Color Consultant/Interior Designer

Kansai Paint Middle East

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP425-50

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd is the largest and most progressive manufacturer of Decorative, Automotive, Industrial, Protective and Marine Coatings in Japan. The organization employs more than 11,000 people working in over 43 countries across the world. With annual revenues of over $ 3.0 billion, Kansai Paint is also one of the world's top ten paint manufacturers

With new retail stores opening across [COUNTRY] we require dynamic retail professionals with a flair for design and a passion for customer service.

As a Kansai Paint Color Consultant you will work with our customers both in-store and at clients’ homes to analyse their requirements, advise on suitable products and provide comprehensive client proposals. You will determine your clients needs and utilize the impressive Kansai Paint product portfolio to find the perfect products to create beautiful color schemes that delight our customers.

Key responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain contacts with potential clients to understand their design requirements to leverage business.
- Discuss and analyse clients’ requirements and work in conjunction with Surveyor and Retail Coordinator to develop a comprehensive client proposal and quotation
- Follow up on client proposals to convert to a sale
- Work with Quality Inspector to follow up post- application to ensure a high quality finish
- Keep client posted on the progress and obtain their approval/feedback on completion of project to their satisfaction
- Ensure that payment terms are adhered to by the client and ensure that all payments are received and all invoices are made as per payment schedule of the agreement
- Keep abreast of the current painting trends and be aware of new market innovations

Requirements

- Degree or Diploma in Interior Design or other relevant creative field
Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in a design-orientated role (e.g architecture, interior design, fashion design, visual merchandising)
- Strong customer service experience, preferably in a retail environment
- Selling and negotiation skills

Functional Skills & Specific Knowledge:
- Understanding of painting terminology and theory would be an advantage
- Computer literate, excellent knowledge of MS Office & design software (e.g CAD)
- Bilingual – Arabic and English
- [COUNTRY] Driving License essential plus own vehicle

About the Company

Established in 1918 by Katsujiro Iwai, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. has grown into Japan’s largest and most progressive manufacturer of Decorative, Automotive, Industrial, Protective and Marine Coatings. Today, the company enjoys a well-established position as one of the world’s top ten paint manufacturers.

Our mission is to contribute to society by providing eco-friendly and value-added coating materials and services tailored to customer specifications. Some of our paints and coatings products are known to instill the surfaces they coat with special functionality. These features, driven by strong investment in research and innovation, are strongly acclaimed by our customers and have been earning Kansai Paint a reputation for exceptional reliability in a wide range of fields. In order to realize new innovations in coating materials, our management philosophy encourages employees to undertake new challenges and remain continuously engaged with our customers, so that collective wisdom and knowledge can enable the creation of new technologies, products and solutions.

With nearly 10,000 employees worldwide, and 41 operations across Asia, America, Europe and Africa, the various products provided by Kansai Paint and its Group companies are highly valued around the world. Our customers are based in Japan, Europe, the United States, Africa and Asian countries such as China, India and the Middle East, playing important roles in the protection and beautification of all types of products and merchandise.

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