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How and which products can I best use to guide customers through the store? And how can I ensure that customers add items to their shopping carts or yellow bags at a certain point? These are the questions you will be dealing with as a visual merchandising activity employee at IKEA Amsterdam. While your colleagues work on designing and furnishing homes and room settings, you will be working at the product level. In this way, you too will make an indispensable contribution to a better home for everyone.
Job Responsibility:
Ensure customers find their way around the store and are encouraged to make purchases
Clearly highlight all the benefits of versatile products
Consult with sales manager to promote products not selling well
Make rounds before store opens to restock products and organize back walls
Determine where new products can best be placed and take this into account during design phase in Revit
Place new products in the department according to IKEA standards
Participate in meetings with team manager and department about projects, well-being, and issues
Collaborate on larger projects and renovations involving implementation of new seasonal products throughout the store
Requirements:
Professional education (HBO) level of working and thinking achieved through creative training, preferably in interior design, or through work experience
At least 2 years of work experience as a VM or similar experience
Enterprising and takes initiative
Can work both independently and in a team
Knowledge of design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, or AutoCAD, to quickly master Revit
Speaks and writes English
Good at planning and organizing
Works accurately
Practical and commercially minded
Can explain ideas and visual concepts in words
Can come up with suitable solutions or alternatives when problems arise
What we offer:
13th month's salary
8% vacation pay
Collective bonus scheme determined annually, maximum 150% of gross monthly salary
Public transportation costs reimbursed in full
Option for lease bicycle if living within 5 to 20 km from IKEA store
Travel allowance of up to €243 per month if traveling by car