Job Description
Join the UK’s No1 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 and brilliant bonuses
- 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 with 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
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 licence and access to a personal vehicle for home visits
- Strong attention to detail and eye for design
- CAD skills are preferred but not essential as training will be provided
What you will be doing:
- Driving sales performance and profit by achieving depot targets
- Building strong customer 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 margin and design integrity
- Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs utilising product knowledge to advise customers and resolve queries throughout the process
What it’s like to work here:
- We take pride in getting things right the first time for our customers.
- Everyone pulls their weight and supports one another as a united team.
- It’s a busy depot, so we keep things simple, work fast and get the job done.
- We all share in the depot’s success and team bonus.
- Trust is built by keeping our promises every day.
We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. Candidates must have a valid right to work in the UK; we do not offer sponsorship for any depot positions at this time.