Senior Store Designer

Join the UK's leading Trade Kitchen Supplier

Howdens Joinery has a great opportunity for a Senior Store Designer to join our Property team in this field-based role, working across our office locations, depot network and live sites throughout the East Anglian area.

In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping the future look and feel of our depots, producing high-quality interior planning, layout design and coordinated concept work that supports our ambitious rollout and refurbishment programmes. We're looking for someone with strong technical design skills, commercial awareness and the ability to work independently at pace.

While some home working is possible, you will spend regular time at our Raunds location, visit local depots and attend scoping meetings as required. Because of this travel, we are ideally looking for someone based in the Midlands, allowing comfortable travel to Raunds and easy access to the wider region.

Why join Howdens as a Senior Store Designer
 
Be part of an exciting period of growth as we work towards our five-year expansion plans
Contribute to the rollout of new depots, reformats and refurbishments across the UK & Ireland
Join a skilled, collaborative and forward-thinking Property Design team
Work on varied, high-impact design projects that shape the customer experience
Access real opportunities for development through training, project exposure and cross-functional collaboration  
Benefits offered as a Senior Store Designer
 
Competitive salary and bonus scheme
Company Car, Laptop and Mobile
Excellent pension scheme with a company contribution of up to 12%
25 days holiday + bank holidays per year
Cycle to work scheme  
Share save scheme.
Friendly and supportive environment offering exceptional reward and recognition  
What You Will Do in This Role
 
Produce high-quality AutoCAD drawings across live projects, supporting around 5 new depots and 10 reformats at any time.
Develop concept visuals and 3D models (Sketch Up / 3D modelling) to support stakeholder understanding and executive presentations.
Provide design coordination support and act as a senior second-hand to the Property Lead Designer, helping distribute workload effectively.
Manage and develop the Depot Design Guide, ensuring accuracy, clarity and technical excellence for quarterly issue to stakeholders and external partners
Coordinate design concepts with Commercial and Marketing teams, ensuring timely and accurate distribution of design information
Travel regularly across the region for depot scoping visits, surveys and site meetings
Produce functional, visually compelling and commercially focused design solutions, including concept visuals for annual product launches
Work independently to deliver accurate technical drawing packs, issued to contractors, consultants and internal teams
Identify opportunities for design innovation, cost efficiencies and improved merchandising solutions, testing ideas through mock shop initiatives
Support Property Project Managers and Acquisition teams throughout the end-to-end depot design and build process
Maintain strong communication with Depot Managers, Area Managers and Regional Directors from concept through to completion

What We Are Looking For
 
Degree-educated in Interior Architecture, Interior Design or a related discipline
Extensive experience in retail, hospitality, QSR, or other multi-site rollout environments
Strong AutoCAD experience (essential) and ideally Revit
Confident producing 3D visualisation and modelling work (Sketch Up preferred).
Strong experience taking projects from concept through to site delivery
High-level technical drawing skills (plans, elevations, sections, detail)
Ability to manage multiple live projects and prioritise workload in fast-moving programmes
Comfortable working independently and making informed design decisions
Experience designing with commercial awareness, customer flow and operational realities in mind
Strong communication skills, including presenting to non-design stakeholders
Ability to translate design intent into clear, actionable information  
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