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Kitchen Sales Designer
Kitchen Sales Designer – Join the UK’s No.1 Trade Kitchen Supplier
Howdens are recruiting Kitchen Sales Designers who thrive in a fast-paced, sales environment. We’re looking for commercially minded individuals who can build strong relationships, influence buying decisions and exceed sales targets.
We can offer you a successful career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, and you don’t need previous design experience. We’ll provide you with comprehensive design and sales training to create exceptional kitchens for our trade customers and their clients.
What We Can Offer You
- Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses and outstanding depot incentives
- Kitchen Sales Designer training programme
- Excellent pension plan with up to 12% company contribution
- Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays (rising with service)
- Generous staff discount on Howdens products
- Buy-as-you-earn share scheme
- 40-hour working week
- No evening, Sunday or Bank Holiday working
- Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family
- Strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart
What We Are Looking For
- Results-driven with experience of reaching sales targets and KPIs
- Ability to build trusted relationships with trade customers and their clients
- Excellent communication skills, able to convey ideas clearly and effectively
- Full UK Driving License with access to your own vehicle for home visits (vehicles provided if required)
- Strong attention to detail and an eye for design
- CAD skills preferred (but not essential—training provided)
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What You Will Be Doing
- Driving sales performance and profit by achieving depot targets
- Building relationships through professional design support
- Delivering exceptional customer service throughout the project
- Conducting home visits to measure, assess and understand client needs
- Negotiating prices confidently while protecting margins and design quality
- Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs, leveraging product knowledge
Why Work for Howdens?
- We take pride in first-time excellence for our customers
- A collaborative team culture where everyone supports each other
- Fast-paced, mission-driven environment focussed on getting results
- Share in the team bonus—everyone contributes to depot success
- Reliable integrity—we do what we promise, every day
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How to Apply
If Howdens sounds like the place to build and develop your career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, we’d love to hear from you.
About Howdens
Howdens Joinery is a successful FTSE 100 business, operating over 900 depots nationwide with 11,000+ staff. Last year, our sales hit approximately £2.3bn, and we continue to see strong growth, balanced with our traditional values.
Our entrepreneurial ethos and fast-paced commercial environment make us a place where an outstanding career and rewards grow.
Named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For, we deliver on our core principles: ✔ WORTHWHILE FOR ALL concerned ✔ Inclusive recruitment processes ✔ Environmental investments & ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) commitments
Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, email recruitment@howdens.com with the job title and location, and we’ll ensure your application process is supportive and accessible.
Important note: Only candidates with a valid UK right to work may apply. Howdens does not offer sponsorship for depot roles at this time. We appreciate your understanding.
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