Market Manager, IKEA Linköping

Would you like to be part of creating an iconic movement in IKEA’s home market, Sweden? Do you want to drive extraordinary profitable growth and brand positioning, encouraging an excellent customer experience and develop people? Then join our team in Sweden!
Now there is an amazing Market Manager opportunity in one of our “attack markets”, Linköping! For this role, we are looking for a person with Market Manager or deputy Market Manager background and with ability to maximize the potential of the local market.
In this position, you are a role model of the IKEA culture & values. You have a passion for developing our business through people and you understand the importance of creating collaborative teams across your own organization and to co-operate with other parts of IKEA. In this role, we would like to see an entrepreneurial drive combined with a willingness to take calculated risks. You are eager to exceed goals and targets as well as a willingness to share responsibility with others.
Where others see limitations, you find opportunities! You are performance driven and have speed when moving from plans to actions and when delivering results. Last but not least, you of course have a passion for home furnishing!

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
The overall assignment in this role is to drive growth and brand positioning, maximizing sales as well as encouraging an excellent shopping experience in an omni-channel environment. You are a strong contributor in positioning IKEA as Sweden’s leading interior design retailer by presenting the IKEA range in an inspiring and commercial way - always with the customer in focus. Together with other Market Managers, the Area Manager and Country Service Office you share entrepreneurial ideas and express opportunities for improvement on current ways of working.
You actively engage with and share the responsibility in the delivery of the INGKA sustainability strategy to enable the ongoing transformation and growth of the IKEA business. You ensure high quality execution of all People processes securing performing, competent and engaged co-workers. As a digital ambassador in the function, you embrace the omni-channel transformation in the market. By building networks with all relevant stakeholders in the local community as well as on the national and global arena in IKEA, you will be representing the IKEA market in Linköping. In this role, you will lead and develop the unit Management Team to achieve IKEA goals and standards, delivering an efficient and profitable operation in line with the IKEA Concept to secure IKEA as the best home furnishings company in the local market!

TOGETHER AS A TEAM
We take pride in seeing everyone around us grow and develop, and we encourage people to experiment, test, try - and sometimes fail. As long as they learn along the way! We know that everything is changing more rapidly today and that we sometimes need to lead in the unknown. We throw ourselves out there to explore new possibilities and ways of doing things to make both our people and our business successful.

QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT?
We are looking forward to your application in English, by submitting your CV and motivational letter.
We will continuously review applications, and therefore, although the advert is open until the 7th of January, we appreciate your early application. Due to the tight timeline, invitations to interviews will most likely be sent out with short notice and we truly appreciate your cooperation & understanding in this. Some interviews may be conducted over Teams.
WE ALREADY HAVE INTERNAL PREFERRED CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION. NO MOBILITY OR RELOCATION PACKAGE INCLUDED.