Interiors, Sales and Design Consultant

This opportunity will see you working on a project basis assisting our PlaceMakers branch network and National Sales team with customer consultations and interior designs for Kitchens, Laundry, Bathrooms and Wardrobes. You’ll be utilising our market-leading 3D Design Planner design tool and supporting this ongoing project with testing and product data management.

**About the role**:
Aiding branches in a design capacity via the 3D Design Planner tool and conducting initial consultations with customers. Help drive sales by providing design and pricing support for Group Home Builder clients, including updating GHB presentations and pricing in conjunction with the relevant Category Manager(s) and Key Account Managers and supporting store development projects with showroom designs for the Interiors categories. Assisting the Category team to prepare and collate data for new product additions to the 3D Design Planner.

Daily you will be responsible for:

- Take clear briefs from clients and discuss all aspects of creating, remodelling, or updating the kitchen and/ or bathroom area of their home.
- You will discuss building materials, themes, colours, patterns, and room layout with a client and produce 3D renders and drawings based on what your client tells you they want.
- Accurately designs Kitchens Laundries Bathrooms and Wardrobes plans as required by the customer
- Assist with quote presentation and pricing
- Ensuring seamless handover of work in progress designs to Branch Consultants for final pricing and closure
- Seeking out value-add solutions for internal and external customers
- Liaising with internal customers with their design plans

**Skills and Experience**:

- Proven Sales/ Customer Service experience, confident and a clear and accurate communicator who can deal with challenging demands and time frames.
- A flare for design or design experience in any industry is welcomed
- The ability to be agile and adjust to changing deadlines and expectations.
- We are looking for someone with a high standard of personal presentation and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- You will need to have excellent time management skills to meet tight deadlines and company targets.
- Intermediate to advanced experience with MS Excel, and Powerpoint and relevant use of design programs is desirable.

**About PlaceMakers**

PlaceMakers is New Zealand's leading and largest supplier of building materials to New Zealand’s commercial and residential construction markets. Part of New Zealand’s largest listed company, Fletcher Building, we employ more than 2,100 people in over 60 locations across the country and stock more than 100,000 product lines from concrete to paint and plasterboard.

Every day will be different for you and it is an exciting time to be part of a growing business that continuously strives to be the best building partner in the market and takes pride in making sure we're delivering the level of service our customers expect.

This is a 12 Month Fixed-Term Opportunity, hours include Monday to Friday, 40 hours.

**How to Apply**

Opportunities like this do not come along very often and these are limited. To express your genuine interest please submit your CV for review

Please note - A pre-employment medical, including a drug test, will be required and be fully eligible to work in NZ indefinitely.
- We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand._