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This Position is for a Counter Sales / CDL Relief Driver ---Hazardous Materials Endorsement Required with a work location in Pascagoula, MS.

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.

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.

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 Class A or B CDL with HAZMAT, or ability to get appropriate license and endorsements within 30 days.

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.

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 divid 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.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, protected veteran status or disability