Being a Schmidt Kitchen and Interior Solutions project manager is a rich and rewarding role – and a broad one. You’ll oversee the administration side of the customer journey and all the tasks and actions that lead to a successful customer project delivery to make your showroom a success story.

• Support: You’ll support the designers during the customer sales journey as a sounding board and point of reference on queries related to supplier lead times, delivery planning, and installation team coordination to deliver the customer projects within their schedule.
• Project Management: You’ll act as an internal and external point of contact for all project administration elements for every customer project, liaising with the relevant suppliers, logistics, and installation partners to name a few.
• Operations: You’ll set up internal systems and processes, oversee compliance with organizational procedures and ensure the profitability of the showroom. You’ll ensure your showroom constantly meets the high Schmidt standards – and is a proud representative of our trusted brand.

Our showroom Kitchen and Interior Solutions project manager are valued members of every Schmidt showroom and one of the reasons why the showroom feels like Schmidt, with a strong family spirit and values. You’re the reason for our customers’ success; your team’s success; our success.

Who makes a great Schmidt Kitchen and Interior Solutions Project Manager?

You’re a fantastic organiser with great communication skills. You make coming to work a joy for your team – and help make working with Schmidt a joy for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

·        Survey and technical checks: measure and verify site dimensions, service positions, access and installation constraints. Review plans with designers before presentation and ordering, identify omissions and resolve discrepancies. Confirm that agreed revisions appear in the final drawings and specifications.

·        Accurate ordering: cross-check cabinetry, panels, fillers, fittings and finishes; submit and monitor Schmidt orders. Order appliances, sinks and taps, and manage worktop orders, specifications and supplier queries. Check acknowledgements, quantities, model numbers, lead times and delivery confirmations against approved requirements.

·        Delivery and installation: coordinate customers, suppliers, installers and relevant trades. Confirm site readiness and delivery access; prepare clear installer packs and briefings. Sequence deliveries, fitting, worktop templating and installation so dependencies are understood and appointments are realistic.

·        Quality and remedials: inspect deliveries and installation progress, including at least one mid-installation visit on larger projects. Identify defects early, maintain a snagging list, arrange replacements and return visits, and follow every outstanding item through to resolution.

·        Customer care and handover: provide proactive updates, explain issues and solutions clearly, manage expectations and keep promises. Complete final inspections, care and handover information, project records and customer sign-off; support reviews and completion photography where appropriate.

·        Accountability: manage several live projects, maintain accurate records and deadlines, and flag risks early with a proposed solution. Work within approval procedures, track avoidable remedial costs and share lessons learned to prevent repeat errors. Own the follow-through without waiting to be chased.

Success means accurate orders, well-prepared installations, fewer avoidable errors, timely completion and customers who feel informed and looked after.

Are you ready to bring customers’ dreams to life? We’d love to hear from you.

Become a Schmidt Showroom Kitchens and Interior Solutions Project Manager and make everyone’s day brighter

Take ownership of kitchens and fitted interior solutions, including wardrobes, storage and living spaces, from site survey and technical checks through ordering, installation and final customer sign-off at Schmidt Beaconsfield.

This role suits an experienced technical kitchen designer moving away from personal sales targets, or an established project or installation manager. You will manage technical detail, delivery and customer care.

Kitchen industry experience is mandatory; experience with other fitted interiors is an advantage.

General administration experience alone is insufficient.

Who You Are

You understand how fitted furniture and kitchens come together on site. You spot problems early, check the detail, and keep customers, suppliers and installers informed. You take responsibility for resolving issues and seeing every project through.

Demonstrable skills

·        Proven practical experience as a technical kitchen designer, kitchen project manager or kitchen installation manager, with direct involvement in surveys, order checking and installation delivery. General administration or project coordination experience alone is insufficient.

·        Ability to read and challenge kitchen plans, elevations, dimensions and manufacturer installation drawings. Understand cabinet construction, fitting tolerances, fillers, end panels, scribes, service voids, door and drawer clearances, and appliance integration. Apply these checks to fitted wardrobes, storage and living-space cabinetry as well as kitchens.

·        Practical knowledge of UK homes, including older properties and refurbishments: uneven or out-of-square walls, floor levels, wall construction and fixing suitability, ceiling heights, boxing-in, access restrictions and the effects of building works on survey accuracy and installation.

·        Understanding of kitchen services and relevant UK Building Regulations and safe installation requirements: water supply and pressure, waste routes and falls, isolation access, electrical loads and connection requirements, gas appliances, extraction and ventilation. Recognise when qualified trades or specialist advice are needed and coordinate their checks before work proceeds.

·        Confident appliance specification and ordering: model compatibility, housing and niche dimensions, ventilation, hob and extractor clearances, integrated door systems, service requirements and manufacturer instructions. Identify clashes before orders are placed.

·        Working knowledge of worktop materials, templating and installation requirements, including joints, supports, overhangs, thicknesses and cut-outs. Check sink mounting, tap holes, cabinet clearance, plumbing access and boiling-water tap system space and services.

·        Experience coordinating suppliers, deliveries, installers and remedials, with disciplined document control, practical problem-solving and confident use of digital project records, spreadsheets and ordering systems. Able to review kitchen CAD drawings; Schmidt product and system experience is an advantage.

·        Clear, calm customer communication and the confidence to challenge an error, escalate a risk and agree a workable solution. Able to attend the customer sites as the role requires.