Job Details
About Henricksen
Henricksen (Itasca, IL) is a full-service contract furniture dealership specializing in office, healthcare, education, government, senior living, and hospitality spaces. In 1962, Henricksen opened its doors as a small, family-run dealership. Today, Henricksen is a leading national dealership with twelve offices inclusive of Chicago, Nashville, New York, and DC., 300 full-time employees, and annual sales of $300+ million. With 300+ manufacturer partnerships, Henricksen offers an array of products from systems furniture, casegoods, seating, lounge, and conference furnishings to architectural solutions including modular walls, flooring, lighting, sound masking, and technology equipment. Henricksen is one of the largest privately-owned dealer partners of HNI in the United States. HNI s furniture brands include Allsteel, HBF, The HON Company, and Gunlocke. www.henricksen.com
Position Summary
The Designer is responsible for providing design services to dealership customers, including site/inventory verifications, programming, space planning, typical development, color boards, working/installation drawings, specifications and site-to-plan review. They will work closely with dealership sales, order entry and installation groups, as well as customers, to ensure accurate plans and specifications, conformance to client s requirements, customer satisfaction and high quality project implementation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Attends client planning meetings; presents plans and information to customer for review and approvals.
- Develops and presents block and space plans to customers.
- Develops and presents color/finish boards and selections to customers.
- Gains customer approvals on block and space plans, and color/finish boards and selections.
- Develops finished working drawings for specification and installation; validates plans against construction, electrical engineering and A &D drawings sets and gets customer approval.
- Develops product specifications; double-checks specifications against plans; gets specifications order-entry ready.
- Designs and maintains showrooms.
- Maintains detailed and extensive project documentation, including records of all key decisions, phone conversations, approvals and sign-offs, and notes from all project planning meetings.
- Provides Director of Design with record of projects and work schedule.
- Attends sales, design, and product meetings/training when applicable.
- Conducts responsible interfaces with: client, contractor and subcontractor and subcontractor trades, client s A&D firm, electrician, client s IT group, etc.
- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable building codes.
- Understands contract furniture processes, including order preparation, project management, order management and delivery/installation.
- Performs all tasks and duties in an efficient and safe manner.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or as necessary. Remains flexible and adaptable in work schedules and work assignments as defined by departmental and organization needs.
- Represents Henricksen in a manner that conveys professionalism, confidentiality, courtesy, fairness, personal integrity, and respect for others.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design
- Computer literate with AutoCAD experience; specification software experience desirable
- 3+ years of work experience in contract design and/or furniture dealership
- 3+ years of Configura CET software experience
- Knowledge of contract furniture product, including systems, filing, case goods and seating
Skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Strong oral and written communications abilities
- Demonstrated commitment to professionalism, strong and sound judgment in business transactions, and providing of the highest level of customer satisfaction
Additional Information
Henricksen offers competitive wages based on skills and experience as well as comprehensive benefits packages. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Henricksen is fully committed to cultivating a culture that is inclusive and integrates its Core Values in every action, every interaction, and every decision that is made.