Kitchen Design Apprenticeship

6 months ago


Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Travis Perkins plc group Full time

**_Are you sales driven or have an interest in sales, along with a creative flair? Do you like working with a variety of customers and building relationships? We have the perfect opportunity for an ambitious individual to kick start a new career._**

Benchmarx Kitchens and Joinery have an opportunity for you to join our family as a
**Kitchen Design Apprentice**. Previous industry knowledge is not essential for this role, all we look for is an individual who is customer focused and the passion to take ownership of your own success. In return, we will provide the training and support you need to become an expert Kitchen Designer, and help our trade customers turn individual living spaces into unique, kitchen realities.

**As a Kitchen Design Apprentice**, you’ll be at the heart of the business playing a vital role in delivering sales & profit towards the success of the branch. You will work closely with customers listening carefully to what they want and understand their needs. You’ll visit customers’ homes or building sites, draw up inspirational designs on CAD and present them to the customers. Whilst offering competitive quotes, you will use your negotiation skills to maximise sales for further growth on margin. Being a target driven role, you will manage and seek out your own sales leads.

**Hours of work**: Our working hours also offer a great work life balance - your working week will be
**4 days a week** 9am - 5pm and every other Saturday morning 8.00am-12.00pm

**Salary**: £18,720 per annum - After your training and completion of the apprenticeships scheme you will be on an increased salary

**Benefits**:

- 22 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Discounts across retailers and restaurants with My Perks.
- Access to health and well being advice and support.
- Company Pension Scheme
- Learning and Earning
- Career progression within the Travis Perkins plc Group

**Location**:Benchmarx, Bletchley

**You must be 18+ for this role and **must** hold a driving licence. Provisional Licence will be considered on passing your test**

**How will we support you?**

The 13 month apprenticeship programme teaches you to be a great kitchen designer within our business, pulling together CAD training, inspiration design and product knowledge training to provide our valued customers with the best possible service. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Furniture Design.

**_This role is 80% work base and 20% learning which is all completed within the working hours No cutting into your social time_**

Our Apprenticeships are focused on your development and factor study time into your working week, so you can achieve your qualification without affecting your work-life balance. We provide you with a fantastic support network through; 1:1 coaching, mentoring and technical and skills training to enable you to progress your career with us. Along the way, our experienced team will provide you with plenty of support to ensure you get the best out of your Apprenticeship. And it doesn’t have to end here, as we have a suite of Apprenticeship programmes that can support you to continue to develop your career with us, all the way up to the Boardroom.

**What’s in it for you?**

At Benchmarx, we have strong family values and believe in getting the right work/life balance, meaning you’ll only work during the week and 4 hours every other Saturday. We make sure that hard work is rewarded and as an inclusive, family environment we want every team member to be recognised for the work they do.

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

- Competitive performance related bonus
- Save-as-you-earn scheme
- Buy-as-you-earn scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses including; special discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses

For 15 years Benchmarx have offered a high quality range of kitchens and joinery products backed up by excellent service. But what really sets us apart is a company culture of being great people to work with, whether as colleagues or with our valued customers. With over 150 branches UK wide, we are proud to be part of Travis Perkins.

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.

**You be you, it makes us, us.**

**You must be 18+ for this role and**
**must**
**hold a driving licence. Provisional Licence will be considered on passing your test



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