Showroom Manager

UK Plumbing Supplies (trading as UKPS); Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share scheme

Autonomy to run showroom

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

UK Plumbing Supplies (trading as UKPS) is seeking a Showroom Manager for Plumbase Plymouth. You will own the showroom, guide customers, and manage projects from enquiry to order, with the opportunity to influence product ranges and margins.

You will build relationships with local installers, drive new business, and lead a team to maximise showroom performance and profitability within a growing independent network.

Qualifications

• Experience in showroom design, sales and customer journey.
• Proven ability to drive margins and conversion.
• Experience leading or influencing a team.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for day-to-day performance of the bathroom showroom.
• Manage and develop showroom staff to drive results.
• Engage with retail customers and trade professionals from enquiry to sale.
• Build relationships with local installers for referral business.
• Drive new business via local marketing and outreach.
• Influence pricing, product selection and supplier relationships.
• Maintain a high-quality showroom environment that supports sales.
• Use sales data to make informed commercial decisions.

Tools

CAD (Virtual Worlds)

Job description

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Plumbase Plymouth

Most showroom roles focus on design, customer service and keeping the space looking right. This one is built around performance.

At Plumbase Plymouth, you’ll run the showroom as a business. You’ll have real ownership over how it performs and directly benefit from that performance through a profit share model that rewards commercial thinking, not just activity.

You’ll still be designing bathrooms, guiding customers and managing projects from enquiry through to order. But you’ll also be responsible for how the showroom grows. That means building relationships with local installers, driving new business, increasing average order values and making decisions that improve margin.

You’ll have the autonomy to shape the showroom, influence product ranges, control how you engage customers and build a local presence that keeps you front-of-mind for our clients.

We operate as part of the UK’s largest independent network of plumbing and heating merchants with over 310 sites nationwide. Each site runs with real autonomy, you’re not just following a script or waiting for instructions from head office. You’re making commercial decisions, influencing stock, working with suppliers and getting involved in anything that drives sales and margin.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Take full responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the bathroom showroom
• Manage and develop Bathroom Designers or sales team members to drive results
• Work with both retail customers and trade professionals from initial enquiry through to completed sale
• Build strong relationships with local installers to generate consistent referral business
• Drive new business through local marketing, outreach and repeat customer engagement
• Influence pricing, product selection and supplier relationships to maximise margin
• Maintain a high-quality showroom environment that inspires customers and supports sales
• Use sales data and performance insight to make informed commercial decisions

If you want a showroom role where you can take full ownership, drive performance and see a direct financial return from it, this is it.

What We’re Looking For

This role suits someone who understands that a showroom isn’t just about design, it’s about sales, relationships and commercial performance.

You might currently be a:

• Showroom Manager
• Bathroom Designer
• Kitchen Showroom Sales Manager
• Sales Manager within a design-led environment

You’ll bring:

• Experience within a bathroom, kitchen, or a similar showroom environment
• Strong sales ability with a focus on conversion, margin and customer journey
• A commercial mindset with confidence around pricing, suppliers and performance
• Experience managing or influencing a team (ideal but not essential)
• The ability to build relationships with both retail customers and trade professionals
• A proactive approach to generating business, not just waiting for footfall
• CAD experience (e.g. Virtual Worlds) is useful but not essential
• A full UK driving licence

What You’ll Get

• Competitive salary + profit share scheme
• A direct link between showroom performance and your earnings
• Full autonomy to run and shape your showroom
• Support from a wider independent merchant network
• Long-term progression opportunities within a growing group