Now Hiring - Manufacturing SALES- Trainee Manager Floorcovering Assistant - 2282 Knoxville in Knoxville, TN

Description

Why Sherwin-Williams

Here, we believe there’s not one path to success, we believe in careers that grow with you. Whoever you are or wherever you come from in the world, there’s a place for you at Sherwin-Williams. We provide you with the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive us forward. We’ll give you the space to share your strengths and we want you to show us what you can do. You can innovate, grow, and discover in a place where you can thrive and Let Your Colors Show!

How You’ll Perform the Role

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Results Orientation:

• Proven record of high performance

Interpersonal Skills:

• Develops positive relationships with others to better accomplish work goals.
• Effectively meets customer needs and builds productive relationships by treating each customer like
• a GUEST.
• Clearly conveys information and ideas to others in a manner that helps them understand and retain
• the message.
• Presents products and services to customers in a manner that provides solutions and benefits, and
• strengthens the Sherwin-Williams name.

Leadership Skills:

• Actively participates as a member of a team to help the store achieve its goals.

Business/Management Skills:

• Uses people, resources and information to make good decisions.
• Effectively manages time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Possesses appropriate levels of knowledge of core product offerings and operational aspects of job
• responsibilities.

Professional Qualities:

• Sets high standards of performance for self; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks.
• Demonstrates honesty and the ability to avoid what is wrong and stand up for what is right.
• Maintains effectiveness when experiencing changes in work and adjusts effectively to new work processes, situations and requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Marketing

• Understand the store’s mission in the market.
• Review the store’s market development plan and requirements.

Operations

• Ensure wholesale and retail customers are serviced appropriately to meet their expectations.
• Ensure all customer orders are accurately prepared and records maintained.
• Learn how deliveries are prepared to meet customer requirements in an efficient manner, as well as
• how deliveries are received and documented, including loading and unloading of delivery vehicles.
• Learn how to identify and document customer and/or project information for Sales Rep follow-up.
• Learn how to identify and document wholesale lead information for communication to the Manager
• or Sales Rep.
• Assist in merchandising the store according to district or company guidelines, including monthly
• promotional package, sales floor displays, etc.
• Learn how to organize the stockroom to support receiving, storing and shipping of stock.
• Learn how to resolve customer complaints within store guidelines.
• Learn how to use the store computer system (POS) to properly complete sales and sales-related
• transactions.
• Learn how to determine store inventory levels to maximize sales and inventory turns.
• Assist in conducting physical inventory in a timely and accurate manner.
• Learn to perform and direct the processing of daily batch paperwork.
• Learn District pricing guidelines.
• Maintain facility to S-W standards through proper maintenance, repair and housekeeping.
• Identify facility problems and make recommendations.
• Ensure safety, loss prevention and security practices are followed according to policy and correct or
• report non-compliance.
• Responsible for the proper, handling, storing, labeling, cleaning up spills, disposing of and filing all
• paperwork associated with hazardous material/waste.
• Other duties as assigned

Financial/Credit Management

• Learn how to prepare paperwork for processing bills and pay bills as required.
• Learn how to obtain the information needed to open an account, both cash and charge.
• Learn the accounts receivable system and identify corrective action needed and potential problems

• and alert the Branch Manager and/or District Credit Manager.
• Learn and perform the credit collection activities, including the documentation needed to support
• collection call activities.
• Learn how to interpret and resolve problems related to management reports.

Our Must Haves – These are our Basic Qualifications, hit apply if you meet all of them!

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Employee is required to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50

• lbs. frequently and up to 100 lbs. on occasion. May assist with handling drums of material in excess of
• 100 lbs.
• Employee will spend approximately 20% of the day sitting, 25% standing, 45% walking, 10%
• stooping, climbing and kneeling.
• Employee is required to tint paint, therefore, must have good color perception.
• Employee must be able to drive a car or van.
• Employee must be able to operate a hand truck/and or material handling equipment in stores that
• have such equipment.
• Employee must be able to operate a computer and communicate via the telephone.
• OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree is preferred, preferably in a business and/or marketing field.
• Prior sales, customer service and/or is preferred.
• Ability to work all scheduled hours.
• Employee must have a valid driver’s license.
• If usage of employee’s own vehicle is required, employee must obtain appropriate insurance as
• defined by Corporate Policy.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.