What you will do

• Use home furnishing competence to create home furnishing solutions in room settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
• Actively contribute in the gathering of insights from home visit interviews and translating this knowledge into locally relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that exceed customer expectations and reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.
• Contribute to the creation of a Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of styles, living situations and price levels to create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.
• Secure high quality, simplicity, efficiency and cost consciousness when planning and implementing all range presentation solutions using global tools and best practices.
• Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing, retailing and trends in order to contribute in workshops to generate creative ideas.
• Contribute to the content of the department action plan with initiatives that will grow the business and support long-term profitability and execute the agreed plans together with the Com&In team and other functions.
• Respect routines and responsibilities, work together with Com&In team and other functions, act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the impact of your actions on the financial results. Keep visitors in mind when working on the shop floor, ensure disruption is minimised and stay aware of the importance of safety and the visual impact for visitors at all times

Skills

Required skills to be successful

• An education in interior design.
• Visual competence with a keen eye for aesthetics.
• Ability to generate new ideas and concepts.
• A passion for home furnishing, retailing, design and how people live at home.
• Able to draw, visualise and present ideas. Ability to work in a fast retail environment. Entusiastic about assignments and working with others in a team.
• Good attention to detail.
• Practical hands-on approach to work.
• Computer proficient with knowledge and experience of using relevant software (e.g. AutoCad).

What equips you for the role

• Ability to combine commercial, aesthetic and practical skills.
• Ability to generate, visualise and present new ideas.
• Ability to work together with others in a team.
• Confident in approaching and communicating clearly with different people in various situations.
• Have a flexible and hands-on approach to responsibilities as well as the ability to meet set deadlines.