Comm & In Specialist, IKEA Kuching

Marketing, Media & Creative · Visual Merchandising

In short

The Comm & In Specialist will contribute to positioning IKEA Small Store as a leader in Life at Home by showcasing how to improve everyday life through relevant home furnishing solutions. This role involves creating inspiring shopping experiences, demonstrating the uniqueness of the IKEA range, and developing shop layouts that support commercial priorities and customer convenience.

Responsibilities

Contribute to positioning IKEA Small Store as the first choice for home furnishing in the local market.
Provide inspiring and commercial home furnishing solutions.
Demonstrate the uniqueness of the IKEA range through strong visual merchandising and display techniques.
Secure the use of layout as a commercial tool.
Develop shop layouts that support commercial priorities and customer convenience.
Stimulate interest in home furnishing by presenting new and inspiring solutions.
Act as a change sponsor by creating direction and coaching co-workers through change.
Secure a seamless home furnishing experience across all customer touchpoints.
Translate Life at Home insights into locally relevant range presentations.
Maintain high standards of quality, efficiency and cost consciousness.
Delivery of commercial and inspiring range presentation solutions.
Execution of agreed layout and visual merchandising plans.
Securing the IKEA brand identity and visual uniqueness in the Small Store.
Maintaining high standards of commerciality, inspiration and customer experience.
Ensuring all solutions align with national directions and business priorities.
Contribute to the CMP Action Plan and long-term profitability.
Support the gathering and application of Life at Home insights.
Collaborate with MFCs and cross-functional teams to deliver business goals.
Share best practices and proven solutions across the market.
Contribute to solution matrices that reflect local needs, styles and price points.

Requirements

The IKEA values truly reflect personal values.
Passion for retailing, home furnishing and people's life at home.
Desire to improve people's everyday life through home furnishing solutions.
Driven to continuously improve ways of working and exceed goals.
Strive to create inspiring and commercial omnichannel experiences.
Knowledge of Home Furnishing the IKEA way.
Knowledge of Range presentation the IKEA way.
Knowledge of Layout as a commercial tool.
Knowledge of Store media and display techniques.
Knowledge of Life at Home and local market insights.
Knowledge of Interior design and home furnishing trends.
Knowledge of IKEA Concept and Brand objectives.
Knowledge of IKEA Mechanical Sales System.
Knowledge of CMP Sales Tree and Commercial Brief.
Knowledge of Customer profiles and customer mapping tools.
Ability to combine commercial, aesthetic and practical skills.
Ability to generate, visualise and present new ideas.
Strong visual competence and eye for aesthetics.
Ability to work collaboratively with others.
Confident communicator across different situations.
Flexible and hands-on approach.
Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.
Ability to meet tight deadlines.
Ability to translate customer insights into commercial solutions.
Strong planning and execution skills.

Benefits

Join an internationally recognised, values-led retail organisation as we expand into Sarawak.
Unique opportunity to help build a new team, shape the employee experience and contribute to the success of a growing retail business from the very beginning.
Enjoy working in a collaborative, inclusive and people-focused environment where learning, development and continuous improvement are part of everyday life.
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact while growing your IKEA career.

Skills

Visual MerchandisingInterior DesignRetail

#Interior Design#Visual Merchandising#Retail#Communication

About IKEA

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers. The IKEA retail business…

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