Designer

American Woodmark•Phoenix, AZ

25d

About The Position

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do. POSITION PURPOSE: To support the selling process by preparing layouts and quotes for the sales staff and to manage the customer file by building effective relationships in an effort to profitably sell kitchen and bath cabinets on a day to day basis while meeting and/or exceeding sales and expense targets.

Requirements

Formal technical design training from trade school or program; Undergraduate degree in design, business or related field; or relevant experience preferred
3 to 5 years' experience in kitchen layout and design
Familiar with Microsoft Office - Outlook, Word and Excel
Advanced skills in computer assisted design software, knowledge of 2020 software preferred
Knowledge of the selling process and bid preparation
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proactive problem solving skills
Technical aptitude and ability to understand the construction business
Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, statistical reports, and financial documents.
Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients in an effort to carry out responsibilities or respond to common inquires.
Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to groups of employees and management.
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts like exponents, algebra, quadratic equations and basic logic functions such as if-then-else statements.
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as statistical and financial math calculations, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, mathematical or diagram form and develop a plan of action to follow those instructions.
employee is regularly required talk and hear.
The employee frequently is required to sit.
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
Employee may have to lift and or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Prepare layouts, quotes and bids for sales staff by creating moderate to complex designs.
Focus on salability of designs and option and upgrade packages that focus on increasing take per unit
Be able to convert or amend existing design plans/templates to varying dimensions
Manage contract expiration dates and files
Implement all price increases by updating and processing all paperwork to maintain margins
Monitor SAM 24 pricing report to minimize lost revenue
Effectively manage project deadlines and budget constraints
Reach advanced level of 2020 design skills
Remain current on all AWC product changes and introductions
Build effective business relationships with customer purchasing managers and design center personnel
Assist in resolving day to day problems with field and operations, Sales Reps and customer purchasing managers
Perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned
preparation and review of kitchen cabinet layouts and designs for function, aesthetics and cost
blueprint reading
preparation of daily and monthly reports.