Kitchen Designer

Howdens are looking for Kitchen Designers to join our contracts team based in our Wimbledon hub.

Based in our purpose-built hub in the Wimbledon area of London 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.

**What will I be doing as a Kitchen Designer?**
- To provide a support service to the Regional Contracts Managers by designing and quoting kitchens that meet the customer’s 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

**What do I need to qualify for this role?**
- 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

**What we can offer you**:

- Highly competitive salary and bonus scheme
- Excellent pension plan (up to 12% employer contributions)
- 25 days holiday, rising to 26 days after 5 years
- Staff discount on Howdens products
- Share awards and prize draws

**About Howdens**

Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe - making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda.

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