Permanent KBB Industry Recruitment · UK-wide
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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 are a specialist KBB desk. Kitchen design, showroom retail, cabinet installation, worktop fabrication, appliance specialism, bespoke craftsmanship, KBB 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, plainly

We place permanent hires for UK KBB employers. National kitchen retailers, independent kitchen showrooms, installation firms, worktop fabricators, appliance brands, KBB distributors, custom kitchen makers and kitchen manufacturers. From showroom-floor sales through senior operations leadership. One consultant accountable end to end, 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 articulate why they meet 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. Design managers, showroom principals, installation directors, operations leaders and business owners who value a properly researched shortlist over CV volume.

How we think about a placement

A successful placement is not a signed offer letter. It is the moment eighteen months later when the kitchen designer has moved the showroom’s design-appointment conversion from 40% to 62%, when the cabinet fitter has cleaned up the snag list on the last six installations without a single callback, when the showroom manager has grown the sales team from three to seven and held average project value up. That is the only outcome that matters, and it is why our published median for hires still in role at twelve months is ninety-one percent.

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. Every brief is confidential until you say otherwise.
  • Stand behind the work. Written replacement guarantee on every placement. No clawback games.

Want to talk?

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

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A search worth doing properly?

One consultant, a written brief, a ranked shortlist on a published timeline.

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