Job description
To inspire and surprise visitors by presenting and communicating the IKEA home furnishing offer with strong visual impressions that exceed visitors expectations. This will strengthen the IKEA Brand and convert more visitors into customers.
Your assignment
- Use visual merchandising competence to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in range presentation solutions in the store by working with store layout, range presentation and vitality.
- Actively contribute to the department action plan with initiatives that will grow the business and support longterm profitability and execute the agreed plans in close co-operation with other functions.
- Use the knowledge of people's needs and dreams in the local market to plan and implement relevant, inspiring, affordable and commercial range presentation solutions that reflect a wide variety of styles, price levels, meet the many individual tastes and exceed our visitor's expectations.
- Keep visitors in mind when working on the shop floor, minimise disruption and remain aware at all times of the importance of safety and the visual impact for visitors.
- Respect routines and responsibilities, work together with the Com&In team and other functions, act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the impact of actions on the financial results.
- Secure high quality, simplicity, efficiency and cost consciousness in planning and implementing all range presentation solutions by applying national directions and using global tools, proven solutions and best practices.
- Actively contribute to gathering insights about store layout and range presentation and translating this knowledge into relevant and inspiring store solutions that will support a convenient shopping experience and reflect the local needs of life at home.
- Stay up to date with knowledgeable about home furnishing, retailing and trends to generate creative directions that inspire and surprise visitors with a strong visual impression.
Qualification
You have an education background in visual merchandising, industrial design or art (preferred)You have a creative thinking supported by commercial visual competence and a keen eye for aesthetics.You have a proven ability to use related designing tools, e.g. AUTOCAD , SKETCH-UP.You are actively seeking new and improved ways of working simply and cost-efficiently.You have a passion for fast-paced, future-oriented retailing and the IKEA product range.You have ability to combine commercial, aesthetic and practical skills.You have ability to generate, visualise and present new ideas.You have ability to work together with others in a team.You have confidence in approaching and communicating clearly with different people in various situations.You have a flexible, hands-on approach to responsibilities and the ability to meet set deadlines.Willing to work on the weekend, shift hours, and public holidays.