Jobs at Turahfrique Interiors Limited

Job Summary

Provide full administrative and secretarial support at a senior level to the Managing Director to ensure the smooth management of her day to day affairs, and most effective use of her time. Handle sensitive and complex issues in a professional and objective manner. Take initiative as appropriate especially in the Managing Director’s absence.

Key Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Manage Director’s electronic diary, assessing priority of appointments and    reallocation as necessary.
• Manage Director’s travel arrangements (including visas/accommodation).
• Process Director’s correspondence, ensuring that incoming correspondence is dealt with by the Managing Director/or on behalf of the Managing Director, or other staff as appropriate.
• Maintain Managing Director’s office systems, including data management and filing.
• Maintain records of Managing Director’s contacts.
• Screen calls, enquiries and requests, and deal with them when appropriate.
• Assist Managing Director in researching and following up with action on matters which fall within the Managing Director’s responsibility – chasing responses, triggering follow-up action.
• Produce documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations for the Director.
• Organize meetings and ensure that Managing Director is well prepared for those meetings, preparing agendas, pre-meeting briefings and meeting papers.
• Understand the seven elements of interior design; space, line, form, colour, light, texture, pattern and keeping them balanced to creating an aesthetically pleasing interior.
• Visualizing and sketching design plans as per client goals, sourcing products and material, determining costs and inspecting construction to ensure alignment with design specifications are met.
• Any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Managing Director.

Key skills for this role

• Discretion and trustworthiness: you will often be privy to confidential information
• Demonstrate understanding of principle of space planning
• Good oral and written communication skill
• Flexible and adaptability
• Organization skills and ability to multitask
• Tact and diplomacy
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, to enable professional interaction with a wide range of contacts, both internal and external to the organization
• Ability to organize and plan own work.
• A self-starter who is able to take initiative and ownership of duties given to him
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy.
• A flexible, pro-active approach to work including the ability to prioritize and re-prioritize.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information with discretion and to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent IT skills, including a working knowledge of presentation software packages, preferably Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Education:

• B.Sc. in any social Science subject/Architecture
• Atleast 2 years’ experience as an interior designer/Interior Architect/PA to the MD

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Job Description

You are required to:

• Have In-depth working knowledge of the seven elements of interior design; space, line, form, colour, light, texture, pattern and keeping them balanced to creating an aesthetically pleasing interior
• Visualizing and sketching design plans as per client goals, sourcing products and material, determining costs and inspecting construction to ensure alignment with design specifications are met.
• Develop strategies to increase our sales by developing business plans that covers sales ,expenses control and increase our profitability
• Coordinating the sales and marketing lead generation.
• Increase our showroom sales, including cycle counts, in an effort to maximize sales and inventory turn.
• Study trends, authorize clearance sales and also determine all required sales promotions.
• Recognize future and present requirements by customers, deal with all complaints, queries, and other related customer service issues.
• Understand our ideal customers and how they relate to our products and establish good rapport with potential customers
• Develop sales team through motivation, counseling and product knowledge training.
• Oversee activities and performance of sales by tracking sales goals.

Skills and Competencies

• As a key member of the design team, you must be a strong team player, with great communication and managerial skills
• Very creative
• Eyes for interior details
• In-depth knowledge of furniture systems and finishes
• Vast knowledge on wood works and furniture
• Must have a vast experience on building or  renovation works
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite, CAD and Sketch Up
• Completion of Bachelor and Master’s level Architecture program
• Previous experience in furniture manufacturing or Interior Design Company is a must
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience is required.