Shop Design Leader

Why we will love you
As a person, you are motivated to exceed customer expectations and drive business growth by creating a seamless shopping experience for the many people. You are eager to create the future IKEA and curious about city life and the many people living there. You get motivated by finding new ways through co-creation with colleagues and other IKEA units and inspired by working together in an ever-changing multi-dimensional environment.
To be successful in this role, we believe you have:
• 5 years experience developing businesses and delivering results within home furnishing and retail design solution
• Advanced training in retail design, visual merchandising, Layout as a tool, planning, or equivalent
• Excellent knowledge of Revit
• Experience implementing the Retail Establishment Process in a multichannel customer journey
• Knowledge of Ingka Group strategies, priorities, and strategic expansion planning process
• Methods for presenting the range and service range using store media, display techniques, and store layout as commercial tools
• Good understanding of trends that influence home furnishing, retail design, and communication
• Knowledge of customers living situations in different areas around the world
You bring excellent leadership and communication skills and know how to make decisions with speed and simplicity. With IKEA concept, brand objectives, and values in mind, you take a holistic view of our global organization and identify business opportunities by collaborating with stakeholders and implementing change initiatives.
Your responsibilities
As a Shop Design Leader, you will be responsible to design retail spaces and home furnishing solutions for new customer meeting points and major rebuilds based on our most recent home furnishing and merchandising solutions. You will explore efficient ways to plan smarter and drive low-cost expansion from rough to fine planning.
More specifically, you will:
• Support the planning teams in Central Planning Hub in the field of Shop Design, to contribute to CMPs that present the range in an inspiring way that enable access to the whole range in the multichannel retail world of IKEA.
• Create inspiring presentation solutions that reflect a wide variety of styles and price levels and life-at-home activities with seasonal relevance connected to the commercial activities
• Support the planning teams in the use of global tools, proven solutions, and best practices when needed, and adjust the global solutions to be locally relevant.
• Contribute to a large portfolio of projects, in the design of CMP solutions in order to strengthen the brand, secure an outstanding customer experience, grow sales and broaden the customer base.
• Be at the forefront of new solutions and technology in order to optimize customer experience and operational efficiency of CMPs.
• Contribute to a convenient and seamless shopping experience and create an attractive atmosphere with a relevant commercial offer for the many.
• Lead work across functions within Ingka Group and collaborate with other IKEA units
• Drive an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values
• Lead positive change, and contribute to building a more unique, inclusive, and accessible IKEA - guided by the People and Planet Positive commitments.
This is a permanent position based in Malmö, Sweden and reports to the Retail Solutions Planning Manager.