ايكيا السليمان تعلن عن وظيفة قائد فريق التصميم الداخلي في جدة

Company Description

Come help us create a better everyday life for the many people. That’s the IKEA vision. We do that by offering a wide range of home furnishings with good design and function at prices so low that many people will be able to afford them.

Purpose:

To secure relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions in IKEA organizations that stimulate home furnishing interest in each local market thereby contributing to positioning the IKEA Brand as the leader in life at home.

Accountabilities:

• Lead and manage a team of Interior Design co-workers and inspire and challenge them to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in range presentation and home furnishing solutions in room settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas.
• Be responsible for gathering and translating insights from home visit interviews into locally relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that exceed customer expectations and reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.
• Lead a team of Interior Design co-workers in creating the store Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of styles, living situations and price levels that create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.
• Secure that interior designers execute home furnishing solutions with high quality, simplicity, cost-effectiveness and efficiency using global tools and best practices.
• Maintain deep and up-to-date knowledge about home furnishing, retailing and trends in order to support the Com&In manager to facilitate workshops that generate creative directions that inspire and surprise visitors with strong visual impressions.
• Actively support in the development of the department action plan with interior design initiatives that are focused on growing the business and support long-term profitability and execute agreed plans together with the Com&In team and other functions.
• Be responsible for the recruitment and competence development of Interior Design co-workers and secure successor planning by constantly searching for potential candidates.
• Act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and ensure the Interior Design co-workers understand the impact of Com&In actions on the financial results.
• Ensure the team always keep visitors in mind, disruption is minimised and communicate changes when working on the shop floor.
• optimizing the use of the IKEA store layout and store media by developing and implementing range presentation solutions that strengthen the connection between the IKEA offer and the everyday lives of people
• Transfer interior design know-how to new interior design specialists .
• reflecting the IKEA Brand identity and creating visual impact in all commercial, sales support and co- worker areas.
• Create the store Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of styles, living situations and price levels to create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.
• Keep visitors in mind when working , designing and stay aware of the importance of safety.
• Actively contribute in the national Interior Design Managers network and share national directions and global tools with the Interior Design co-workers in the stores.
• stimulating and increasing the interest for home furnishing in order to grow the customer base and the market through:
• using the richness of our range to show many affordable, functional and beautiful home furnishing solutions in distinct and different styles in order to appeal to many individual tastes andneeds.
• Actively contribute in gathering the 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.
• demonstrating how everyday life at home can be improved by using single products or combinations of products
• challenging and encouraging peopleto see theirhome in a new way
• creating trust in the IKEA offer by presenting and communicating solutions for a sustainable life at home
• Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing & retailing trends in order to create vitality in the store & motivate people to visit the IKEA storefrequently.

Qualifications and experience :

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design or any related filed.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in interior design, including experience in a leadership role.
• Experience in the retail and/or home furnishing industry.
• Proficiency in Revit software.
• Previous experience working as an Interior Designer at IKEA is preferred.
• Experience in retail project planning and implementation.

Additional Information:

• Home furnishing the IKEA way (living situations, style groups, store communication, furnish with light).
• Range presentation the IKEA way (layout as a commercial tool, store media, display techniques).
• Understand life at home in the local market and the outcome of market research, e.g. IKEA Customer
• Satisfaction Survey, IKEA Brand Capital.
• Understand interior design and trends that influence home furnishing.
• The work method for presenting the IKEA range.
• IKEA Concept and IKEA Brand objectives. IKEA mechanical sales system.
• Strategic landscape, global tools and solutions.
• Understand how to lead creative processes.
• Understand how to build interior design competence.
• Ability to communicate clearly with different people and groups of people in various situations.
• Ability to identify and combine commercial, aesthetic and practical skills.
• Ability to create a trustful and creative environment.
• A natural ability to move smoothly from assessing the bigger picture to seeing the small details.
• Good analytical and strategic skills and the ability to steer the store business over the short-, mid- and long-term.