Interior Design Manager

Homelane; Kamrup Metropolitan; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

HomeLane in India invites a Design Manager to lead a studio-based team of internal designers and design partners, ensuring every client receives an exceptional experience and the showroom operates with smooth collaboration.

You will drive sales targets, own design partner conversion with the Sales Manager, mentor DP teams, and coordinate across central design to deliver on time. Strong communication, leadership and a track record in interior design are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-year Diploma in Interior Designing / Architecture from a reputed Institution.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the Interior design field.
• Exposure to have built teams is an advantage.
• People management experience is mandatory - must have led interior designers/architects.
• Should be an astute designer.
• Good communication and presentation skills are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of internal designers and design partners (working from showroom).
• Be in charge of making every designer successful and ensure every client gets the best experience.
• Drive sales & revenue targets and lead team to achieve sales targets.
• Co-own Design Partner Conversion with Sales Manager of the showroom.
• Coach/mentor unit of DPs and develop talent across the showroom team.
• Coordinate with central design team to bring client insights and suggest improvements.
• Ensure undiluted customer experience across all project stages.
• Maintain NPS targets and drive improvements in customer satisfaction (9/10).
• Ensure outcomes are communicated clearly to customers and other teams.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Communication

Presentation skills

Education

Diploma in Interior Designing / Architecture

Job description

As a Design Manager at HomeLane

you will lead a team of internal designers and the design partner community (working out of your showroom)

• Be in charge of making every designer successful, and ensure every client gets the best experience
• This role thrives on sales & revenue targets - you will lead the team’s effort to achieve the sales target
• Design Partner Conversion- You are the co-owner of this metric along with Sales Manager of the showroom.
• You will lead/coach/mentor your unit of DPs
• Enabling this community to perform, grow and flourish directly indicates the effort you have built-in. Any improvements with this team will be attributed to your achievement
• Design Output-
• NPS / Net Promoter Score - This score indicates our promise to the customer. You will be responsible for ensuring that our NPS score is constantly 9/10 (on a 10-point scale)
• Predictability in the collection target of the unit - you will be responsible for the number and the projects which are pushed into production. Since this is linked to our collections, there is a bonus on the Community Manager to help us reach our target numbers
• As one of the design leaders of your showroom, you will need to ensure undiluted customer experience across the different stages of the project/customer interface
• You will work with the central design team to bring in insights from the client / designer meetings and suggest process improvements/product improvements
• You will coordinate with different teams for ensuring customer deliverables are effectively communicated and met
• People / Team Management
• Hire and developing a great talent is an integral part of this role. This leadership role will include constantly coaching/mentoring internal team, reiterating HomeLane values across the team

What are we looking for -

• Minimum - 3-year Diploma in Interior Designing / Architecture from a reputed Institution
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the Interior design field
• Exposure to have built teams is an advantage
• People management experience is mandatory - must have led interior designers/architects
• Should be an astute designer
• Good communication and presentation skills are mandatory