About Share My Kitchen Recruitment

Why we exist

Most UK recruitment agencies that claim to cover the KBB industry treat it as another vertical to keyword-search. A brief lands, a generalist consultant runs a search against a mixed database, and a stack of CVs arrives on the design manager’s desk. Half of the candidates have never opened Articad. The showroom-manager applicant has one year of B&Q floor experience and no design-appointment conversion record. The cabinet fitter who left three sites inside eighteen months looks fine on paper.

Share My Kitchen Recruitment was set up to do the opposite. We recruit only for the KBB trade: kitchen design, showroom retail, cabinet installation, worktop fabrication, appliances, bespoke craftsmanship, manufacturing and distribution. Every consultant on the team is fluent in the sector they recruit for, and every candidate we introduce has been screened against the actual software, credential and portfolio bar you set on the intake call.

What we do

We place permanent hires for UK KBB employers, from showroom-floor sales up to senior operations leadership. Our clients are national kitchen retailers, independent kitchen showrooms, installation firms, worktop fabricators, appliance brands, KBB distributors, custom kitchen makers and kitchen manufacturers. One consultant is accountable for each brief, from the intake call through onboarding follow-up.

How we vet

Every candidate on a Share My Kitchen Recruitment shortlist has been assessed against the same standard before an introduction:

• Kitchen design software fluency verified: Articad, 20-20 Design, Winner Design, ProKitchen, Compusoft. Live demo-file requested where the role is design-heavy.
• Installer credentials verified: BiKBBI installer registration, CSCS card status, Master Fabricator standard for worktop specialists, manufacturer-training records for appliance specialists.
• Portfolio reviewed for designer and craftsman roles. Photographs of completed installations, design walk-throughs, before-and-after images.
• Right-to-work documentation confirmed.
• Current package broken down: base, commission, appointment bonus, van, tools, benefits.
• Notice period, non-compete position, van-signwriting status where relevant.
• Motivation for the move, market activity and any competing processes in flight.
• Reference readiness confirmed before we send.

Every shortlist arrives with our written notes on each candidate. If we cannot explain why a candidate meets the software, credential and portfolio bar, the CV does not leave our desk.

Who we work with

Our clients include UK national kitchen retailers, independent KBB showrooms, installation firms, worktop fabricators, appliance brands with UK trade teams, KBB distributors, custom kitchen makers and kitchen manufacturers. The people we deal with are design managers, showroom principals, installation directors, operations leaders and business owners who would rather read a short, researched list than a pile of CVs.

How we think about a placement

We judge a placement eighteen months after the offer letter. By then the kitchen designer should be converting more design appointments, the cabinet fitter should have cleared the snag list on the last six installations without a callback, and the showroom manager should have grown the sales team while holding average project value. That is the outcome we recruit for.

Our standards

• KBB-fluent screening. Every consultant is fluent in the KBB discipline they recruit for.
• Tell the truth. If a package band is light for the role and region, we say so before we start sourcing.
• One consultant, end to end. Same person from intake through onboarding follow-up.
• Discretion by default. Every approach is confidential, and so is every brief until you say otherwise.
• Stand behind the work. Every placement carries a written replacement guarantee.

Talk to us

Use the contact form and we will come back within one business day. We are available Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm.