Looking for an Entry -Level Account Coordinator to join our teams in East Providence, RI. No prior furniture experience required.

Our Account Coordinators are the backbone of our client teams – helping to move the process through from planning, pricing, order, order tracking, installation and all the logistics in between.

As an Account Coordinator at Sheehans:

  • You are hard-working, persistent and have sense of urgency
  • You are interested to learn more about the contract furniture business
  • You are obsessed with the small stuff – every date, every change order, every lost shipment
  • You live for the challenge of handling various things at once and helping the team through the process
  • You are an agile problem solver – offering solutions or work arounds
  • You are emotionally intelligent and know how to work with clients, sales people, designers, manufactures, reps, vendors to build them up and calm me down
  • You are flexible – reaching high to close a gap in a project for a PM or sales consultant – and lending a hand when fedex shows up and needs a signature
  • You are ok with change and excited about the opportunity/challenge

Primary responsibilities include:

  • Train under two senior Account Coordinators to learn the role, the purchasing/tracking system – Team Design and help support their workload
  • Talk with manufacturers, reps and freight companies to solve problems and provide solutions
  • Work closely with the Account Coordinators, project managers and designers to move projects through the entire life cycle
  • Learn how to create order ready, proposals and Terms & Conditions (Team Design)
  • Manage, track and report the status of all items associated with a project/order (Team Design)
  • Track Purchase Orders, Deposits and invoicing (Team Design)
  • Create and maintain project status report – alerting team if anything is off track
  • Track and follow-up on punchlist with installers, manufactures and clients

You’ll leverage the following qualifications and experience:

General Skills:

  • Degree in a Related Field
  • 1+ Years of account management or adminstration (experience with purchasing preferred)
  • Ability to communicate and work will with range of clients
  • Interest in the contract furniture industry

Computer Skills:

  • Experience with proposal or purchasing platforms
  • Microsoft Office – specifically Excel and PowerPoint
  • Team Design experience a plus

Personal Traits:

  • Clear communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines on multiple projects
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Attention to detail

To apply, please send cover and resume to hr@sheehansoffice.com.