You are welcome at IKEA, no matter where you come from, what you believe and how you look like. We don't even care how you've furnished your home! We are interested in you simply because of who you are.
Our different views, personalities and differences make us understand our customers better, give us more pleasure in our work and bring us more and better ideas. Maybe your unique perspective on something can lead to a great idea that can create a better everyday life for many people.
• Contributes to establishing IKEA as the preferred choice for home furnishings by developing sales channels and achieving sustainable business results.
• Responsible for meeting sales, profitability, and key business performance targets within their area of responsibility.
• Analyzes business results, identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes action to increase sales and profit.
• Manages operations and controls costs within their area of responsibility, ensuring the effective use of resources and the achievement of financial goals (P&L).
• Plans, coordinates, and monitors the implementation of the sales calendar and agreed initiatives for the locations under their responsibility.
• Ensures that the locations within their area of responsibility are prepared to serve customers during all business hours, ensuring compliance with standards for cleanliness, pricing communication, proper installation, and the overall customer experience.
• Ensures compliance with internal policies, legal requirements, and standards for healthy and safe working conditions.
• Leads, motivates, and develops their team, taking responsibility for the recruitment, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, and professional development of employees.
• Identifies training needs and, in partnership with the Human Resources department, organizes and implements initiatives to develop the team’s competencies, including training related to the product line.
• Creates a motivating work environment and fosters team engagement, collaboration, and high performance.
• Visits the stores under his/her supervision at least once a month, depending on his/her workload and commitment to the current projects in which he/she is involved, and works with the store manager to develop an action plan to improve key performance indicators related to the store’s sales performance.
• Results-oriented.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and engage the team.
• Excellent skills in planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to continuous self-improvement and professional development.
• Ability to initiate, manage, and support organizational change.
• A solid understanding of retail principles and a strong commercial mindset.
• Excellent analytical and data-handling skills.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to plan for the long term.
Education:
• Higher education—a Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in Retail Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
Computer Skills:
• Very good proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Language Skills:
• English – very good working level (written and spoken).
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ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE
We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.
How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.
IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.
ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP
The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.
• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.
• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.
• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
