Furniture Support Specialist- Remote
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Furniture Support Specialist
We’re looking for qualified candidates to join our exciting Furniture Team. Come be part of something great!
At Staples Inc. our philosophy includes Promoting from within our organization, Pay for Performance, & Work/Life Balance.
You’ll receive a competitive compensation package, including medical/dental benefits. No weekends or evenings. Staples work life balance approach offers standard business hours of 8:00-5:00PM M-F EST (this may be flexible depending on location). We offer flexibility in your work hours, and a hybrid work-model of both working from home & within our office (where applicable).
The Furniture Support Specialist (FSS) is an integral part of the Staples Furniture Solutions organization, collaboratively supporting the Staples Business Advantage sales organization and customers. Serving as the first point of contact for all pre-sale transactional furniture requests, including, product availability, product inquires/recommendations, quote requests, special order requests or related support that help customers foster a safe and productive work environment – whether in the office or working from home. This role will receive inbound requests, and work to provide customer solutions while identifying opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell. The FSS will support the customer, through the completion of the sale.For more complex opportunities, the FSS will partner to transfer the lead to the Furniture Sales Consultant (FSC). Complex transactional opportunities include standards programs and Work from Home programs which require regular customer meetings and a customer implementation.
- First point of contact for all pre-sale transactional furniture requests.
- Primarily be focused on supporting customer requests received from the Furniture Sales Consultants
- Provide customer support on inquiries related to product, availability, and recommendations.
- Contribute to the development of solutions, quotes, and proposals for transactional furniture
- opportunities
- Up-sell and cross-sell on every opportunity.
- Responsible for executing sales campaigns and sales initiatives.
- Complete regular training on products, vertical market solutions and sales tactics.
- Identify opportunity leads in existing accounts to transfer to FSCs.
- Follow up on customers with open quotes.
- Develop selling skills of qualifying, strategizing, sales call tactics, closing, and maintaining service levels
- Learn the primary Staples operating platforms (Sunrise and Furniture Quoting Software)
- # of quotes completed
- Average quote size
- Average customer contacts per day
- # of opportunities created
- Opportunity win rate
- Leads generated
Qualifications :
What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:
- Strong computer experience in MS Office Platforms, AS400 and furniture quoting software,
- Furniture industry/product knowledge – ability to anticipate competitive positioning and respond
solutions to customers
What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills
- Strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within cross functional teams
- Highly adaptable – able to work in a dynamic environment
- Highly organized – detail oriented and able to multi-task
- Strong initiative
Comp: $32
We Offer:
At Staples, you’ll find the asset we value most is you. It’s why we offer a number of benefits to support our associates’ well–being both on and off the job. Here, benefits are designed to meet the diverse needs of our associates and their families for good health, work–life balance, retirement prep and overall peace–of–mind. For more information Check out our perks and benefits!
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Staples believes Inclusion is a verb and we encourage diversity of thinking and ideas as well as backgrounds and experiences. Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
