Own the relationships that turn Melbourne's best-designed buildings into Designer Doorware projects.

Designer Doorware has been designing and manufacturing architectural door hardware in Melbourne since 1996. Our product is specified into homes, apartment towers, and commercial fit-outs across the country, and much of it is still finished by hand at our Altona factory.

You’ll be one of our experienced reps in a showroom that architects, designers, builders, and homeowners all walk through every week.

The role

We're looking for a sales skilled to join our Richmond showroom team, working across all four of our customer channels: architects and interior designers specifying for live projects, distributors and dealers, builders and contractors, and retail clients renovating their own homes. It's a genuinely varied role. One hour you're walking an architect through finish options for a design specification, the next you're helping a homeowner choose hardware for a renovation. You'll need the range to do both well.

What you'll do

• Build genuine relationships with architects and interior designers, becoming their go-to for hardware specification advice.

- Advise trade and retail customers on product selection, finishes, and technical fit, with the confidence to go deep on detail when a project calls for it.
- Manage quotes and orders in partnership with our estimating team, keeping projects moving without dropping detail.
- Keep the showroom current:



product knowledge, new releases, finishes, and display standards.
- Work as part of a team, not a set of individual targets, collaborating with the Richmond showroom manager and the wider sales group on stock, promotions, and customer handoffs.

What you'll bring

• 3+ years of sales experience, ideally in architectural hardware, building products, joinery, or another premium/technical trade category.

- Confidence advising architects and designers at specification level: you know how to have that conversation, not just a retail transaction.
- Comfort moving between a consultative showroom environment and proactive relationship-building outside it.
- Strong written and verbal communication: you can hold your own with an architect and a tradesperson in the same afternoon.
- Existing networks in Melbourne's architecture and design community are highly valued, though not essential if the rest of your background is strong.

What's on offer

• A genuine showroom environment with premium, largely locally-made product, not a call centre and not a big-box retail floor.

- The backing of a business that's been manufacturing in Melbourne for close to 30 years, with a director-led, hands-on culture.
- Real autonomy to build and own your client base across all four channels.
- A Richmond location, well served by public transport.
- Salary negotiable based on experience

📌 Showroom & Architectural Sales (Richmond)
🏢 Designer Doorware
📍 Richmond