Kitchen Designer

Howdens are looking for Kitchen Designers to join our contracts team. You must be available to start beginning of September and live within a reasonable commutable distance from Manchester.

Based in our purpose-built hub in 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.

What will I be doing as a Kitchen Designer?

• Working with 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

What do I need to qualify for this role?

What we can offer you :

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 900 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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