Meeting the Customer Specialist – BA Bedroom

Company Description
Here it is. Your chance to develop business and together with people across the organisation to maximize sales and growth opportunities in the most influential small town in the world.
Right now we are looking for a Meeting the Customer specialist to join our Business Area Bedroom


The IKEA vision, the IKEA business idea and the IKEA values are our source of inspiration about why we do what we do and how we do it. The IKEA direction, the 3 roads, is our latest guiding star on what it takes to continue the success of IKEA and the bedroom business. We are determined to build a new tomorrow and continue to deliver better products and better homes to the customers, and growth & profitability to IKEA, although it requires that we are better than ever before. We are now looking for a Meeting the Costumer specialist who is up for the challenge. Are you obsessed with developing business and people? Are you passionate to help people to sleep better and organise their clothes & shoes so that the home can be a place to relax and recharge? You might just be the one we are looking for!


Job Description
As Meeting the Customer Specialist for Business Area Bedroom you will have MTC responsibility for range areas: You will have MTC responsibility for range areas: HFB4 Bedroom Furniture but specifically Chest of drawers and stability topics”
You ensure that the sales related requirements for a successful meeting with the customer are incorporated within the development of a defined business for both NEWS and running range. You will lead the sales contribution for new range development into the development/project teams and for market input to secure requirements for the defined business, all in order to support the buying process. Furthermore you´ll responsible for value based pricing as well for competitive world wide monitoring and the follow-up of pricing KPIs.
Your main work tasks will be:
To be responsible for the content of the Meeting the Customer Sales components of the projects.
Take the responsibility to identify the need for range related services, after sales and spare parts.
Securing that the Range and product knowledge content are related to easy buying and selling to retail partners.

The goal for you is to secure that the selling requirements of the IKEA retail system are met within defined range offer.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who have great interest for business and a capability to focus on a defined business area while maintaining a holistic perspective of cross business needs, opportunities and the areas impact on total IKEA. You have a retail background where you have gained good knowledge in the market and competitor landscape of business that you are accountable for. Your knowledge in the year cycle for the sales processes, retail environment and how the offer meets the customer in different touch points is very good.
We also believe that you are;
A good team player and have capability to influence stakeholders in order achieve the common goal.
Capability to bring data, information and knowledge to understanding and transform it into insights within the scope of the assignment.
Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Additional information
Sounds interesting?
We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.