Kitchen Designer

Howdens have an exciting opportunity for a design individual to join our team of Kitchen Designers in our Perth Depot. Joining a high preforming team, you will work to design kitchens for volume business. This can include High Rise, Social housing, and construction/new builds and developers As a designer, you will work with the existing team, understanding the needs of our customer’s and from that design and price kitchens as required.

• Design and quote kitchens that meet the business customer needs, specifications and timescales
• Work to produce high quality and accurate kitchens that match the business customer specification
• Support the depot in the effort to achieve targets
• Process accurate estimates to the kitchen plans and design specification
• Amend designs to meet customers’ needs and find commercial solutions to challenges
• Develop commercial and product awareness to continue to produce cost-effective solutions

• Ideally someone with experience using CAD
• The ability to deliver within budget and strict time restraints
• Experience of producing high volume accurate kitchen designs and estimates
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• Experience in producing creative and innovative kitchen designs for a multitude of end-users including commercial, industrial and disabilities
• Ability to problem solve under pressure
• Strong planning and organisation skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent attention to detail
• Self-starter who is flexible, approachable and a team player

This position will suit someone starting their career in a design role or maybe taking a career change with CAD skills.

• Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses and outstanding depot incentives
• Excellent pension plan with up to 12% company contribution
• Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays. Holiday entitlement rises with service
• Generous staff discount on Howdens products
• Buy‑as‑you‑earn share scheme
• 40 hour working week
• No evening or Sunday working
• Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family

A strong team culture that genuinely sets us apart.

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment.

That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens – and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For. 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.

Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding.

Discover your next role with us and see how you can fit into one of the UK’s best big companies to work for. As a proud member of The Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers, we offer exciting opportunities for both apprentices starting out and experienced professionals ready to take the next step in their careers. Whether you’re working in our depots, building strong relationships with our trade customers, or applying your expertise to create, manufacture and distribute our market-leading products, there are many roles that make Howdens a success.

Find out more about what makes our Depots tick. Howdens is the UK’s number one specialist kitchen supplier, trusted by the trade since 1995. From just 14 depots when we started, we’ve grown to nearly 950 across the UK and Europe, and we’re still growing. At Howdens, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Whether in our depots, manufacturing sites, or support teams, everyone plays a vital role in helping us grow, innovate, and make a difference.

We work exclusively with trade professionals, giving them the products, service, and support they need to deliver kitchens fitted to the highest standard. By building strong partnerships with local tradespeople, we help them exceed their customers’ expectations, and in turn, we all succeed together. Our success is built on a simple but powerful model: locally empowered depot teams backed by a world-class supply chain.

This means we can keep products in stock, provide exceptional service, and deliver real value to our customers every day.