Senior Store Designer

Join the UK’s leading Trade Kitchen Supplier

Howdens Joinery has a great opportunity for a Senior Store Designer to join our Property team in this field-based role, working across our office locations, depot network and live sites throughout the East Anglian area.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping the future look and feel of our depots, producing high‑quality interior planning, layout design and coordinated concept work that supports our ambitious rollout and refurbishment programmes. We’re looking for someone with strong technical design skills, commercial awareness and the ability to work independently at pace.

While some home working is possible, you will spend regular time at our Raunds location, visit local depots and attend scoping meetings as required. Because of this travel, we are ideally looking for someone based in the Midlands, allowing comfortable travel to Raunds and easy access to the wider region.

Why join Howdens as a Senior Store Designer

• Be part of an exciting period of growth as we work towards our five-year expansion plans
• Contribute to the rollout of new depots, reformats and refurbishments across the UK & Ireland
• Join a skilled, collaborative and forward‑thinking Property Design team
• Work on varied, high‑impact design projects that shape the customer experience
• Access real opportunities for development through training, project exposure and cross‑functional collaboration

Benefits offered as a Senior Store Designer

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Company Car, Laptop and Mobile
• Excellent pension scheme with a company contribution of up to 12%
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays per year
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Share save scheme.
• Friendly and supportive environment offering exceptional reward and recognition

What You Will Do in This Role

• Produce high‑quality AutoCAD drawings across live projects, supporting around 5 new depots and 10 reformats at any time.
• Develop concept visuals and 3D models (SketchUp / 3D modelling) to support stakeholder understanding and executive presentations.
• Provide design coordination support and act as a senior second‑hand to the Property Lead Designer, helping distribute workload effectively.
• Manage and develop the Depot Design Guide, ensuring accuracy, clarity and technical excellence for quarterly issue to stakeholders and external partners
• Coordinate design concepts with Commercial and Marketing teams, ensuring timely and accurate distribution of design information
• Travel regularly across the region for depot scoping visits, surveys and site meetings
• Produce functional, visually compelling and commercially focused design solutions, including concept visuals for annual product launches
• Work independently to deliver accurate technical drawing packs, issued to contractors, consultants and internal teams
• Identify opportunities for design innovation, cost efficiencies and improved merchandising solutions, testing ideas through mock shop initiatives
• Support Property Project Managers and Acquisition teams throughout the end‑to‑end depot design and build process
• Maintain strong communication with Depot Managers, Area Managers and Regional Directors from concept through to completion

What We Are Looking For

• Degree‑educated in Interior Architecture, Interior Design or a related discipline
• Extensive experience in retail, hospitality, QSR, or other multi‑site rollout environments
• Strong AutoCAD experience (essential) and ideally Revit
• Confident producing 3D visualisation and modelling work (SketchUp preferred).
• Strong experience taking projects from concept through to site delivery
• High‑level technical drawing skills (plans, elevations, sections, detail)
• Ability to manage multiple live projects and prioritise workload in fast‑moving programmes
• Comfortable working independently and making informed design decisions
• Experience designing with commercial awareness, customer flow and operational realities in mind
• Strong communication skills, including presenting to non‑design stakeholders
• Ability to translate design intent into clear, actionable information

Our Hiring Process

We’ll close the advert once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out.   If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career, then we’re keen to hear from you. Your application will be carefully reviewed, and we will respond to all applicants.  If you are shortlisted, a member of our recruitment team will contact you to discuss the next steps. Good luck with your application.

About Howdens

Howdens Joinery is the UK’s leading trade kitchen supplier, offering thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware through over 900 depots in the UK and Europe. Trusted by over 460,000 trade professionals, we generate around £2.3bn in annual sales and have ambitious growth plans.

Despite our scale, we remain a local business with traditional values.   As a British manufacturer, we are committed to creating value for our customers, communities, suppliers, investors, and our people.  With a strong entrepreneurial culture, competitive pay, career development, and recognition, it’s no surprise we’re ranked among the UK’s Top 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.

Worthwhile Careers for All

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@howdens.com with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.

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