Sales Consultant Interior
Job Summary
Fifth Space is seeking a Sales Consultant specialising in interior design to qualify homeowner enquiries, conduct focused consultations, and recommend practical layouts and finishes. The role involves preparing itemised quotations, closing orders, and coordinating signed scopes with the internal project and operations teams. Candidates should have relevant experience in residential interior sales, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage client relationships within assigned service areas.
Responsibilities
- Qualify homeowner enquiries and conduct consultations
- Prepare itemised quotations and close sales orders
- Coordinate scopes and handovers with interior design and operations teams
- Maintain CRM records and track sales targets
Required Skills
- 2-4 years interior/renovation sales experience
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, 3DsMax or basic drawing tools
- Strong communication in English and Bahasa Malaysia
- Space-planning and material knowledge
Job Details
Key responsibilities:
- Qualify homeowner enquiries by understanding location, budget, property access, purchase readiness, decision-makers and the fit with our approved home-upgrade services.
- Coordinate signed scope, confirmed drawings and finalized material selections to our Fifth Space project interior designer team and operation team.
- To handover the result to customer Conduct focused consultations and recommend practical layouts, finishes and product specifications that balance appearance, everyday use and affordability.
- Present curated kitchen cabinet and curtain/blind options. Recommend other home-upgrade categories only after company approval and technical clearance.
- Prepare clear layout sketches, basic plans or elevations and concise material selections. Use approved modules and specification tiers rather than unlimited bespoke design revisions.
- Prepare accurate, itemised quotations using the approved price book and verified survey information. Explain inclusions, exclusions, assumptions, payment terms, warranty and realistic delivery windows.
- Follow up consistently, address customer objections, negotiate within authorised limits and close orders without unsupported promises or unnecessary discounting.
- Keep CRM records current, including enquiry source, qualification, quote versions, customer decisions, follow-up dates, approvals and reasons for lost sales.
- Work with the technical lead, customer coordinator and finance team to confirm feasibility, available delivery slots and payment milestones before order release.
- Support customer issue resolution and aftercare. Seek referrals and feedback respectfully, and obtain permission before using customer-home photographs or project stories.
- Share recurring customer needs, objections and quotation losses to improve the product catalogue and sales process. Work towards agreed sales, profitability and service targets.
Requirements:
- Preferably 2–4 years of relevant experience in residential interior sales, kitchen cabinetry, home furnishing or renovation sales. Strong candidates with comparable product-sales experience and sound design fundamentals will be considered.
- Diploma or degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or a related field, or equivalent practical experience supported by credible work samples.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct consultations, follow up leads, handle objections and close sales.
- Practical space-planning ability and working knowledge of cabinetry materials, hardware, countertops, finishes, curtains/blinds and basic installation constraints.
- Ability to read floor plans and prepare clear basic drawings using AutoCAD, 3DsMax or an equivalent tool.
- Comfortable preparing quotations in Google Sheet or equivalent software and maintaining accurate CRM/customer records.
- Commercial awareness: understand costing, gross margin versus markup, scope exclusions and the effect of discounts and changes on profitability.
- Clear customer communication in English and Bahasa Malaysia. Additional languages are an advantage where relevant to assigned customers.
- Organised, proactive and reliable, with disciplined follow-through and the ability to manage several enquiries without losing commitments.
- Integrity in pricing, specifications and delivery promises. Willing to escalate technical uncertainty and respect technical approval before selling or releasing work.
- Able to attend customer appointments and site visits within the assigned KL/Selangor service area, including scheduled evening or weekend coverage on an agreed rotating roster.
Added advantages:
- Experience selling modular or package-based home upgrades, especially kitchen cabinets and curtains/blinds.
- Anonymised examples of clear quotations, functional layouts and successful sales-to-delivery handovers.
- Experience with referral-based selling and permission-based follow-up of digital enquiries.
- Willingness to learn approved digital or AI-assisted presentation tools while checking dimensions, specifications and customer promises.