Maintenance Porter

Job Summary

The Porter/Housekeeper is responsible for maintaining a 'brand new' image and an attractive setting in the showroom, offices, restrooms, warehouse, and storage spaces of the building. This includes the cleanliness of these areas and ensuring they are well-organized and tidy.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains the warehouse, ensuring items are tagged and accessible for inventory scans, clean, and orderly.
• Daily movement of large furniture, rugs, and accessories.
• Organizes and maintains the storage areas within the showroom.
• Maintains the clearance center, ensuring items are tagged, in sellable condition, and the space is replenished, kept clean, and orderly.
• Hangs and/or replaces light fixtures and light bulbs throughout the store (wall units, light fixtures, etc.) and directs overhead lighting to standards.
• Maintains a reasonable stock of required cleaning supplies, light bulbs, and paper products.
• Is attentive when walking through the showroom, noticing fallen tags, pillows to straighten, etc.
• Inspects the outside of the showroom on a regular basis to maintain an attractive appearance, including the maintenance of planters and cleanliness of the parking lot.
• Performs routine building and simple maintenance, such as wall retouching, painting, and minor repairs.
• Reports non-removable stains and damage concerns to the Store Manager immediately.
• Follows safety guidelines and reports any safety concerns to the Store Manager immediately.
• Assists with furniture assembly when needed for the showroom and/or assists with customer pick-up.
• Opens, assembles, inspects, cleans, performs any minor touch-up when needed prior to, and loads merchandise for customer pickups.
• Receives deliveries from the warehouse, Fed-Ex, UPS, etc., making sure the Store Operations Administrators (SOA) and/or visuals are made aware of delivery.
• Unloads transfer trailers and inspects merchandise delivered to ensure showroom quality when unloading.
• Assists designers with movement of product within the showroom for presentation purposes, with the designer ensuring it is returned to its proper placement.
• Partners with visual merchandiser, SOA, and store manager with floor moves, store displays, inventory, and resets when necessary.
• Hangs wall art, mirrors, sale window signage, and stage props.
• Hangs and removes rugs from the rack, ensuring it is full at all times.
• Assists store staff with tagging of the floor when necessary.
• Assists store manager with inventory when necessary.
• Adheres to and complies with Bassett's Vision and values at all times.
• Performs other related duties or special projects as assigned by the store manager.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalency certificate.
• 1 year experience in a maintenance/housekeeping position is preferred but not required.
• Valid Driver's License and a maintained clear and safe driving record, may be required to drive to another location or get supplies for the showroom.
• Ability to work in an organized and safety-conscious manner.
• Ability to work as a team with an enthusiastic attitude.
• Effective communication with customers, co-workers, and management.
• Ability to read, understand, and write the English language.
• Ability to lift, carry, and climb ladders.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds without assistance with the use of a safety belt.
• Ability to use certain tools or equipment specific for the cleaning process.
• Ability to walk, stand, sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, use and/or control tools, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, and hear, and see up close, in color, depth, and distance vision, as well as the ability to adjust focus.

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