VISUAL MERCHANDISER AND ACTIVITY MANAGER, IKEA MALMÖ.

WHO YOU ARE
IKEA Malmö is looking for an experienced Store Visual Merchandiser/Activity Manager to join their Communications and Interior Design team!
THE IKEA Malmö Store is one of two IKEA stores globally that during 2022 will be re-built into STORE OF TOMORROW. This means that IKEA Malmö will be a part of a transformation - from a more traditional IKEA store to a shopping experience center where we will to develop new ways of collaborating. The purpose with this mission is to make a better everyday life, and to a greater extent, reach the many people. Come join us our journey!
We see that our future Visual Merchandiser Manager will by a transparent leadership, clear communication and an inspiring way bring us together and deliver great results.
We are looking for you who has a formal education and multiple years of experience within the field of Visual Merchandising. You are a value based leader who leads by example and communicates in a transparent and a straight forward manner. You are someone who likes opportunities to grow and develop – and sees this role and IKEA as a long term engagement. Preferably you have ealier IKEA experience or working at IKEA at the moment in a similar position.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As a Visual Merchandiser Manager you will join us in our mission to - inspire customers with home furnishing solutions that appeal to the dreams, needs and wallets of the many people.
Your main tasks will be, together with your Visual Merchandiser team, to offer our visitors the most inspiring shopping experience, always presenting our range in a commercial and inspiring way. The purpose of your work is to appeal to the needs and dreams of the many people within our local market and visitors in the store.
You will collaborate with colleagues in your department (communication and interior design) as well as all other functions in the store. You belive in crossfunctional work and understanding. Together as a unit we can create not only esthetically appealing solutions but also commercial and easily maintainable ones. This gives an opportunity for you to deepen your expertise even further and become more commercial in your approach.
Why we will love you:
• your are creative, willing to learn and work with colleagues, eager to create an inspiring range of presentations and solutions, always with the IKEA conceptual framework as a guiding star.
• your are fascinated by retail environment, you enjoy a fast pace working environment, where decisions are taken here and now, and actions are done in a day. In short you want your every day to be different.
• you can navigate well around flexibility and ambiguity and have the skills to prioritize and organize own work as well as influence others to meet deadlines. In short you have leadership skills.
• you are leading people, create team spirit and by coaching lifting the team members to their next level.
During a working week, you will be able to take actions and at the end of the week you will see how your store layout affects both our customer flow and sales management.
APPLY NOW!
We offer a full-time permanent position as Visual Merchandiser Manager at IKEA Malmö. With 6 months probationary period if you are new to IKEA. You work 38.25/week between 08-17. Some evenings and weekends you will work as the department store jour. You have personnel responsibility for a team of Visual Merchandiser co-workers.
We appreciate your application in English as soon as possible, but no later than 30th of april. Invitations to interviews will most likely be sent out with short notice and we truly appreciate your cooperation & understanding for this. We will interview on a ongoing basis.
QUESTIONS OR SUPPORT?
For questions regarding the job, please contact Nouriene Nabil Almira, nouriene.nabil.almira@ingka.ikea.com.
For questions regarding the process, please contact Markus Meltzer, markus.meltzer@ingka.ikea.com.