Designer Recruitment are seeking a Kitchen Designer for a well-established kitchen retailer in the Sevenoaks area.
This is a permanent role offering up to £35,000 per annum + Commission.
This role reports into the Showroom Manager.
Kitchen Designer responsibilities:
- Deliver on kitchen sales targets and enhance opportunities for further income growth
- Lead taking, booking design appointments and presenting designs to clients/customers, converting into sales
- Support with showroom marketing activities
- Engaging with walk-in customers and ensuring our clients/customers receive the highest level of customer service
- Answering the phone and dealing with daily enquires and customer/client enquiries throughout a project
- Use of internal systems including CRM reporting tools efficiently (training will be provided)
- Drawing new plans/designs based on customer/client brief
- Surveying locations accurately in order to produce suitable designs for furniture to be installed
- Supporting the Showroom Manager with ordering processes/liaising with our manufacturing colleagues in Germany and completion of technical drawings for customer/client projects
- Provide an effective kitchen after-sales service to clients/customers to maintain and enhance business reputation and secure repeat business
- Ensuring the showroom is maintained to a high level of cleanliness
Kitchen Designer requirements:
- At least 4 years’ previous experience with design in a luxury kitchen retail or showroom environment
- German kitchen experience preferred and desired
- Good customer service and sales experience with some evidence of sales achieved in previous roles
- Knowledge of design using CAD software
- Training on our product design system (Winner) will also be provided
- Proactive with a desire to learn and develop in the role
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks
- Good communication and presentation skills and IT literate
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Personable, friendly and confident with a can do attitude
- Driving Licence
What's on Offer:
- Basic salary: £30,000-£35,000 DOE
- Commission based on sales (uncapped)
- Company pension (after three months)
- Discount scheme for hundreds of high street retailers
- 25 days’ holiday a year plus bank holidays
- Free hot drinks
- Opportunity for ongoing training and development
- Access to wellbeing services and an Employee Assistance Programme which provides access to 24/7 counselling and support helpline Working arrangements
- Full time. 5 days a week to include late night on Thursday (7pm close) and Saturday working on a rota system (flexible day off in lieu during the week)
Designer Recruitment are acting as the employment agency in relation to this vacancy.