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The Company
GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD is a rapidly expanding, vertically integrated furniture, ADU, and building products company based in Nicaragua. We are striving to become a fully sustainable furniture and home products leader. GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD handcrafts well-designed, generational-quality wood and woven furniture made from FSC-Certified solid wood sourced from our own and other reforested teak plantations. We have a serious reforestation orientation: we’ve planted more than 1.2 million trees and manage 1,300 acres of former cattle pastures. GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD markets and sells to environmentally conscious residential customers and commercial clients in the US and Latin America through our showrooms and ecommerce sites.
Core Values:
· We care about the planet and people.
· We plant new forests to fight climate change.
· We design and craft products that are made to last for generations.
· We are who we say we are.
· We are proud to be unique, colorful, and bold.
About the position
GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD Costa Rica is looking for an out-of-the-box thinker. A person with experience that has a passion for all things sustainable and interior design. The Representative will be working along the local GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD Costa Rica team as well as our design Team throughout Latin America and the US to effectively pitch the GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD brand to business clients: from small independent designers to big hospitality projects. The ideal candidate is a go-getter with experience, passionate about the GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD values and story, and all about reaching new clients and helping them dream up the endless design possibilities.
Your Responsibilities:
· Live our brand vision, values and beliefs every day.
· Provide a luxury experience for GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD clientele through product expertise and elevated service.
· Advise and educate potential clients on all products that GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD offers.
· Own all phases of the client experience from initial contact through product final delivery.
· Grow and maintain a strong client base within Trade, Retail, and Hospitality categories.
· Maintain up to date the company CRM and client’s database.
· Represent the GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD lifestyle brand through effective communication, personal appearance and professionalism.
· Guarantee and maintain the display and inventory selection at the showroom so the product is well displayed. (Price tags, showroom staging and furniture arrangement within the space)
· Ensure personal goals are achieved.
· Client outreach in the local market by supporting and attending Lunch & Learns, Meet & Greets, Pop ups, and Events for Trade clients.
Qualifications:
· Architecture or Interior Design background
· 1-3 years of experience in positions
· Fluent English (80% minimum is a must).
· Experience within a Design firm or high-end furniture brand preferred.
· People and relationship driven.
· Strategic and mental agility.
· Highly organized.
· Collaborative.
· Results-oriented.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Networking skills.
· Problem solving skills and proactivity.
· Ability to travel locally or out of San José.
Position Location:
· GLOBAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT LTD Showroom, Centro Comercial 7 bancas, San José, CR.
Working Days and Hours:
· Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm
Saturday 9am to 4pm