History of OfficeMax

OfficeMax , is an office supplies seller that was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. As of 2011, it is the second biggest office supplies retailer in the United States, behind Staples but ahead of Office Depot. On July 5, 1988, OfficeMax opened its initial retail store in the Golden Gate Shopping Center in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, this location still remains open.

Job Description and Average Wage

Assistant Store Manager: An Assistant store manager makes sure the staff gives outstanding customer service since they are the ones accountable for resolving customer problems, before transferring them to the store manager. When the store manager is busy or not around, the assistant store manager supervises if the workers are performing effectively, monitoring daily tasks and supervising the staff all through the day.

Your average wage will be from $30,000-$46,000 a year.

Sales Associate: The job of a Sales Associate entails selling products and services to interested buyers or purchasing agents, providing customer support, merchandising, generating sales and safeguarding company assets. Usual tasks include assisting in merchandising, ensuring all customers receive outstanding service, helping in completion of price changes within the department, helping sales staff ring up sales, developing a tough product knowledge, initiating sales opportunities and developing a tough market presence,

The hourly pay is from 6-$11.

Sales Manager: A sales manager resolves customer grievances regarding sales and service. This evaluates operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability. This observes customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts. The position will bestow or consult with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment as well as customer specifications.

The average salary is around $36,000-$100,000 a year.

Brand Manager: This strategizes the pricing, promotion, allocation of products from low end to high end within a brand category. This ensures utmost market penetration by means of having the timely product launching, distribution and dealerships across the state. This will synchronize with other brands to make sure that inter-brand competition or market cannibalization is lessened or prevented. A brand manger will research and organize contractual dealership deals with the most number of appropriate distribution outlets.

The average salary for this position is around $65,000 to $71,000 a year.

Customer Service Representative:   This person will interact with customers to give information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve grievances. This compares disputed merchandise with original requisitions and information from invoices, and arranges invoices for returned goods. The position will resolve customers’ service or billing complaints by means of executing activities such as exchanging merchandise, refunding money, as well as adjusting bills.

The average pay is around $8-$9 per hour.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life and Accident Insurance Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• The OfficeMax Savings Plan
• Your Time Off

How to apply

The company is seeking for smart, energetic people who know how to deliver outcomes. If you think, you are qualified, click the link below to apply.

http://about.officemax.com/html/officemax_careers.shtml