R10053972 Counter Sales / Backup Driver - Dothan, AL (Open)

Location:

Dothan, AL - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

If you are seeking a company that values its employees, encourages growth and development, and makes a global impact, Airgas is the place for you. Join our team and be a part of an organization that is shaping the future of the gas and welding industry while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.

The Inside Sales Associate/Back-up Driver will act as a Sales Associate for the retail store by selling products to businesses and industrial customers.The associate will also fill in as a backup driver when needed.

• Sell industrial, medical, and specialty gases, welding supplies, and related equipment to customers.

• Stocking Shelves

• Assisting customers through email, telephone, and walk-ins.

• Solicit sales from new and existing customers, managing associated paperwork for future reference.

• Coordinate cylinder and hardgoods deliveries, maintain showroom displays.

• Assist customers with loading/unloading cylinders, provide guidance on equipment use and needed materials.

• Foster strong customer relations, addressing inquiries and providing cost/ordering/delivery information.

• Monitor and maintain proper hardgoods and cylinder levels to minimize emergencies.

• Manage accounts receivable, discussing past-due accounts and collecting payments.

• Ensure accurate completion of paperwork, including coding, costing, and pricing.

• Maintain a professional appearance, adhere to safety and administrative procedures.

• Periodically deliver products to various business, industrial, and medical gas customers.

• Act as Backup Driver when necessary.

• Operate equipment like forklifts as required.

• Support inventory management, housekeeping, displays, and demonstrations.

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Are you a MATCH?

• High school diploma or GED equivalent    

• 1+ years of Customer Service or Sales experience

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office

• Prior knowledge of welding is preferred.

• Must be at least 21 years old

• Must possess a Class A or B CDL with HAZMAT, or ability to get appropriate license and endorsements within 30 days.

• Industry experience or related product knowledge as well as experience handling compressed gasses preferred

• Computer experience or basic knowledge in computer order entry systems.

• Capable of routinely lifting 25-75 lbs. and occasionally lifting over 100 lbs. Also required to push and pull liquid containers weighing up to 1000 pounds.

• While on deliveries, the employee will regularly stand, walk, and sit. They will use their hands for deliveries, involving handling and feeling items. Additionally, they will reach, talk, and hear while interacting with customers, and be alert to the smell of leaking gas from cylinders.

• Frequent bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, and repetitive motions are integral.

• Occasionally, the employee will engage in activities like climbing, balancing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and fine motor tasks such as tightening ratchet binders.

• This role requires specific visual capabilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees. 

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children,  including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates. 

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information
 

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. 

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at [email protected].

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