DESIGN EXECUTIVE – BEAUTIFUL HOMES (Chennai)
Job Description
Location:
Chennai, TN, IN
Areas of Work: Sales & Marketing Job Id: 12738
Job Title – Design Executive
Location – Store
Qualification & Experience
B Arch – minimum 3 years experience
B.Sc Interior/ Diploma in Interior Design with 5 years experience
DA within Asian paints with 3 years experience in AP
TL within Asian paints with 1-2 years experience in AP
Should have;
- Worked with a decore brand in a retail selling setup.
- Direct customer handling experience.
- Must have team handling experience
Desirable
Design Portfolio
Software Proficiency
Autocad/ Sketch up, MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint), Rendering software
Role
- Store business development initiatives by engaging with internal and external stake holders like architects/interior designers, builders, in store team designers and associates.
- Manage multiple stores across a geography in terms of maintenance, dealer coordination, new store launches.
- Managing and driving a team of interior designers and project management associates for developing and delivering business numbers
Description
- Developing and maintaining process of requirement gathering.
- Hiring and induction of new joinees in store teams
- Communicating with internal teams for pricing and order processing
- Handling escalations
- Coordinating with IT, Brand team, Design cell to facilitate all necessary information to Store Teams
- Coordinating and managing high value, high profile projects
- Good AP Product knowledge
- Setting standards for creation of the space plan & mood board
- Helping in maintaining Store’s P&L
- Mentoring teams to correctly guide the customer in selection of material, design concept, feasibility, and Functional usage.
- Facilitating regular maintenance and order placement for Store upgrade
- Completing the promises given in categories with the design concept selling.
- Adhering to the consultation process and reports follow-up.
- Communicating all new initiatives planned centrally to store teams and ensuring optimum followup for impact
- Help with sales target achievement through necessary collateral provision and training at each store
- Strategizing for Upsell and cross-sell
Technical Skills
- Ability to assess customer requirement.
- Ability to translate customer brief into design solutions meeting budget and lifestyle.
- Ability to improvise of system and processes as per business needs
- Ability to strategize for cross-sell & upsell.
- Strong aesthetic skills.
- Understanding of Space.
- Ability to convey ideas via sketches, 3D renders, storyline, moodboards.
Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to groom and manage high performance teams
- Ability to build teams from ground up
- Ability to build business network/ business development
Behavioral Skills
- Enthusiasim to learn
- Enterpreneural and growth oriented
- High sense of ownership
- Mentoring & coaching
- Good interpersonal skills
- Willingness to travel extensively
- Strong team player