Interior Designer

About the role

Are you looking for a rewarding career opportunity with significant growth potential? Join Team MBS - a progressive Midwest Building Products Distributor! MBS Interiors was born from a need to provide interior design solutions for homeowners, contractors and remodeling customers of Modern Builders Supply nearly twenty five years ago. Our parent company, Modern Builders Supply Inc., was founded in 1944 as a distributor of building materials to remodelers and builders. While our focus was, in the beginning, primarily on exterior building products, it became clear there was a need for MBS to expand into INTERIOR products. Now MBS Interiors is one of the strongest kitchen distributors in the Midwest, but we do more than just kitchens. We provide our customers with a complete design solution from space planning, cabinetry design and appliance selection to flooring options and plumbing collections. Today, MBS has branches in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. In all, there are 27 locations across 5 states making MBS the premier distributor in the Midwest.

Responsibilities

• Qualify client based on clients wants, needs, desires and investment dollars available
• Discuss and identify clients design style
• Create design solutions, plans, quotes and purchase orders
• Accurately check designs and orders
• Discuss product details and expectations
• Establish, develop and maintain business relationships with existing and prospective customers
• Supply management with written and/or oral report on customer needs, problems, interest, competitive activities and potential new products and services
• Keep abreast of product knowledge, market conditions, and competitive activities through research and consulting with market individuals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in cabinet design
• Minimum 5 years of customer service and sales experience

Qualifications

• Knowledge of company policies, procedures, and overall mission and vision
• Knowledge of sales, construction and design
• Knowledge of interior products and cabinetry construction
• Proficiency with computer programs: 20/20 Design, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Skills

• Interpersonal communications that allow for effective qualification of prospective clients
• Active listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, asking appropriate questions and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Efficient problem-solving
• Time management, organization and written communication
• Customer service: manages difficult client/customer situations, responds promptly to customer needs, solicits customer feedback to improve service, responds to requests for service and assistance and meets commitments
• Analyzing data and situations accurately with strong attention to detail to develop proper course of action
• Ability to build trusting client relationships and effectively communicate throughout the design/sales process
• Ability to read blue prints and field measure
• Ability to handle client product questions and walk them through the remodel and new construction process
• Ability to prospect new clients with telephone calls and appointments
• Ability to prioritize, accurately multi-task and adhere to any deadlines set
• Ability to drive and close sales
• Ability to keep up with design trends and product updates
• Ability to research sources for developing prospective customers and for information to determine their potential
• Ability to analyze the market potential and determine value of existing and prospective customers to organization