Showroom Design and Administration Apprentice
BOWMAN BATHROOMS LTD
Location
Braintree, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
What you will do in your working day
As a Showroom Design and Administration Apprentice at Bowman's Kitchens & Bathrooms, you will take on a range of responsibilities that include:
Stock Management
- Order and maintain stocks of relevant stationery and forms in collaboration with the Operations Manager and Senior Sales Designer.
Administrative Support
- Provide support to individual managers as needed, including diary management, travel planning, event coordination, and servicing meetings.
- Provide support with ordering kitchen and bathroom products from design specifications.
- Provide support with taking payments from customers and generating invoices from quotes.
- Provide support to business administrative tasks including accurate administration of supplier invoices.
- Undertake administrative tasks, such as photocopying, fax transmissions, processing mail, maintaining filing systems, archives and resource libraries and updating information.
- Answering the telephone and liaising with staff, clients and suppliers to assist in the delivery of services.
- Use of Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel.
Presentation Development
- Learn how to develop compelling presentations to communicate ideas effectively.
- Learn how to present designs to customers.
Issue Resolution
- Develop skills to answer and resolve issues for staff, customers, and suppliers, ensuring satisfaction and timely resolution.
Professional Development
- Manage your own professional development journey with guidance from senior staff, prioritising workload to include training time required to achieve the relevant apprenticeship qualification.
- Learn Bowmans Design process and work with the Senior Sales Designer all aspects of Kitchen and bathroom design.
- Learn business processes from the operations manager and senior management.
- Learn to use 3D modelling software used across the industry (eg virtual worlds).
- Learn to project management software used across the industry (eg Asana).
To thrive in this role and make the most of this apprenticeship opportunity, you should possess the following qualifications and characteristics:
- A genuine interest in interior design and an eagerness to learn about the design process.
- Curiosity about business processes and a desire to understand how they operate.
- A strong desire to be customer-facing, providing exceptional service to our valued clients.
- A true all-rounder with a flexible attitude and a willingness to tackle various tasks.
- 5 GCSEs at level 9-4 or equivalent qualifications, demonstrating a solid educational foundation.
The training you will be getting
- The apprentice will be working towards the Business Administrator Level 3 apprenticeship standard including Level 3 Diploma for the Business Administrator (Administration for Marketing and Sales).
- Delivered virtually with no formal college attendance.
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
- Showroom Design Administrator/ Business Administrator / Finance Assistant / Personal Assistant to company directors depending on where they excel.
Job tags
Salary
£10.43k - £20.59k per annum
