With more than 17,000 employees and 1,700 stores, Alshaya is spearheading the expansion of more than 50 world-class leading retail brands such as Debenhams, Express, Mothercare, Starbucks, Mac, The Body Shop, H&M, Dean & Deluca and Boots in 17 countries across the Middle East, North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Alshaya is delighted to have the opportunity to introduce Williams-Sonoma, Inc. portfolio of brands to the Middle East. William-Sonoma, Inc. is a specialty retailer of high quality products for the home throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The first four stores are expected to open in Dubai and Kuwait in 2010 and will include the Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids brands. Find out more about these world class brands at http://www.potterybarn.com/ & http://www.potterybarnkids.com/The Distribution Center Furniture Technician will perform various repairs to damaged or less-than-perfect quality furniture made of wood, leather or upholster materials. * Repairs to furniture will include burn-ins, touch ups, clamping, sanding, filing, spraying of tops, mixing/blending of colors and staining* Process and control the rework flow throughout QA after the initial inspections are made to the product* This position will require you to work the flow of back orders each day to ensure that we are able to ship product to the customer as the orders become available* As part of the repair process full ownership is also given to you to inspect the entire piece of furniture outside of the visible repair for overall quality

Requirements:
* Previous extensive experience in furniture repair is required* Skills will include the capability of fixing damages such as, crushed corners, dings and dents to top surfaces of the furniture* Able to mix colors to ensure a 100% color match on repaired pieces or areas* Demonstrate skill of spraying dining room table tops