- Job ID: 286087
- Date posted: 14/04/2025
A day in your life with us
• Strengthen the IKEA brand by safeguarding a high quality, safe and inspirational customer experience
• Ensure that global and national compliance standards are met to secure a safe environment for customers and colleagues
• Responsible for maximizing sales through commercial and operational excellence
• Ensure that the store is locally relevant throughout the different sales channels by acting on insights from the local market potential and collaborating with the team and other functions to attract visitors
• Ensure IKEA Food financial results according to unit, national and global frames
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of unit yearly action plan
• Contributes to the overall business success of the store as a member of the steering group
• Secure a lean, diverse and high performing team through building IKEA Food and IKEA competence and leadership and empowering colleagues to act on their own initiative
• Ensures relevant competence, succession, organizational, development and that IKEA is a great place to work
• Responsible for the implementation of the global and national people and sustainability strategies
Who you are
• Experience in leading a multi-faceted high-volume business and proven ability to work and lead a team under pressure
• Ability to identify new business opportunities
• Previous experience in leading a team of leaders
• Ability to build trustful relationships and to engaging and motivating
• Ability to deliver strong business results through people
• Planning and organizational skills and ability to handle multiple topics and changing priorities/deadlines
• Self-reliant and self-motivated with a proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Capable of communicating in English and Italian both in writing and verbally
• Deep knowledge of Food Safety Standards and Local Food legislations (HACCP)
• Ideally a good knowledge of National business direction, consumer and market conditions, customer buying behaviors, food trends
• Knowledge of Sustainability in food is a nice to have
PURPOSE OF JOB
IKEA Retail Food plays a vital role for the IKEA brand and contributes to the IKEA vision. IKEA Retail Food is one of the main drivers for visitation and engagement with the customer's hearts and minds. IKEA Retail Food contributes to long term sustainable growth, profitability, customer experience and brand positioning in all IKEA touchpoints. IKEA Retail Food is an integrated commercial business partner. Customers can expect a safe, healthy, delicious, sustainable, affordable and joyful food experience