Kitchen Sales Designer
Description du poste
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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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⭐ Lead your CV personal statement with measurable sales achievements — the advert explicitly asks for candidates who 'exceed sales targets and KPI', so open with a figure like 'Consistently exceeded monthly sales targets by 15%'.
📊 Quantify your sales results throughout your work history: 'Grew account base by 22 trade customers in 6 months, increasing depot revenue by £38k'.
🎯 Mention any CAD or design software experience (even basic) in your skills section — the advert lists CAD as preferred, so referencing it (e.g. Winner Design, Fusion, AutoCAD) will strengthen your application even if self-taught.
🤝 Highlight experience managing trade or B2B customer relationships specifically — Howdens serves trade professionals, so reference any account management or repeat-client sales experience over one-off consumer sales.
🚗 Confirm your full UK driving licence and access to a personal vehicle explicitly in your CV summary or cover letter, as home visits are a core part of the role and this is a stated requirement.
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- •Achieved 118% of annual sales target across a trade customer portfolio of 85 accounts, generating £420k in depot revenue over 12 months.
- •Conducted 3-4 home visits per week to measure and design bespoke kitchen layouts using CAD software, converting 72% of consultations into confirmed orders.
- •Negotiated pricing on 200+ kitchen projects annually, maintaining an average gross margin of 34% while retaining 91% of repeat trade customers.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Howdens Joinery's reputation as the UK's number one trade kitchen supplier — and its commitment to developing designers through the Ready to Trade Programme — makes the Kitchen Sales Designer role in Ringwood exactly the direction I want my career to take. My background in trade sales and customer relationship management, combined with a strong eye for design and confident price negotiation, aligns directly with what you are seeking.
My background in B2B sales has equipped me with the skills to build trusted relationships with trade professionals, consistently meet KPI targets, and deliver design-led solutions that protect both client satisfaction and commercial margin. I am comfortable conducting home visits, translating client briefs into practical kitchen plans, and managing projects from initial consultation through to completion.
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Techniques
- ›How would you approach planning a kitchen layout for a client with an awkward L-shaped space and limited budget?
- ›What CAD or kitchen design software have you used, and how quickly do you think you could become proficient with Howdens' own tools?
- ›How do you use product knowledge to upsell or cross-sell items such as hardware or joinery alongside a kitchen sale?
- ›Walk me through how you would conduct a home visit — from arrival to producing a final design proposal.
- ›How do you protect margin when a trade customer pushes back hard on price during negotiation?
Comportementales
- ›Tell me about a time you exceeded a sales target — what did you do differently to achieve it?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage a difficult customer complaint during a project. How did you resolve it?
- ›Give an example of when you built a strong long-term relationship with a trade or business customer. What was your approach?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to juggle multiple client projects simultaneously. How did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified a sales opportunity that others had overlooked and turned it into revenue.
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Tell me about a time you exceeded a sales target — what did you do differently to achieve it?
Describe a situation where you had to manage a difficult customer complaint during a project. How did you resolve it?