AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY OFFERING STABILITY & CAREER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES!!!

The Sales Development Representative will be responsible for facilitating the sale of products or services in a physical retail store location. Responsibilities including organizing, presenting, quoting, marketing, and selling goods to customers in the store and over the phone.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Opening the store at the beginning of operating hours and closing it at the end of operating hours
• Scanning items for customers and making sure they found what they were looking for
• Operating a cash register and POS system
• Counting out the correct change when tendering cash
• Coordinate customer deliveries
• Cleaning and maintaining the store environment
• Monitoring inventory
• Stocking shelves and notifying management when a product is running out
• Assist in ordering additional stock when there is a shortage in the yard
• Communicating with customers over the phone and in person, answering all questions they have about products and the store
• Keeping aware of what types of products are in the store and making recommendations to customers
• Cold calling
• Maintaining customer database
• Recommending another store location or helpful alternative when the store does not carry the product a customer is looking for
• Deferring to store management when a customer issue proves too difficult to handle independently
• Following Company procedures like dress code, customer etiquette, safety regulations, and other precautions and requirements
• Lifting heavy items when necessary
• Engaging in appropriate behavior at all times, representing the business in a positive light
• Processing returned items
• Completing tasks as delegated by store management
• Other duties that may be assigned

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED
• At least two (2) years of experience in the building materials industry or retail, preferred
• Cashier experience a plus
• Sales driven mindset
• Excellent customer service
• Great communication
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Must be a team player
• Bilingual in Spanish (Preferred)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require:

• Constantly required to use hands to operate a computer and keyboard, and other office equipment
• On occasion, required to remain seated for extended periods of time, with frequent walking, standing, or bending and most of the time being out in the yard assisting customers at the retail locations
• Required to have personal mobility, manual dexterity and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to access the general environment at the retail locations
• Constantly required to communicate in writing, in person, and over the phone
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance
• May travel to assist other retail locations, attend product training, and meetings as required

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Benefits

We offer an extensive and competitive benefit plan for all our employees as we value their time and commitment to Pioneer. Our benefits include:

• Generous monthly bonus plan
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Generous 401k match up to 4%
• Company paid Short Term Disability
• Company paid Life Insurance Plan
• HSA plan with a company match
• FSA plan
• Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee and Family
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Critical Illness Coverage
• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Charity Time
• Flexible Schedules
• Robust Wellness Program

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• No experience needed

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Signing bonus

Weekly day range:

• Weekends as needed

Work setting:

• In-person

COVID-19 considerations:
Yes

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Apache Junction, AZ 85120: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Are you currently employed or ever been employed with Pioneer Landscape Centers?

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (Preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person