Kitchen Sales Designer
Job description
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Join Howdens where our trade depots 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
- Full CAD, product and sales training via our Ready to Trade Programme
- Competitive Pension Plan up to 12% company contribution
- Up to 32 days annual leave per year including bank holidays, rising with service
- Generous staff discount on Howdens products
- Buy-as-you-earn share scheme
- 40 hour working week working every other Saturday morning.
- No Sunday or Bank Holiday working
- Career progression opportunities into sales management roles
- Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family
What we are looking for:
- Results driven with experience of reaching sales targets and KPI
- Ability to build trusted relationships with our trade customers and their client
- Excellent communication skills, able to convey your ideas clearly and effectively
- Full UK Driving license with access to your own vehicle for home visits
- Strong attention to detail and an eye for design
- CAD skills are preferred, but not essential as you will receive training
What you will be doing:
- Driving sales performance and profit by achieving your 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 your client’s needs
- Negotiating prices confidently while protecting margin and design integrity
- Planning and creating inspirational and practical designs utilising your strong product knowledge to advise customers and resolve queries throughout the process
About Us:
Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 950 depots throughout the UK and Europe, making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. With an ambitious and credible growth plan, we continue to build on our £2.4 billion turnover.
How to apply:
If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career as a Kitchen Sales Designer, then we are keen to hear from you.
Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.
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⭐ Highlight your sales target achievement record prominently as Howdens specifically seeks results-driven candidates with KPI experience
🚗 Emphasise your full UK driving licence and vehicle access as home visits are a core responsibility
🎨 Showcase any design eye or attention to detail examples, even if not CAD-specific, since they provide full training
📊 Quantify your relationship-building success: 'Maintained 95% customer retention across 40+ trade accounts'
🏠 Include any customer-facing or consultative sales experience, particularly involving home visits or site assessments
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- •Achieved 115% of annual sales targets across 18 months, generating £240k additional revenue through trade customer relationship building
- •Conducted 120+ home visits annually for design consultations, maintaining 92% customer satisfaction scores throughout project delivery
- •Built trusted relationships with 85 trade professionals, resulting in 40% repeat business and £180k in referral sales
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Howdens' position as the UK's number one trade kitchen supplier makes this Kitchen Sales Designer role in Aldershot particularly appealing, especially given your comprehensive CAD training programme and focus on building relationships with trade customers.
My background in sales target achievement and customer relationship management aligns well with your requirements for driving depot performance and conducting home visits. I am particularly drawn to the consultative nature of the role, combining design creativity with commercial acumen.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach learning CAD software if you haven't used it before?
- ›Describe your experience with design software or technical drawing tools
- ›How do you stay updated with kitchen design trends and product knowledge?
- ›What's your approach to measuring and assessing kitchen spaces during home visits?
- ›How would you handle technical queries about joinery products from trade customers?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you exceeded a challenging sales target
- ›Describe a situation where you built a strong relationship with a difficult customer
- ›Give an example of when you had to negotiate while protecting profit margins
- ›Tell me about a time you provided exceptional customer service throughout a long project
- ›Describe how you've handled competing priorities in a fast-paced sales environment
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you exceeded a challenging sales target
Describe a situation where you built a strong relationship with a difficult customer