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POSITION: SAMPLE LIBRARIAN
Job Title: SAMPLE LIBRARIAN
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Terms: Part Time, Flexible Hours, $13.50/hour
About Us: Francis King is Minnesota’s largest to the trade showroom and is located in Minneapolis’ historic International Market Square. We work with many top brands and offer over 150 years of collective experience in the showroom industry. Our customers are the upper Midwest’s leading Interior Designers and Drapery work rooms.
About the role: We are looking for an enthusiastic, outgoing personality who is customer service driven and team oriented. This is a sales support position that focuses on maintaining the order of a memo room/sample department.
Responsibilities:
Maintain product knowledge and work closely with staff
Hang new product
Take down discontinued product
Follow vendor rotations
Pull memos
Organize Memo Room
Fill fridge with water help take out garbage
Help when needed on showroom floor
15-20 hours a week
Adapt to various needs of the selling staff
Candidate Requirements:
Follow detailed directions
Product Oriented
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Problem solving skills
Service oriented
Good team member
Willing to switch directions throughout the day
Ability to lift 25 pounds
What we offer:
Competitive compensation
Simple IRA / Matching
Generous paid time off
Paid holidays
Creative work environment
Contact us: SUSAN@francisking.com
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POSITION OPENING
Job Title: Furniture Service Associate
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Terms: Full time, COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, Monday – Friday 9-5
About Us: Francis King is Minnesota’s largest to the trade showroom and is located in Minneapolis’ historic International Market Square. We work with many top brands and offer over 150 years of collective experience in the showroom industry. Our customers are the upper Midwest’s leading Interior Designers and Drapery work rooms.
About the role: The Furniture Service Associate works with customers, vendors, and coworkers to provide timely resolutions on service issues and acccounts payable.
Responsibilities:
Solves service issues with damaged product.
Frequent follow up communication.
Communicate with vendors or freight companies regarding service claims.
Communication with vendors, receiving warehouses and repair professionals.
Coordinate completion of service requests with customers, vendors, etc.
Communicates with internal and external personnel in a professional and timely manner.
Receives receiving reports, enters release number, receives PO and delivers product on invoice.
Informs designer goods are in and sends invoice for balance due.
Candidate Requirements:
3+ Years of Customer Service experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Problem solving skills.
Service oriented.
Good team member.
What we offer:
Competitive compensation.
Simple IRA / Matching
Generous paid time off.
Paid holidays.
Contact us: katie@francisking.com
POSITION: LIGHTING SPECIALIST/SALES ASSOCIATE
Job Title: Lighting Specialist / Sales Associate
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Terms: Full time, Non-Exempt, Monday – Friday 9-5
About Us: Francis King is Minnesota’s largest to the trade showroom and is located in Minneapolis’ historic International Market Square. We work with many top brands and offer over 150 years of collective experience in the showroom industry. Our customers are the upper Midwest’s leading Interior Designers and Drapery work rooms.
About the role: We are looking for an enthusiastic, outgoing personality who is sales focused and customer driven, who has knowledge of selling residential lighting and has a passion with the interiors. This is a sales position that will focus on residential lighting.
Responsibilities:
Maintain product knowledge and work closely with vendors
Leader in selling lighting and lighting plans for new construction
Write lighting price quotes
Follow up with outstanding quotes
Assist designers in finding appropriate product for their current projects
Check pricing and stock
Send finish samples
Answer phone calls and email
Refer designers to FK associates for furniture, fabric, trimming and wallpaper sales
Provide quality service to customers
Keep close relationships with existing and new customers
Candidate Requirements:
3+ Years of selling residential lighting/Interior Design/showroom/retail experience
Proficient with Microsoft Outlook and Excel
Excellent sales, communication, customer service and computer skills
Problem solving skills
Service oriented
Good team member
Willing to jump in
Needs to be able to multitask
What we offer:
Competitive compensation
Simple IRA / Matching
Generous paid time off
Paid holidays
Creative work environment
Contact us: charlie@francisking.com
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FALL TRUNK SHOW / OPEN HOUSE
POSITION INTERN
Job Title: Internship
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Terms: Hourly, Flexible hours, Open Monday - Thursday 9 - 5 and Friday 9 - 4
About Us: Francis King is Minnesota’s largest to the trade showroom and located in Minneapolis’ historic International Market Square. We work with many top brands and offer over 150 years of collective experience in the showroom industry. Our customers are the upper Midwest’s leading Interior Designers and Drapery work rooms. We live by our core values every day. We are Product Oriented, Our True Selves, Committed, Winning, and Willing.
About the role: We are looking for a team member who loves Interior Design! Who wants to learn and understand how a showroom operates on a day-to-day basis. You will learn about finding the appropriate fabric for an application, selling our product, what designers needs and wants are, how to find the perfect options for a project. You will also learn how important it is to be able to communicate with designers and network with them. Daily tasks will be filing memos, hanging new product, taking down discontinued product, and supporting our sales staff.
Responsibilities:
Maintain product knowledge and work closely with staff
Assist designers find appropriate product for their current projects
Check pricing and stock
Hang new product
Take down discontinued product
Follow vendor rotations
Pull memos
Organize Memo Room
Fill fridge with water help take out garbage
Help when needed on showroom floor
Paid position at $13.50 per hour
Candidate Requirements:
Likes working with beautiful things
Product Oriented, Committed, Winning, Willing, True self
Good written and verbal communication skills
Problem solving skills
Service oriented
Good team member
What we offer:
Competitive compensation.
Simple IRA / Matching
Generous paid time off.
Paid holidays.
Contact us: susan@francisking.com
POSITION AVAILABLE
Outside Sales Representative – Francis King Ltd.
Job Title: Outside Sales Representative
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Terms: Full time, Salary plus commission; Monday – Friday 9-5
Travel: Yes
About Us: Francis King is Minnesota’s largest to the trade showroom and is located in Minneapolis’ historic International Market Square. We work with many top brands and offer over 150 years of collective experience in the showroom industry. Our customers are the upper Midwest’s leading Interior Designers and Drapery work rooms.
About the role: We are looking for an enthusiastic, outgoing personality who is customer service driven who has knowledge of selling fabric, trimmings, wallcoverings, window coverings and has a passion with the interiors. This is a sales position that will focus on updating libraries, showing newest collections and assist designers with their projects needs. The territory consists of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Responsibilities:
Maintain product knowledge and work closely with vendors
Leader in selling the brands represented
Accountable for vendor accountability duties
Customer focused
Product Driven
Assist designers find appropriate product for their current projects
Attend vendor sales meetings
Pull memos
Answer phone calls and email
Cross sell fabric, trimming and wallpaper
Provide quality service to customers and keep a close relationship with existing customers and new customers
Candidate Requirements:
Proficient with Microsoft Outlook and Excel
Excellent sales, communication, customer service and computer skills
Problem solving skills
Service oriented
Good team member
Willing to jump in
Needs to be able to multitask and self-starter
Organization and management skills
What we offer:
Competitive compensation
Simple IRA / Matching
Generous paid time off
Paid holidays
Contact us: abby@francisking.com
ARTERIORS CEU EVENT
CEU Course Overview
TITLE: Navigating the Nuances and Intricacies of the Modern Supply Chain and Product Lifecycle
IDCEC CLASS CODE: CEU-113127
SUBJECT CODE: 2. Interior Design / 9. Programming and Planning
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All Sectors
LEARNING LEVEL: Basic
COURSE LENGTH: 1.00 Hour
DESIGNATION: HSW
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Specifying products for today’s residential and commercial applications is dependent on integrating all individuals and facets involved in product design and delivery to ensure the project is completed on time, on budget, and in a sustainable manner.
In this course, participants will learn about the complex infrastructure of a modern business-to-business supply chain, how that infrastructure brings an item to life from inception to shelf, and the best practices for writing a sustainable, value-added interior design specification for residential and commercial projects.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will:
· Gain a deeper understanding of the many facets of a standard, modern, and sustainable business-to-business supply chain, how the supply chain is dependent on each and be able to use this knowledge to source product that is designed, manufactured and delivered sustainably, on time and within budget.
· Learn how product is brought to market, from initial conception/design to inventoried stock, including timeline to create, produce, and receive in goods, and be able to bring the context of this product journey and value when writing an interior design specification.
· Gain an understanding of and appreciation for the many relationships which successfully bring product to life and to market, the unique position of those relationships within the supply chain, and be able to use this knowledge to increase clients’ understanding of why certain products are specified.
· Dissect the lifecycle of an item, what factors contribute to items’ longevity or discontinuation, and be able to apply this information when procuring goods for a design project, to meet a successful installation.
