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As a Food Retail Manager, you will act as the commercial business leader for IKEA Food, driving performance across all food areas while delivering a seamless and inspiring customer experience.
Job Responsibility
Leading and driving food commercial operations, ensuring strong execution of the commercial strategy, commercial calendar and sales-driving initiatives
Implementing IKEA commercial frameworks, standards and cross merchandising strategies in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Delivering a high-quality, seamless and memorable customer experience across all food areas, including the Swedish Restaurant and Swedish Food Market
Securing operational excellence, ensuring food safety, compliance and high standards are consistently met
Coaching and developing leaders and co-workers, ensuring the team has the right competence and capability to deliver results
Using customer insights and feedback to continuously improve the Food business and customer journey
Contributing to and executing the unit business plan and IKEA Food business plan, connecting Food to the overall store commercial agenda
Driving commercial performance and profitability, ensuring strong top-line sales and healthy gross margins
Working cross-functionally to ensure Food is integrated into the total store experience
Requirements
A passion for food, people and commercial results, with the ability to turn strategy into action
Proven leadership experience, with a minimum of 3 years leading teams or leaders in a high-volume, customer-facing environment, ideally within food retail or hospitality
Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, analysing P&Ls, and optimising sales and margins
Excellent planning, organisational, problem-solving and decision-making skills
The ability to influence, collaborate and build strong cross-functional relationships
A customer-first mindset with an understanding of customer behaviour in a retail or food environment
The ability to lead through change, inspire teams and deliver results through people
A strong alignment with IKEA values, with a passion for diversity, inclusion and creating a positive workplace culture
What we offer
5 weeks’ Paid Annual Leave
Paid Parental Leave
Family & Community Leave
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
15% Co-worker discount
Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
Co-worker uniform provided
Free Co-worker parking
Bonus programme (where eligible)
Benefits Membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers)
Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)