Communication & Interior Design Manager IKEA
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- 2 days ago
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WHO YOU ARE
- You are passionate about home furnishing, retail design, trends and customer behavior
- You are an experienced leader that develops and inspires the visual merchandise/interior design/graphic design managers and other functions in the store in increasing home furnishing interest of the many people and creating exciting, inspiring, affordable and commercial range presentation solutions that exceed visitors’ expectations, strengthen the IKEA brand and convert more visitors into customers
- Your sense of entrepreneurship and your nose for business enables you to draw up, implement and follow up on short-, mid-, and long term plans as well as setting and keeping to budget
- You have a solid experience as a creative leader and you are a real team player that knows how to collaborate with colleagues from different functions, which enables you to solve problems, make decisions and steer the business in a challenging and fast changing retail environment
- You are driven to exceed goals, improve ways of working, developing both business and people to achieve common goals
- You have a design based education or extensive work experience in a design-orientated role
- You always put customers in the center of everything you do
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- You inspire and engage your team to keep the IKEA store vital, up to date and innovative, in order to always offer something new for our customers
- You lead and develop a high performing and passionate communication & interior design team that achieves goals, with the aim of long-term growth and profitability
- You are accountable for the layout of the store and to execute range presentations with high quality, strong visual impact and efficiency that provide an inspiring and convenient shopping experience for our customers and that will strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA brand identity
- Together with the management team of the store you translate the national strategy into a local business plan, using your knowledge of IKEA home furnishing and people’s life at home to grow the business
- You identify current and futures business needs in order to recruit, develop and retain a high performing and passionate store communication & interior design team
- You spot and act quickly upon commercial opportunities
- You create an outstanding customer experience
OUR TEAM WITHIN IKEA
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!
At IKEA, we like to give you the space to take control of your own development and growth. We believe in entrepreneurship and initiative and want to make it easy for you. In the first few weeks/months, you will be offered a 5-step development plan to get you started, with enough personal space to create the learning moments you need.
We offer this structure and a supportive network of colleagues who will make sure you feel comfortable in this situation and give you time to learn, make mistakes and develop.
In addition to a competitive remuneration, we offer:
- Eco-vouchers
- End-of-year bonus, holiday pay and sector premiums
- An additional allowance if you come by bike
- Private leasing of an electric bike, we are happy to give you a boost
- Comprehensive hospitalization insurance
- A private accidents insurance
- Pension savings
- A leave savings plan: choose how you want your late/early hours (before 7h and as of 19h) to be paid out: a supplement on your salary or in holiday hours
- We also offer extra-legal holidays, seniority holidays and for full-time colleagues 6 extra days off
- A canteen where you can eat delicious food at very democratic prices
- IKEA Tack! Loyalty reward, an additional deposit into your retirement savings based on our global results and your loyalty to IKEA
- ONE IKEA Bonus: an additional bonus based on your shop's results
- IKEA Benefits at work: a portal offer you great discount for well-known stores and brands
- IKEA staff discount 15% on all your purchases
- Team outings & staff parties, because togetherness is very important to us
- A nice extra in case of legal cohabitation/marriage/birth/retirements to celebrate these beautiful moments
At IKEA, we believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every individual is respected and valued. Our recruitment process is designed to be inclusive and bias-free, with equal opportunities for every candidate. We therefore encourage all candidates to apply, with their diverse backgrounds, identities and experiences. Our sites are always easily accessible by public transport, a deliberate choice to enable our employees and customers to travel sustainably.
YOUR RESPONSABILITIES
- You inspire and engage your team to keep the IKEA store vital, up to date and innovative, in order to always offer something new for our customers
- You lead and develop a high performing and passionate communication & interior design team that achieves goals, with the aim of long-term growth and profitability
- You are accountable for the layout of the store and to execute range presentations with high quality, strong visual impact and efficiency that provide an inspiring and convenient shopping experience for our customers and that will strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA brand identity
- Together with the management team of the store you translate the national strategy into a local business plan, using your knowledge of IKEA home furnishing and people’s life at home to grow the business
- You identify current and futures business needs in order to recruit, develop and retain a high performing and passionate store communication & interior design team
- You spot and act quickly upon commercial opportunities
- You create an outstanding customer experience
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