Experience

PARR

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Manager

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  - Interacts daily with all yard employees and customers. - Interacts regularly with Central Purchasing Department, Credit Department, Human Resources Department and IT Department. Interacts regularly with vendor representative and industry associates.- Supervise and direct the workforce at the yard.- Enforce all company policies and work rules, and when appropriate take disciplinary action.- Identify and articulate performance expectations to employees.- Hire and maintain a well-rounded staff through cross training, open communications and continuing education.- Assist in the achievement of the company’s annual profit projections.- Insure cleanliness of yard is maintained.- Insure an appropriate level of inventory is maintained at the yard.- Insure merchandising programs are implemented.- Chair the Safety Committee.- Respond to customer complaints and concerns.- Continually update product knowledge and selling techniques.- Assist customers at point-of-sale, as needed.

• Lead Counter

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

  - Front counter sales duties- Facilitating daily bookkeeping.- Encourage and create productive and efficient work habits in the yard.- Enforce all company policies and work rules, and when appropriate take disciplinary action.- Identify and articulate performance expectations to employees.- Proper handling of credits/returns.- Scheduling of employees.- Chairing the safety committee.- Aiding the hiring process.- Resolving employee and customer issues.- Assist customers at point-of-sale, as needed.

• Front Counter Sales

  • Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  - Handles all sales transaction in a professional manner for counter customers by providing excellent customer service and satisfaction while achieving profit goals.- Ability to sell on overall quality, value and service, rather than price.- Develop skills for Parr's falcon software system (used for creating, & maintaining orders along with accounts, inventory etc.)- Development of interpersonal, and problem solving skills.- Establish and maintain professional relationships with customers over the phone and in person.- Coordinate with other Parr members to broaden sales to existing customers.- Keep store maintenance and cleanliness.- Continually update product knowledge and selling techniques.

• Lumber Yard Associate

  • Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

  - Lumber yard and warehouse maintenance.- Daily forklift use.- Be part of a team who's goal is to make a transaction that's quick, easy, stress free and satisfactory for the customer while following proper safety protocols.- Storing and organization of yard/warehouse stock materials.- Forklift loading and unloading of product off of vendor trucks.- Safely and efficiently load customer vehicles with orders of building materials.- Continually update product knowledge. - Ensure that appropriate paperwork is completed as per company policy.- Perform daily safety audit of forklift and promptly report any malfunctioning equipment.- Receiving of product for yard.