Jim Urbaniak Hiring
Human Resources ·JS Urbaniak Enterprises, LLC ·
Hours: The store is open Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 – 5:30 and is closed Sunday and Monday. The position runs 8:30am-5:30pm, Tue.-Sat. (done by about 3/4pm on Saturdays).
Position Overview: Provide general support to the retail sales team of our nationally recognized inflatable boat sales center, interacting in person and by phone with our well-established customer base. Duties including shipping logistics; tracking customer orders and deliveries in the point-of-sales system; answering phones and directing customer calls with a high level of positive professionalism; running store errands; repair work; and other duties as required. Objective is to grow with and become a full-functioning member of the sales team.
Essential Job Functions: • Answering store phones to route customer calls to the sales team or take detailed messages. • Proficiently and securely package equipment and parts to ship; assisting with inflatable repairs. • Maintain a clean and professional work area; follow all company policies and procedures. • Learn the business point-of-sale system, used for sales, service, parts & accounting. • Periodically running errands to support the store operations. • Other duties as assigned by management with an eye towards growing with the sales team.
Requirements: • High school diploma or equivalent. • Valid driver license. • Proven stable work history and on-time dependability, come rain or shine! • Experience with shipping duties. Must be highly organized and detail-oriented. • Communication skills: Ability to communicate in a friendly and professional manner to our customers and other associates. Must have good phone etiquette. • Very outgoing and able to effectively connect with all types of personalities. • Self-Starter, who is able to effectively see opportunities or issues and address these matters. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, coworkers and customers. • Experienced with Outlook for emailing; performing data entry in Excel; and using Adobe Acrobat. • Preference for experience with Lightspeed POS system.
Inflatable Boat Center has a very active Web sales site that gives us an opportunity to speak to potential customers from all over the USA and answer questions, both on sales and service at www.inflatableboats.com.
Inflatable Boat Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we seek to create an inclusive work place that embraces diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives.
Inflatable Boat Center shows commitment to the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces by providing meaningful, challenging career opportunities, where military skills and experience may be applied.
Inflatable Boat Center works with and services many different types of accounts from customers who are looking for a family outing, fishing, diving and other activities to professional customer such as USCG, NOAA and other commercial users using both Zodiac and Zodiac MIL/Pro products.
Inflatable Boat Center is located in beautiful Portland, Oregon, one of the most highly moved-into states with great sports and water activities.
Benefits:
1 week vacation after 1 year; after 3 years it goes to 2 weeks. Vacation can’t be taken during the summer season, which is the busiest retail time of the year.
40 hours of sick time under Portland City law.
Discount on company products.
AFLAC self-insurance in which IBC pays 50%