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Lead Kitchen Sales Designer
Lead Kitchen Sales Designer
Join the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier, Howdens, as a Lead Kitchen Sales Designer and play a key role in driving sales performance while leading and developing your Kitchen Sales Designer team.
We’re looking for an experienced designer who thrives in a fast-paced, sales-led environment and is motivated by delivering results.
About the Role
You’ll manage your own pipeline of customers and designs while coaching your team to deliver consistent sales and an outstanding customer experience. Building strong trade relationships will be at the heart of what you do, contributing to the success and growth of your depot.
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
- Holiday entitlement rises 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
- A strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart
Requirements
- A strong track record of delivering and exceeding sales targets as a Kitchen Sales Designer
- Advanced CAD skills with the ability to create accurate, inspiring designs
- Confidence in coaching, mentoring, and developing people
- Strong organisation and attention to detail across multiple projects
- Excellent communication skills, able to influence customers and inspire colleagues
- A solid understanding of the local market and competitor landscape
- Full UK Driving license with access to your own vehicle for home visits
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Responsibilities
- Coaching Kitchen Sales Designers to deliver high-quality designs and a consistent customer experience; providing feedback to the Depot Manager on performance.
- Managing and maximising leads, collaborating with your team to identify and convert opportunities.
- Creating accurate, inspirational designs and quotations, ensuring pricing, delivery, and stock requirements are clear and correct.
- Ensuring a high-quality customer journey from initial enquiry through to final sale.
- Planning and managing individual and team workloads, ensuring timely design presentations and follow-up.
- Maintaining strong knowledge of the local market, product range, and competitor activity to identify opportunities.
Work Environment and Culture
- We take pride in getting things right first time for our customers.
- Everyone pulls their weight and supports each other as one team.
- It’s a busy depot, so we keep things simple and work fast to get the job done.
- Everyone plays a part in the depot’s success and shares in the team bonus.
- We build trust by doing what we say we will, every day.
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How to Apply
If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career as a Lead Kitchen Sales Designer, then we are keen to hear from you.
About Howdens
Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and over 11,000 staff.
- Last year, our sales reached approximately £2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success.
- Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and opportunities for development in a fast-paced and commercial environment.
Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We actively work to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
We will support you every step of the way through the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments made to our process, please email recruitment@howdens.com with the job title and location, and we’ll assist you happily.
Note for Candidates: Applicants for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK. Howdens does not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this moment. We appreciate your understanding.
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