WHO YOU ARE
As a person you are passionate about people, business, IKEA’s purpose and continuously driving better performance.
You are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people as well as motivated by leading and developing people.
You require an education in interior design and a visual competence with a keen eye for aesthetics with an ability to generate new ideas and concepts. You should have passion for home furnishing, retailing, design and how people live at home. Be able to draw, visualise and present ideas and with a bbility to work in a fast retail environment. You should be entusiastic about assignments and working with others in a team. You should have a good attention to detail and a practical hands-on approach to work. You should have basic communication skills in English and computer proficient with knowledge and experience of using relevant software (e.g. AutoCad).
You should have the ability to combine commercial, aesthetic and practical skills and to generate, visualise and present new ideas. You should possess the ability to work together with others in a team and be confident in approaching and communicating clearly with different people in various situations. You should have a flexible and hands-on approach to responsibilities as well as the ability to meet set deadlines.
You should have the knowledge of home furnishing the IKEA way (living situations, style groups, store communication, furnish with light), range presentation the IKEA way (layout as a commercial tool, store media, display techniques).You should understand life at home in the local market and the outcome of market research, e.g. IKEA Customer Satisfaction Survey, IKEA Brand Capital.You should understand interior design and trends that influence home furnishing, the work method for presenting the IKEA range. IKEA Concept and IKEA Brand objectives. IKEA mechanical sales system.
You should have a passion for fast-paced, future-oriented retailing, home furnishing, people’s life at home and the IKEA product range. Provide home furnishing solutions that improve people’s life at home. Constantly growing knowledge, capabilities and motivation. Driven to exceed goals and a desire to improve ways of working.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Your Responsibilities will include
Use home furnishing competence to create home furnishing solutions in room settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
Actively contribute in the gathering of insights from home visit interviews and translating this knowledge into locally relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that exceed customer expectations and reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.
Contribute to the creation of a Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of styles, living situations and price levels to create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.
Secure high quality, simplicity, efficiency and cost consciousness when planning and implementing all range presentation solutions using global tools and best practices.
Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing, retailing and trends in order to contribute in workshops to generate creative ideas.
Contribute to the content of the department action plan with initiatives that will grow the business and support long-term profitability and execute the agreed plans together with the Com&In team and other functions.
Respect routines and responsibilities, work together with Com&In team and other functions, act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the impact of your actions on the financial results.
Keep visitors in mind when working on the shop floor, ensure disruption is always minimised and stay aware of the importance of safety and the visual impact for visitors.
TOGETHER AS A TEAM
Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!