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Showroom Manager

  1. Permanent - Full time
Competitive + Benefits
  1. Benchmarx Kitchens & Joinery
  2. Kendal, Cumbria

hrs/pw

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5pm and alternate Saturdays 8am - 12pm

Kendal

49427

Who We Are

We’re Benchmarx Kitchens & Joinery, part of the Travis Perkins family since 2006. We’re all about delivering stylish, high-quality kitchens that cater to all tastes and budgets. With over 150 branches and showrooms, we offer top-tier appliances, worktops, and joinery from leading brands.

We work closely with installers to design and deliver ready-assembled kitchens that truly inspire our customers. We’re a team that values collaboration, innovation, and customer satisfaction, and we’re always looking for passionate people to join us on our journey.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Showroom Manager, you’ll lead your team to achieve sales targets, drive profitability, and ensure your branch stands out as a top performer. You’ll oversee the showroom’s sales and purchasing, staying ahead of local market trends to remain competitive. With your expert leadership, you’ll manage resources, address challenges, and ensure everything runs smoothly while maintaining high company standards. It’s about driving results, leading by example, and ensuring your team remains on track!

What’s In It For You?

When you join us, you’re becoming part of a dynamic, growing team that’s passionate about delivering high-quality kitchens and exceptional service. At Benchmarx, we value your ideas and empower you to make a difference every day.

With a Monday to Friday schedule and just 4 hours every other Saturday, we ensure a great work-life balance.

We offer:

  • Attractive annual salary

  • Performance-based bonus that rewards your hard work

  • Save-as-you-earn & Buy-as-you-earn schemes for smart financial growth

  • Generous contributory pension scheme to secure your future

  • Exclusive colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses, including 20% off at Toolstation

  • Wellbeing support to keep you feeling your best

  • MyPerks discounts at top retailers, restaurants, and more!

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • Business Development: Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and representatives from related industries.

  • Profitability: Boost profitability by reviewing costs and adjusting stock levels, actively seeking sales leads and earning commissions.

  • Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety and security policies, completing weekly checklists and addressing any issues.

  • Team Leadership: Recruit, train, and develop your team, addressing any underperformance and motivating them to achieve high standards.

  • Customer Service Excellence: Deliver outstanding customer service, guiding your team to do the same by identifying customer needs, offering alternatives, and negotiating for increased sales.

  • Market Awareness: Stay on top of local market trends and competition, collaborating with the Sales Development Manager to raise local awareness and convert leads into sales.

Who You Are

You’ll need to be:

  • A Proven Leader: With experience managing and developing teams to success.

  • Sales-Focused: Skilled in sales environments, with strong communication and sales skills.

  • Customer-Centric: You know how to build and maintain relationships with people from all backgrounds and deliver excellent customer service.

  • Organized: Able to prioritise tasks and manage both your own and your team’s workload efficiently.

  • Financially Savvy: Comfortable interpreting basic financial and statistical information.

  • IT-Savvy: Capable of using IT systems and negotiation tools to drive results.

  • Self-Motivated & Team-Oriented: Able to work independently while also collaborating with your team.

  • Target-Driven: Energetic, committed to achieving goals with a positive attitude.

  • Mobile: A full UK driver’s licence is essential as travel is required for this role.

How to Apply

Ready to be part of something big? Apply now and join a company that truly values its people. We can’t wait to hear from you!

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a diverse team. No matter your background, we believe in giving everyone the opportunity to succeed.

If you're offered the role, it will be a conditional offer, subject to a few background checks. These include a criminal record check (basic DBS), adverse financial check, media search & occupational history review. We do this to ensure we’re keeping both our business and customers safe, and we appreciate your understanding


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