What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Lead & Counter Sales position at New South Construction Supply, a Colony division?
Team Lead & Counter Sales
Reporting to the Branch Manager, the Team Lead & Counter Sales has primary responsibility for keeping merchandise organized and ready to ship to customers and branch locations, as well as working with customers on quotes and orders, and receiving incoming merchandise from various sources, performing inventory counts and verifying contents against packing slips.
A Little About Your Day; You Will:
- Work face-to-face and over phone and email with customers, providing a consultative approach to customer service, suggesting additional and alternative products, add-ons, and other support.
- Coordinate with outside sales, operations, purchasing, and other departments to process orders.
- Receive and inspect incoming merchandise to ensure that delivery matches packing slip and examine incoming stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisor or vendor.
- Sort, organize, and label merchandise with appropriate stock/inventory control codes.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves following a set of specific instructions or procedures.
- Assist with intercompany transfer shipment of products as need to other Colony locations.
- Read pick tickets, prioritizing most critical orders, and verify item picked matches the pick tickets.
- Load truck with orders in an organized and specified sequence.
- Move completed orders to appropriate shipment locations.
- Perform scheduled cycle counts of product for inventory and enters data manually in computer through ERP system to ensure information is updated.
- Operate forklift to lift or place merchandise in their appropriate locations on shelves.
- Ensure that warehouse is kept orderly, organized, and clean during production and at the end of the shift.
- Occasionally move company vehicles and motorized equipment (e.g., forklift).
- Other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Need for Success:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a warehouse or distribution center strongly preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in an inside or counter sales position, preferably within the construction industry, strongly preferred.
- 1 years’ experience in a lead warehouse, supervisory, or managerial role preferred.
We Can Offer You:
Colony Hardware provides a performance-based culture where all employees are rewarded for the achievement of both personal and company goals. This includes:
- Competitive salary and yearly discretionary bonus earning potential
- Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options
- Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
- 401k retirement plans with a company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Competitive sick, vacation and PTO time as well as paid holidays
- Company-provided PPE as required
- Company-paid training and certifications
- Generous discounts on the best products from leading industry vendor
Life at Colony
With over 60 locations and 1,100 employees, Colony Hardware is the leading distributor of Tools, Equipment, Fasteners, Supplies, and Safety Products to commercial construction and industrial accounts throughout our markets.
At Colony, our people are our most valuable asset. Success as a Colony Associate means being reliable, conscientious, and passionate. With our direction centered on teamwork, every employee at Colony will not only find their work to be meaningful, but will have the opportunity to grow alongside Colony, both professionally and personally.
If you possess a will to win and would like to join a culture where integrity and collaboration are integral to success, apply to Colony Hardware today to join our growing family!
Colony’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Colony Hardware Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, religion, marital status, victim of domestic violence, familial status, genetic predisposition or information, disability, Family and Medical Leave, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.