Showroom Specialist Munich

What are we looking for

At Cosentino (www.cosentino.com) we are looking for a City Center Specialist to join our City Center located in Munich. The City Centers are an example of Cosentino’s total commitment to the A&D community.

The City Center is the core of Cosentino’s commercial model, and its mission is to provide an inspirational experience that attracts and inspires Designers, End Consumers, Architects, and all other Cosentino business partners. The City Center is a hub for our global community and a tool for highlighting the versatility of our materials and our brands. 

What you will do

As the City Center Specialist you will assist with the day-to-day operations in the Cosentino City showroom. Your daily tasks will include guest relations, customer service assistance, events coordination as well as visiting certain customer accounts. 
When the City Center Specialist is in the City Center, the goal is to identify and generate sales leads and then partner with the local sales team, which allows them to follow up on the leads and convert them into sales and projects. Also, as part of the responsibilities, it will be visiting specific accounts and developing relationships and generating direct sales through those accounts. 

Sales Responsibilities: 

•    Welcome and engage every customer and provide the best customer experience, with the goal of developing long-term relationships and fostering brand loyalty.
•    Assist all walk-ins & customers with appointments that arrive at the showroom. 
•    Provide support face-to-face, over the phone, and via email to better help customers understand the benefits of the Cosentino brand.
•    Develop and build relationships with design firms in the area. Manage the relationship through face-to-face visits outside of the showroom and generate sales through them according to the sales goals assigned to the position. 
•    Support the sales team by preparing sample shipments for customers and end users, checking stock for materials when requested, as well as highlighting possible stock issues that may arise to help them achieve and exceed sales targets. 
•    Work with the City Manager and Showroom Managers to increase traffic within the City Center and leads. 
•    Register visits and leads in SalesForce.

Organization and Administration Responsibilities: 

•    Filter the leads of the City Center via phone call and only forward the ones with potential.
•    Organize and plan events in advance, coordinating content and making sure we have qualified attendees.
•    Responsible for execution of events: invitations, catering, logistics, publicity, and mailing. 
•    Ensure daily entry of all customer visits in Salesforce 
•    Ensure the showroom is always in perfect condition: this includes, but is not limited to the cleanliness of all furniture, equipment, supplies and placing marketing materials. 
•    Manage and maintain the showroom: this includes ordering and stocking supplies needed, maintaining equipment, placing marketing materials, and attending visitors daily and during events. 
•    Manage the administrative tasks required for suppliers.

What you need to succeed

Professional Experience
Required:
•    5+ experience in sales
•    3+ experience in a retail showroom environment providing excellent customer service with a proven success track record generating leads and converting those leads into sales
•    Preferably 2+ experience in interior design industry

Knowledge
Required:
•    Proven success in sales, marketing and customer service
Desired
•    Knowledge of the building or interior design market

Academical Background
Required
•    High School Diploma or GED
Desired
•    Bachelor’s Degree in interior design, architecture or similar 
•    Preferred: Bilingual Spanish/English

What we do offer

You will develop your career in the world leader in the production and distribution of innovative surfaces for architecture and design, the Cosentino Group. The Cosentino City Munich is an impressive space located in Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 5, where you will play host to architects and designers from across Germany, providing an inviting place for business in the hustle and bustle of Muinch.

Our Cosentino Cities are hubs for world-class brands with a buzzing cultural scene; no other part of Munich has as many international design showrooms, making it the ideal location for Cosentino’s new commercial design center.

About Cosentino

At COSENTINO, our purpose is to inspire people through innovative and sustainable spaces.
We are the world-leading producer of architectural and decorative surfaces. Our products are designed to provide innovative and functional solutions for either home or business spaces, such as Kitchen and Bath surfaces, outdoor open spaces, facades, etc. Innovation, sustainability, functionality, and beauty describe our value proposition to the different market stakeholders and end Clients. www.cosentino.com

With a presence in more than 100 countries and 5 continents, our business keeps growing consistently in all geographies as well as career opportunities for talented people like you.

Cosentino is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Cosentino is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Cosentino are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Cosentino will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”