Why we will love you
• Formal qualifications in Retail Design, Interior Design or equivalent Minimum 10 years of experience in Visual Merchandising, Store design or similar and delivering results
• Minimum 5 years of experience in leading and influencing co-workers Experience from retail, preferably home furnishing sector Experience in planning, driving output and measuring performance (business)
Your responsibilities
• Influence and inspire the Shop Design co-workers and develop experiential shop design and range presentation to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in the stores
• Encourage peers to improve their knowledge of customer buying behaviour, gather insights from market intelligence and translate this knowledge into creative, aesthetic and commercial solutions that exceed customer expectations
• Actively support in developing the country business plan and contribute to delivering the department action plan and ensure that all layout and range presentation initiatives are focused on growing the IKEA business and supporting sustained long-term profitability
• Act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the impact of actions on the financial results
• Responsible for developing shop design solutions for market specific needs and opportunities in line with local commercial priorities and common guidelines
• Coach shop design co-workers in stores through matrix relationship
• Continuously measure performance of shop design and product presentation to contribute to the
functional review in order to identify improvement areas and ensure performance local and global
• Actively cooperate with all key stakeholders within commercial and beyond to secure integration, common focus and to maximize impact (for example Digital, CFF (Customer
Fulfilment), Communications, Sustainability, BNOF (Business Navigation Operations & Finance), People & Culture)
• Be an active player in driving an open and sharing climate, be a role model of the IKEA values, and to contribute to the transformation of IKEA
• Be a country super user of planning tool and actively contribute to improving the tool in the super user network
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!
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Salary Range: $74,000-108,000