Now Hiring - Retail Sales Associate - Flooring Consultant in Glen Ellyn, IL

Residential Flooring Sales Associate(s)

DeSitter Flooring, the most trusted name in flooring for 100 years, is a successful and fast growing flooring company serving the entire Chicagoland area. We are looking for (2) two talented Residential Flooring Sales Associates to serve our beautiful, updated showrooms in either Glen Ellyn or La Grange, IL. The compensation for this position includes a base salary, plus commission and bonuses for a annual earning potential once established of $75K-100K+.

As a Residential Flooring Sales Associate, you will provide a five star experience to our longstanding clientele and meet sales goals for our business. You will assist, design, educate and sell all types of high quality flooring materials and installation services for carpet, area rugs, hardwood, and more. You must possess good communication skills and build trusting relationships that immediately make our customers feel welcomed. It's critical to quickly identify client needs, present and answer questions about our products / services and recommend solutions. It's also important to maintain a positive attitude through the process from start to finish. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure our customer's complete satisfaction is met and that you helped contribute to the store’s success.

This position reports directly to the Store Manager and in conjunction with General Sales Manager and Operations. The general duties and skills required of this position include, but are not limited to:

Duties / Responsibilities:

Adhere to the company Core Values:
1. Serving everyone with integrity and care
2. Forward thinking
3. The pursuit of excellence
4. Teamwork

· Develop a full understanding and utilization of the "5-Step Sales Process."

· Greet incoming guest’s entering our showroom, assisting them with selections, design and knowledgeable advice for all their flooring projects.

· Occasionally visit with clients in their homes to measure, consult, or to handle a service issue / problem.

· Provide detailed estimates (materials & labor) for all types of flooring.

· Diligently follow-up on all leads & estimates to help close orders.

· Track record to achieving sales goals.

· Participate in ongoing product knowledge and sales training sessions to be a successful flooring specialist.

· Assist in keeping samples and showroom looking clean and organized.

· Participate in weekly sales meeting

Qualifications and Skills

· Associate or bachelors degree preferred but not necessary.

· Minimum 2 years of successful sales experience (performance base incentives).

· Previous professional sales training experience helpful but not necessary.

· Previous experience in flooring, home decorating / furnishings or home remodeling experience is helpful but not necessary.

· Positive attitude

· Detailed oriented

· Energetic

· Effective communication skills

· Ability to service all type of clientele

· Completes tasks to fruition

· Timely

· Anticipates potential problems

· Proficient in basic math

· Sets goals and monitors performance.

· Team player

· Capable of multitasking

· Ability to navigate in a Windows computer environment

· Follows established process and procedures

Benefits

We provide professional sales training, a competitive salary + commission / bonus to annual earning potential $65K- 95K+ (within the first 1-2 years) with full benefits to include health insurance, paid vacation and 401K (w/company match).

We are searching for someone who wants to have a long and successful career with us as we continue to grow our business.

DeSitter Flooring takes great pride in providing a “five-star” experience to our customers from start to finish. Our success comes from the help of our talented people and the core values we instill them.

We offer great earning potential. DeSitter offers paid training and reasonable work hours with a 5 day work week to include Saturdays.

If you have the above-mentioned skills, and you are serious about making a real change for a successful and rewarding career, please forward your resume today.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Commission pay

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• sales: 2 years (Preferred)
• interior design or home furnishing sales: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location