Country IKEA Food Manager

Über die Stelle ABOUT THE JOB
We are looking for a Country IKEA Food Manager for Switzerland, located in Service Office Spreitenbach/Zürich.

IKEA

Food is about encouraging IKEA store visitors to stay longer and enjoy more, making it a fun day out for everyone, offering great food at low prices, giving visitors a tasty reason to return again and again, and providing co-workers with a chance to rest and re-charge.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

You lead and manage IKEA

Food and implement the IKEA Food concept to on a national level reach the goal “to help the IKEA store sell more IKEA home furnishings products” and support the IKEA position as the leading home furnishings company.

You secure that IKEA

Food is used as a commercial marketing tool in Switzerland.

Your mission includes:

Steering the Business

• set direction and strategies for IKEA FOOD in Switzerland inline with the national business plan
• Drive traffic to the stores and increase Conversion Rate and Take up rate
• Set financial goals and develop P&< strategy
• Communicate and promote the IKEA FOOD goal and tasks within the IKEA organization

Quality and food safety

• Be responsible for that IKEA Food meets all legal requirements and HACCP

Commerciality and range
 

• Define the commercial strategy for the international and national range and establish the guidelines for national and local range development including pricing.

Communication & Training

• Cooperate with HR Learning & development Specialist to develop and conduct functional trainings
• Support, visit, share best practice and work closely with the stores to help to reach operational excellence

Marketing & Competitiveness

• Develop the Commercial calendar
• Define and organize national activities
• Create and implement a successful pricing strategy for all IKEA FOOD units

YOUR PROFILE 
Your knowledge, skills and experience:
 

• You have a strong strategic approach
• You are an innovator by nature
• You have a broad knowledge of the IKEA Concept including our Vision and Business Idea, our Culture and Values
• You have a clear understanding of our key strategies including IKEA Food business priorities
• You have a deep knowledge of management and leadership and acting in line with the IKEA values
• You have the ability to manage high diversity within the team and external relations.
• You have the knowledge of the IKEA organization and how it works 
• You have very strong communicative skills and like to interact with people
• You are service minded and have the ability and competence to develop IKEA Food business within IKEA Switzerland.
• Open to feedback and possessing the desire to learn from others
• You are fluent in English both spoken and written and further languages are asset (either/or German, French, Italian)
• You have strong commercial thinking and behavior

You are someone who:
 

• Has good leadership by example and showing how we can “reach good results with small means”
• Has high energy in motivating, inspiring and developing people
• Has a genuine interest in Retailing and a curiosity and passion about Food
• Has a business overview, analytical skills and tactical thinking.
• Has a passion to create sales and to satisfy our customers
• Has strong drive, a problem solving approach and challenge diverse topics.
• Shows creativity and multi tasking skills coupled with ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Has the ability to work in a fast moving environment (direct reports and matrix reports). 
• Has the ability to work on strategic/tactical and operational level
• Has an understanding of the key performance measurements and follow up tools to be able to develop your area of responsibility

GROWING TOGETHER 
IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.