Job Description
Job Requisition ID: 167209
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day
Overview of the role: Assist the Com&In manager in leading, developing and inspiring the Communication& Interior Design (Com&In) Team and other functions in the store in increasing the home furnishing interest of the many people and creating demand for home furnishing solutions and know how in the local market.
What you will do:
Range presentation/ Design / Commercial
- Lead and inspire the store Com&In team to use knowledge of IKEA home furnishing and people's life at home to grow the business by initiating and facilitating workshops to generate creative directions
- Secure vitality and seasonality in the store by creating and implementing a store commercial calendar together with the store management team
- Lead the store Com&In team in securing relevant and inspiring range presentation solutions, an optimal store layout and effective and efficient store communication that builds the IKEA Brand and distances IKEA retailers from the competition
- Ensure the store commercial team has the right understanding of store layout, range presentation and store communication thereby contributing to the work method for range presentation
- Assist the Com&In manager in identifying current and future business needs in order to recruit, develop and retain a high performing and passionate store Com&In team Lead and challenge the Com&In team to constantly take actions that exploit commercial opportunities both in the short- and long term
- Lead the work method of the IKEA way to present the range process together with the Sales Managers and Logistics Manager
- Supervise the daily and weekly operational work done by the specialist co-workers in the Com&In department
- Work closely with shopkeepers when they need to change the range presentation either due to a range change, sales drop or out of stock situation to advise on how to secure the optimal range presentation and achieve sales goals
- Follow up, and review the planning, preparation, and implementation process of planned changes with the ID, VM, and Activity function
- Assist the Com&In manager in maintaining the store budget for the department
- Co-ordinate with the planned marketing activity of the commercial calendar to ensure required changes are done to highlight the new products or the activity related articles & to be displayed in a manner that catches the customer’s imagination
- Align the Com&In action plan considering business commercial calendar, rebuilds of room settings, homes, specialty shops, and compacts
- Ensure continuous alignment with the different works between the different functions to eliminate overlapping of the agenda with carpentry, graphic, assembly, electrician, and IT requests
- Trinity working with Sales and ISL
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People and Development:
- Ensure that all Com & In co -workers have receive the necessary training in safety and security aspects related to the use of this equipment so they are able to follow the rules and regulations and prevent accidents
- Make sure all co-workers are properly trained including development programs to secure the store performance and succession needs
- Works closely together with the Com & In Manager and substitutes the manager in his/her absence
- Maintain & build good relation between Com & In and other departments.
What you will need:
- 5 years interior design/visual merchandising experience in or outside IKEA
- Extensive experience of working in a design-orientated role (interior design, graphic design, visual merchandising and/or store planning).
- Deep interest in and highly developed knowledge of home furnishings and the way people live
- Project management experience
- Store layout planning experience
About Al-Futtaim Retail
Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.
Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…
About Al-Futtaim IKEA
GROWING TOGETHER...
We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
Al-Futtaim IKEA holds the franchise rights for IKEA in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
