Architecture & End Users Sales, UK North

Kvadrat; Oslo; On-site; NOK 512,000 - 767,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package

Professional training and event participation

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

A leading design textile company is seeking a Sales Representative to join their Architecture & End Users segment. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the UK contract market and possesses strong networking and relationship building skills. Responsibilities include visiting key industry partners, creating a project pipeline, and coordinating with the dealer team. The position offers an attractive salary package, professional training, and opportunities for personal development. Travel across major cities is required, including occasional trips abroad.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in the UK contract market.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Excellent English communication, both written and spoken, plus strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Visiting architects and interior designers.
• Creating a project pipeline for the next 5 years.
• Working alongside dealer and project administration.
• Build a supporting network with key industry partners.

Skills

Relationship building

Project management

Communication skills

Networking

Job description

Architecture & End Users Sales, UK North

Kvadrat was established in Denmark in 1968 and has deep roots in Scandinavia’s world - famous design tradition. A leader in design innovation, Kvadrat produces high-performing, design textiles, rugs, acoustics and window covering solutions for both commercial and residential interiors.

We are looking for a sales representative for our Architecture & End Users segment.

We are offering a unique opportunity for the right candidate to join a strong sales‑oriented team and environment. The role will require travel across all major Northern cities on a weekly basis with a showroom base in Manchester.

Your goals will be to strengthen and develop Kvadrat’s position and visibility in the contract market in the UK Northern territories, through contact with renowned architects and interior designers.

Main responsibilities include:

• Visiting architects and interior designers to inspire and educate them about Kvadrat
• Create a project pipeline looking 5 years ahead
• Working alongside our dealer and project administration team to deliver full circle
• Create a supporting network with key industry partners

This is an agile role requiring travel, servicing clients in Scotland to Birmingham. You will be required to travel to London once a month for sales meetings. Additional you should expect 1‑20 abroad travel days a year.

Your profile The right profile possesses:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in the UK contract market working with international architects and designers, textile experience preferred.
• Great relationship and networking abilities – making (quality) relationships with the right ambassadors and clients.
• Strong project management skills, able to involve and communicate with our network, ensuring project inflow and closing.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both orally and in writing as well as strong presentation skills.
• A good sense of quality, aesthetics and design.
• The ability to be a good team player but is also able to work independently.

We offer you

• An attractive salary package and a variety of benefits.
• Professional training and event participation.
• Great personal development opportunities in a successful international group.

Application

Please submit your application and for further information, please contact Michelle Hayes E-Mail: [e-mail]

We are Kvadrat

Our products reflect our commitment to color, quality, simplicity, innovation and design. Kvadrat fabrics have been used in some of the world’s most intriguing architectural developments, such as the Gherkin, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Oslo Opera House, Norway; Reichstag, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark and Guangzhou Opera House, China.

At Kvadrat, we consistently push the aesthetic, technological and functional properties of textiles. In doing so, we collaborate with leading designers, architects and artists, such as David Adjaye, Miriam Bäckström, Tord Boontje, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Alfredo Häberli, Giulio Ridolfo, Peter Saville, Roman Signer, as well as Patricia Urquiola.

We try to set up as few rules as possible. In return, we expect each person to always act in accordance with our basic values, and in doing so, to be quality driven in all decisions and actions, to act according to our mindset of ‘strong teams – one company’, to be passionate about your daily tasks at the job and the design culture that we are an integrated part of, to stay open‑minded towards clients and colleagues, and to be honest in communication and treat others with respect.