PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products.

Job title: Cabinet Inside Sales

Pay: Starting at $20 to $24 an hour, Depending on experience Commission

Schedule: Tuesday -Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 4pm

Location: Portland, Oregon - Located off of St Helens Rd

The Cabinet Inside Salesperson's main duty is to take care of both in person and over the phone customers of PARR Cabinet. The Cabinet Inside Salesperson works closely with customers to create cabinet designs and assist the customer in finding the product that they need. This role is important to the PARR Cabinet Design Centers because the Inside Salesperson is crucial to providing Legendary Service to customers.

The Inside Salesperson directly reports to the Cabinet Branch Manager. The inside salesperson interacts regularly with our clients, Yard Managers, Install team, Cabinet Sales Coordinators, Outside Cabinet sales members, the Central Purchasing Department, vendor representatives, and industry associates.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Experience working with cabinets and appliances
• Knowledge of retail and contractor sales principles practices and protocols
• Experience in balancing a company's best interests against customer needs, and working with aggressive sales goals
• Must be able to type 40 WPM
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and Outlook
• Proficiency in 2020 Design Software
• Must be able to operate personal computer, telephone, scanner and any other equipment necessary for the job
• Must have and maintain a good driving record
• College degree preferred
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in sales or in the building materials industry preferred

Duties and Responsibilities

• Orders cabinets, appliances, countertops, and ancillary items from manufacturers
• Create purchase orders using detailed, accurate and effective processes
• Draw 20/20 layouts for customer approval and quoting purposes
• Arrange delivery of product, working to create customer friendly outcomes
• Work closely with PARR Lumbers installation group to ensure great customer outcomes
• Assist in meeting team sales and profit goals
• Check vendor acknowledgments to validate accuracy
• Make all customers feel genuinely welcome, including greeting customers with a smile and communicating with customers in a friendly manner
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with customers and business associates
• Quickly respond to customer complaints and concerns
• Answer customers' questions, process estimates and orders for customer's, order stock, special order products for customers, and process credit returns, handle appliance repairs and replacements when necessary
• Assist Cabinet/Appliance Contractor Sales people in maintaining customer relationships
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of cabinets' brands, appliances and selling techniques. Share such information with co-workers
• Ensures that appropriate paperwork is completed as per company policy
• Follows all AR account and cash handling procedures
• Reads blue prints and creates take offs
• Answers phone promptly with professional greeting
• Completes Pos on time, confirms confirmation and tied to order
• Responds to emails and voicemails promptly

This position works out of PARR's Cabinet Design Center. This is an office/warehouse setting, with occasional visits to a job site, vendor locations, and manufacturing tours.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to work in an office environment
• Must be able to occasionally lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds and carry objects 50 feet
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Both local and overnight travel may be required
• Must be able to drive a company vehicle may be required

We know that without great people, we can't be a great company. Voted the fourth top place to work in Oregon in 2023, we offer industry-leading benefits:

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days
• 7 holidays
• 2 medical plan options, one with a high deductible that offers an HSA and our standard plan with a very low $1,250 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• HSA (Health Savings Account) - PARR will match up to $360/year
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $2,700 for the 2020 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus

PARR Promotes!

We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self-starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry-level positions. If you're willing to work hard, there's no reason you won't earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast!

We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays.

Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork, and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you're joining a family owned company that's been in business for 90 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.