Kitchen Designer/planner
4 days ago
Howdens Joinery, the UKs No 1 Trade only Kitchens Supplier has built a reputation that builders can trust, our unbeatable service and product has led to us becoming a market leader, which is why we were awarded the Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen in 2015 for our quality and excellence. Despite its scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.
Our Contracts Division, whose customers include House Builders, Developers and Local Authorities, is a major player in the market and in order to ensure we deliver the same outstanding Howdens customer care, we provide a fully comprehensive end to end service via our Contracts Hubs. We are now looking to recruit:
**Kitchen Designer - Contracts Division**
**This is not a sales role**
Based in Manchester.
In order to meet the ever growing demands and success of our Contracts Division, we are now looking for an experienced Contract Kitchen Designer.
Based in our purpose built Hub in the Wardley area of Manchester and reporting to the Office Manager, you will be designing kitchens for our contract clients who come from a variety of backgrounds including Housing Associations, Construction/New Builds and Developers etc. From the specifications provided you will bring to life our customers’ expectations with regards to meeting their needs within budget, therefore you will need to be experienced in contract kitchen design.
Responsibilities in brief:
- To provide a support service to the Regional Contracts Managers by designing and quoting kitchens that meet the customers needs, specifications and timescales
- Read through tender enquiries to produce high quality and accurate kitchens that match the customers specification
- Support the office in the effort to achieve targets, particularly with regards to output, efficiency and turnaround time
- Process accurate estimates to the kitchen plans and design specification
- Produce tender packs using Excel
- Amend designs to meet customers’ needs and find commercial solutions to challenges
- Develop commercial and product awareness to continue to produce cost-effective solutions
- Incorporate latest design trends and demonstrate flair and creativity
Personal attributes and skills:
Proven experience in designing using CAD within the Contract Kitchen industry
- Excellent customer service skills with the ability to deliver within budget and strict time restraints
- Commercially astute with an understanding of high volume contract requirements
- Experience of producing high volume accurate kitchen designs and estimates
- Competent in using Excel with an understanding of basic Excel formulas
- Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing
- Experience in producing creative and innovative kitchen designs for a multitude of end-users including commercial, industrial and disabilities
- Ability to problem solve under pressure
- Strong planning and organisation skills
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with excellent attention to detail
- Self-starter who is flexible, approachable and a team player
Howdens deeply value team working and reward our people in line with individual and team success through a competitive package of benefits including;
Competitive salary
- Bonus (profit related)
- Matched contribution pension scheme
- Team incentives and outings
- 25 days holiday, rising to 27 days after 5 years
- Staff discount on Howdens products
- Share awards and prize draws
- Long service awards
**No Agencies
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