Showroom Assistant

Positioned in the New York Showroom. Assisting the sales team in achieving their objectives.

Position Type: Full Time (40 hrs per week)

Work Hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Report to: Showroom Manager & Sales Director

Salary: $40,000 per year commission (showroom sales).

Benefits: health, dental and vision insurance pretax benefits. 401K with company match

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily showroom operations
• Assisting clients in the showroom as well as providing superior customer service via phone and email
• Enter quotes and orders for showroom clients
• Follow up on quotes and deliveries for clients in regard to projects, orders and general inquiries
• Research potential client leads
• Maintain database, entering new client information into database for mailings and e-blasts
• Assist with completion of long-term showroom projects
• Field sales calls, acting as the liaison between salespeople and clients

Marketing & Merchandising

• Help organize events & be available and flexible for after-hour events
• Maintaining the overall presentation of the showroom
• Help implement new window displays
• Handle transfers for catalogs and marketing material from ordering to closing deliveries
• Manage & organize inventory (stock & supplies) within the showroom
• Prepare marketing material for clients handling and mailing purposes
• Coordinate mailings of catalogs

Showroom Maintenance & Administrative Tasks:

• Make sure all bulbs are working and manage bulb stock
• Responsible for office-supply
• Petty cash reconciliation
• Process claims, returns and exchanges for showroom clients, including paperwork and shipping
• Responsible for shipping repairs to warehouse (when required), including managing the related paperwork

Logistics:

• Receiving and shipping orders to clients
• Coordinate UPS deliveries
• Mail

Skills & Qualifications

• Self-motivated, self-directed, and committed to achieving goals
• Excellent attention to detail in both administrative and merchandising duties
• Respectful of brand image
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, customer service skills and the ability to prioritize while handling multiple tasks is required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Ability to use basic Office and Outlook programs.
• Previous experience or serious interest in design is an advantage
• Experience in high-end retail sales is a benefit

Application

Please send your application directly to: hrusa@artemide.net

(Only applications sent to this email will be considered.)