Expansion Interior Designer – IKEA

Expansion Interior Designer - IKEA Dubai Festival City

One of the companies bearing Al-Futtaim name is IKEA. IKEA is the world's largest home furniture store, founded in Sweden over 60 years ago. Our operations around the world are constantly increasing with new stores and markets added to the success story.

At IKEA, not only is our furniture down to earth, straightforward and inspiring, but so is our work ethics. Despite being the leading home furnishing retail franchisee across the world, we at IKEA still give you the room to grow! At IKEA, creating a better everyday life for the many isn't only our vision, it's our way of life!

To contribute to positioning the IKEA store as the Leader in life at home in our market in order to maximise sales and long-term profitability. I do this by securing the effective implementation of global solutions using my knowledge of people's life at home and consumer buying behaviour in my market and my home furnishing competence to adapt these to meet our national needs.

REGIONAL SUPPORT

1. Actively support the Com & In manager expansion in implementing the country business plan and the country Com & In plan to support the optimization of sales and our long-term growth in our new stores.
2. Support the stores to ensure the uniqueness of the IKEA Brand identity in range presentation and store communication in order to distance us from the competition. Taking ownership for how we are working with interior design in my country.
3. Using range presentation solutions that are relevant to the many people's life at home in my national market and that accurately reflects demographics, living conditions and our visitors needs and wants.
4. Securing that our solutions reflect a wide variety of style expressions and functions to meet individual tastes and stimulate our visitors to change their home furnishings more often, using IKEA style groups and IKEA living situations.

Qualifications

We are looking for a person with excellent written and verbal English and good knowledge of AutoCAD, home furnishing and fashion.

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

1. Thorough knowledge of the role and responsibilities of the Communication & Interior Design department.
2. A passion for interior design, home furnishings and design.

Minimum Experience:

1. 5 years in a similar role.
2. Ideally knowledge of the IKEA Concept.

Job-Specific Skills:

1. Understands customer buying behaviour and buying decisions.
2. Knows the competition on the local market.
3. Experience in incorporating the commercial calendar into the Communication & Interior Design action plan.
4. Thorough knowledge of the role and responsibilities of an Interior Design manager.
5. Good time management skills and flexibility.

Behavioural Competencies:

1. Interpersonal Skills.
2. Business Acumen.

About The Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself as one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Group’s continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Group’s belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.