Interior Design Team Leader GENOVA

Interior Design Team Leader
Genova
Liguria, GENOVA

You care about making a positive impact in the world.

You understand greatness requires thinking differently.

An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you. A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings.

Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many.

It#39;s the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share.

Join the team and start a better life for yourself. ResponsibilitiesLead 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 ComIn 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 ComIn 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 ComIn actions on the financial results. Ensure the team always keep visitors in mind, disruption is minimized and communicate changes when working on the shop floor. 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. What you#39;ll need to haveHome 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, global tools and solutions. Understand how to lead creative processes and how to build interior design competence. Ability to identify and combine commercial, aesthetic, and practical skills and 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. Significant experience of working as an interior designer. Possess an interior design-based education. Proven success in leading creative processes and creating a trustful environment. A passion for home furnishing, design, and how people live at home.

Experience of working in a fast retail environment. Proven customer-focused mindset. Demonstrate clear communication skills, i. e.

the ability to explain verbally concepts and visual interpretation. Set and implement action plans, set expectations, provide clear direction and follow up goals. Ability to prioritize and organize work and the work of others in order to make the most efficient use of time available and meet agreed goals and deadlines. Computer proficient with knowledge and experience of using relevant software (e. g.

AutoCad and Revit). You are good in Italian and in English. Together as a teamWhy you will love usFrom the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world.

At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers. At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home.

We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together. Our vision, "to create a better everyday life for the many people" inspires and guides us in everything we do.

This is IKEA. What we all have in commonLiving our valuesBeing your unique self, while respecting and including othersA passion for home furnishingPerforming delivering while learning developing #J-18808-Ljbffr