Village Home Stores
Appliance Sales Specialist Full Time
Full Time • Geneseo
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Employee discounts
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
About Village Home Stores
Village Home Stores is more than just a store — we’re a destination for home inspiration. From appliances and cabinetry to lighting, flooring, and design, our team helps bring dream homes to life across the Quad Cities region. We’re proud to offer small-town service with big-brand expertise, and we’re looking for someone who shares our passion for helping customers create spaces they love.
About the Role
As our Appliance Sales Specialist, you’ll be the go-to expert for customers shopping for new appliances — helping them find the perfect fit for their homes and lifestyles. You’ll guide customers through product features, financing, and post-sale support while representing the trusted Village Home Stores brand.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, learning about new products, and delivering a great customer experience from start to finish.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, learning about new products, and delivering a great customer experience from start to finish.
What You’ll Do
· Connect with customers: Greet every shopper with a welcoming attitude and build genuine relationships that turn first-time visitors into lifelong customers.
· Guide and educate: Help customers understand product features, benefits, and options across leading appliance brands.
· Sell confidently: Share the value of buying local and purchasing through Village Home Stores, including service contracts and complementary products.
· Support our customers: Follow up after delivery, assist with rebates and warranty claims, and ensure every customer feels taken care of.
· Collaborate and communicate: Work closely with our design, cabinetry, and flooring teams to provide a seamless experience for customers working on complete home projects.
· Stay organized: Enter orders in QuickBooks, manage delivery coordination, track sales logs, and maintain digital customer records.
· Keep our showroom shining: Take pride in maintaining a clean, welcoming, and inspiring retail space.
What We’re Looking For
· Strong communication and relationship-building skills
· A genuine desire to help customers and solve problems
· Comfort working with technology and point-of-sale systems (QuickBooks experience a plus)
· Excellent attention to detail and organizational habits
· Ability to thrive in a team-oriented environment
· Previous retail or sales experience preferred, but not required — we’ll train the right person
Why Join Village Home Stores
· Competitive pay with performance-based incentives (based hourly rate + commission)
· Supportive, family-owned business culture
· Opportunities to grow and cross-train across departments
· Employee discounts on appliances and home products
· A chance to be part of a community-loved brand that values craftsmanship, creativity, and service
Independent Retail offers a myriad of opportunities for people of all backgrounds.
When you think of jobs in retail, sales associates and store managers are probably the positions which come to mind. But what if we told you that 44% of people who work in retail don’t work in sales?
Retail offers flexible, collaborative careers in logistics, marketing, project management, finance, merchandising, purchasing, technical trades, and customer service — to name just a few. Retail companies are also some of the most exciting brands in the country — and they’re driving the industry’s innovations in customer experience.
Retail is the #1 private-sector employer in the country
If you’re seeking to make an impact from the start of your career, spark impressive change, learn new or innovative skills and most importantly, gain success in a field that rewards ambitious hard workers, retail is for you!
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Opportunity for Growth
If you want a managerial position in a fun environment, why not choose the retail industry? You can start off as a junior or associate manager of a store and work your way up to the top and be the manager. (Source: careeraddict.com)
Gain Skills You Can Use for the Rest of Your Life
71% of hiring managers say retail provides its employees with foundation skills and experiences that are transferable to other industries. (Source: nrffoundation.org)
Job Security
The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the number of retail sales jobs is expected to grow by 17 percent between 2010 and 2020, which is in keeping with the average rate of growth for all other industries. That means job opportunities should continue to be plentiful. (Source: chron.com)