Role: Furniture Consultant Dealer
Join one of the strongest and most established Build to Rent furniture teams in the UK, working on significant residential developments across the country.
OVERVIEW
Design-led furniture consultancy working across major residential, hospitality and commercial projects. They have built a strong reputation in the BTR market, combining furniture expertise, strong supplier relationships, and highly developed project delivery capabilities.
Looking for an experienced Furniture Consultant to join their Manchester team and own key client relationships and projects across the residential sector.
The Role
You will manage residential furniture projects from initial brief through to completion, acting as a trusted point of contact for clients while coordinating closely with designers, manufacturers, suppliers and internal project teams.
Projects can involve everything from individual apartments through to amenity, reception and shared spaces, requiring an understanding of furniture specification alongside the commercial and logistical realities of delivering large-scale schemes.
Responsibilities
Developing furniture proposals in response to client briefs, budgets and design requirements.
Specifying furniture across residential and amenity environments.
Producing and managing quotations, schedules, presentations and specifications.
Advising clients on product selection, materials, finishes and alternative solutions.
Building strong relationships with developers, operators, designers and other project stakeholders.
Managing projects commercially, with an understanding of margins, budgets and profitability.
Liaising with manufacturers and suppliers to source products, pricing, samples and technical information.
Working closely with project and operations teams to ensure projects move successfully from specification through ordering, delivery and installation.
Identifying opportunities to grow existing client relationships and develop further project opportunities.
Managing your own pipeline and contributing towards individual and team sales targets.
Experience
This is a mid-to-senior appointment and requires someone with a strong understanding of the contract furniture and FF&E market who can operate independently and take responsibility for both projects and clients.
Relevant experience could come from a furniture consultancy, dealer, manufacturer or specialist FF&E business. Direct BTR experience is highly valuable; strong experience in hospitality, residential, workplace, or other project-led furniture sectors is also considered.
Commercially aware and comfortable working with pricing, margins and project budgets.
Confident managing clients and building long-term relationships.
Knowledgeable and genuinely interested in furniture, interiors and design.
Highly organised and able to manage several live projects simultaneously.
Comfortable taking a project from an initial conversation through specification, quotation, order and completion.
Detail-focused and someone who enjoys administrative tasks, completing them to a consistently high level of accuracy.
Able to manage priorities effectively, meet deadlines and see tasks through to completion.
Efficient, dependable and proactive in managing your own workload.
Confident communicating with designers, developers, manufacturers and senior client teams.
Collaborative and happy working as part of a wider consultancy and project delivery team.
Existing knowledge of contract furniture manufacturers, suppliers and the wider UK furniture market would be particularly useful.
Benefits
A friendly, sociable and dog-friendly open-plan office, with regular employee social events, monthly team lunches, stocked kitchen facilities
Flexible working, an enhanced holiday allowance, workplace pension, private healthcare, cycle to work scheme
Strong project ownership, direct client responsibility, and opportunities for continued progression.