- London, Greater London
- Permanent
- £40,000 to £50,000 /Yr
- Standard
- Expires In 21 days
One of the world's leading manufacturers of wood-based panels and value-added products for the interior design, furniture, and construction industries have opened a Design Centre in Clerkenwell, London. We're helping them look for a highly motivated and engaging individual to head up the day-to-day operations.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a truly global business with over 40 large manufacturing sites and an annual turnover of circa €4.5billion. The privately owned UK operation has a turnover of £350million with ambitious plans to double that in the near future as well as exciting investment plans for the next 5 years.
Full-time permanent role with an attractive performance-based salary package, benefits including salary sacrifice scheme and various health and wellbeing initiatives, this is a great chance to develop your career with a very successful business that achieves outstanding results.
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The Role
As Design Centre Manager you would take full responsibility for the Clerkenwell Design Centre, ensuring that all visitors are given a professional and welcoming experience while promoting the centre and its activities as well as establishing a strong online presence.
Responsibilities will include…
- Maintaining showroom appearance including its organisation, cleanliness, and updating showroom displays
- Establishing strong relationship with wide range of decision makers, including architects, designers, project consultants, distributors, developers, builders, carpenters as well as end-consumers
- Developing new business leads, visit key architectural offices in order to specify products in their projects
- Organising and participating in local fairs, specific events to promote the brand
- Scheduling customer meetings, lead workshops, presentations, staff trainings
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The Candidate
The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in a retail or showroom environment, including managing day-to-day operations, handling inventory, and understanding sales processes. You must be able to demonstrate a strong customer focus as well as marketing knowhow and an understanding of how visual merchandising helps promote products effectively and creates an attractive showroom layout
You will also require...
- A degree in either interior design, architecture, marketing or public relations
- Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills
- Flexible with a hands-on approach, comfortable using initiative in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Bilingual in German, Spanish or French would be advantageous
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The Company
The world's largest wood-panel product producer with a turnover in the region of €4.5billion per year and first-class environmental credentials. Recent investment has investment has helped significantly improve service and take market share in the UK & Ireland market by increasing production capacity, broadening product range, improving sustainability and achieving overall operational excellence.
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Interested? If you think you're right for this Design Centre Manager role, then click the 'Apply Now' button, send us your CV and we'll consider you for the first round of interviews.
Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a truly global business with over 40 large manufacturing sites and an annual turnover of circa €4.5billion. The privately owned UK operation has a turnover of £350million with ambitious plans to double that in the near future as well as exciting investment plans for the next 5 years.
Full-time permanent role with an attractive performance-based salary package, benefits including salary sacrifice scheme and various health and wellbeing initiatives, this is a great chance to develop your career with a very successful business that achieves outstanding results.
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The Role
As Design Centre Manager you would take full responsibility for the Clerkenwell Design Centre, ensuring that all visitors are given a professional and welcoming experience while promoting the centre and its activities as well as establishing a strong online presence.
Responsibilities will include…
- Maintaining showroom appearance including its organisation, cleanliness, and updating showroom displays
- Establishing strong relationship with wide range of decision makers, including architects, designers, project consultants, distributors, developers, builders, carpenters as well as end-consumers
- Developing new business leads, visit key architectural offices in order to specify products in their projects
- Organising and participating in local fairs, specific events to promote the brand
- Scheduling customer meetings, lead workshops, presentations, staff trainings
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The Candidate
The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in a retail or showroom environment, including managing day-to-day operations, handling inventory, and understanding sales processes. You must be able to demonstrate a strong customer focus as well as marketing knowhow and an understanding of how visual merchandising helps promote products effectively and creates an attractive showroom layout
You will also require...
- A degree in either interior design, architecture, marketing or public relations
- Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills
- Flexible with a hands-on approach, comfortable using initiative in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Bilingual in German, Spanish or French would be advantageous
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The Company
The world's largest wood-panel product producer with a turnover in the region of €4.5billion per year and first-class environmental credentials. Recent investment has investment has helped significantly improve service and take market share in the UK & Ireland market by increasing production capacity, broadening product range, improving sustainability and achieving overall operational excellence.
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Interested? If you think you're right for this Design Centre Manager role, then click the 'Apply Now' button, send us your CV and we'll consider you for the first round of interviews.
Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.