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 individuals with KPI experience
🚗 Mention your full UK driving licence and vehicle access early in your CV since home visits are a core responsibility
🎯 Quantify your relationship-building success with trade customers or B2B clients as this mirrors Howdens' 460,000 trade professional customer base
📊 Emphasise any design eye or attention to detail experience, even from non-kitchen contexts, as they value design integrity
🤝 Showcase your negotiation skills with specific examples of protecting margins while closing deals, as this balances their commercial and design priorities
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- •Exceeded monthly sales targets by 18% over 12 consecutive months while maintaining 95% customer satisfaction scores
- •Built relationships with 150+ trade customers, generating £280k in repeat business through design consultation and product expertise
- •Conducted 45 home visits per quarter, converting 78% of design consultations into confirmed orders through effective needs assessment
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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 Kirkintilloch exactly the career opportunity I've been seeking. My proven track record in sales target achievement and customer relationship building aligns perfectly with your need for commercially minded individuals who can influence buying decisions and exceed KPIs.
My background in sales and customer service has equipped me with the negotiation skills and attention to detail essential for protecting margins while delivering exceptional design support. The comprehensive CAD and design training through your Ready to Trade Programme particularly appeals to me as a pathway to develop technical expertise alongside my existing commercial skills.
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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 would you measure a kitchen space accurately during a home visit?
- ›What factors would you consider when creating a kitchen design for a trade customer's client?
- ›How would you use product knowledge to resolve customer queries during the design process?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you exceeded sales targets - what was your approach?
- ›Describe a situation where you built a strong relationship with a difficult customer
- ›Give an example of when you had to negotiate price while protecting profit margins
- ›Tell me about a time you had to influence someone's buying decision
- ›Describe how you would handle a customer who disagreed with your design recommendations
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you exceeded sales targets - what was your approach?
Describe a situation where you built a strong relationship with a difficult customer