The Outdoor Kitchen Collective is the UKs largest and most comprehensive high-end outdoor kitchen and lifestyle destination business, located in a beautiful 3,200sq ft listed barn in St Albans, Hertfordshire complete with showrooms, demonstration areas and offices.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a competent, self-motivated, and well-organized Sales Designer who will be responsible for all stages of the design, costing, and specification of our outdoor kitchen ranges, canopies and luxury garden lifestyle products.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Respond to enquiries on the phone, by email or in person at the showroom to understand the leads opportunity.
* Give passionate showroom tours to excite clients about their project and the solutions we can offer.
* Be able to understand and advise clients in a consultative non pressured manner to achieve a sale.
* Understand the importance of effective and passionate communication as a critical sales tool.
* Working alongside an existing Sales Designer to foster a healthy, friendly but competitive team that together meets your own and the companys sales targets.
* Actively network within the industry and contribute to CPD talks either here at the showroom or at external events.
* Design, cost, present and negotiate your own projects to convert opportunities to create amazing outdoor kitchen and entertainment environments.
* Build and maintain ongoing B2B and B2C client relationships.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
* Experience in a comparable or transferrable role in design or sales.
* A keen interest in design and luxury products.
* Experience working with design packages, Sketchup, Vector works, CAD,
* Computer literate. MS Office/Outlook/CRM.
* Commercial awareness.
* Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.
SALARY AND BONUS
* As salary is assessed on a case-by-case basis, it is not advertised publicly but will be discussed in detail at the application stage.
* We offer a competitive basic salary alongside a performance-linked quarterly bonus scheme. The base salary is generous and is determined by each individuals experience and expertise.
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