YOUR RESPONSABILITIES
- You translate national IKEA strategy into a business plan for your IKEA store, in association with the other heads of department, to protect the position of IKEA as the leader in interior design on the local market.
- You understand your market, the customers and their living situations to improve the way the customers meet the range.
- You analyse sales results and trends, predict and optimise current and future commercial opportunities in a close working partnership with the stores, IKEA of Sweden and IKEA supply chain.
- You optimise sales and gross margin and profit within your department through competitive pricing.
- You work together with the managers in your team and other stakeholders to motivate them to take ownership of their part in achieving the overall goals and the IKEA objectives.
- As an experienced people manager, you are passionate about people. You delegate responsibilities to your managers, based on their experience and skills, to help them in their personal growth and development.
- You have experience within sales or a customer and commercial oriented business.
- You have a good understanding of the local consumer market and our competitors and the knowhow to analyse sales and control costs.
- You have experience in drawing up and implementing action plans, managing budgets and following up targets.
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