R10058872 Counter Sales Associate (Open)

Location:

Allentown, PA - Snowdrift Rd - Management - East Region

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Counter Sales position sells medical, industrial and specialty gases, welding equipment and hard goods and tools to customers. This position responds to inquiries or concerns from either walk-in customers or those customers that call in. The Counter Sales associate provides additional warehouse support as needed.

In particular you will:

• Solicits sales from walk-in and telephone call-in customers assisting customers with identification of product needs and locating merchandise.

• Accurately completes and files all required paperwork on a timely basis. Documents sales, quotes or other information.

• Enters sales & quote data into the computer and researches information for customers using the computer system.

• Receives payment for merchandise or services sold and enters sale into the computer. Responsible for payments received and adhering to all administrative and accounting related procedures. Wraps and bags purchase and helps customers load merchandise into their vehicles.

• Provides warehouse support for shipping & receiving, inventory stocking, cleaning, labeling, or other tasks. Restocks store merchandise as needed. Arranges stock on shelves or racks in sales area and keeps merchandise in order. Marks or tickets merchandise.

• Follows all safety procedures. Uses established safety procedures for cylinder handling during exchanges and storage of cylinders.

• Maintains showroom cleanliness by procedures set forth by management.

• Maintains current price documentation and product literature as it becomes available. Keeps product knowledge current.

• Other duties and projects as assigned.

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Are you a MATCH?

• HS Diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years of previous product, warehouse and/or sales or customer service related experience and/or training (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

• Strong background in gas, welding and/or safety supply industry with retail experience preferred.

• Experience working with industrial related supplies, products, or services, preferably with industrial gases and/or welding supplies.

• Proficient in MS Office and/or Google applications; prior SAP experience preferred.

• Prior experience operating a forklift preferred.

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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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