Airgas

R10057438 COUNTER SALES / CDL BACKUP DRIVER----HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED (Open)

Location:

Brunswick, GA - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

About Us:

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.

Job Summary:

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.

Job Description:

• 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.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• 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 valid Class A or B CDL license.
• Must have the hazmat endorsement or be able to obtain the endorsement within 60 days of being hired. 
• Industry experience or related product knowledge as well as experience handling compressed gasses preferred
• Computer experience or basic knowledge in computer order entry system.
• 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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Are you a MATCH?

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Must have at least one year of CDL Class A or B driving experience with like equipment or graduated from an accredited truck driving school.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the Company.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to calculate percent. 

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.

Airgas is a drug-free workplace

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability

Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is the leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hard goods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.

Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services, and expertise through its more than 18,000 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access® tele sales channel. As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology, and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and innovations. Airgas’ customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and many more.

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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 us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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