Senior Sales Representative – IKEA

Job description / Role

One of the companies bearing Al-Futtaim name is IKEA.

IKEA is the world's largest home furnishings store, founded in Sweden over 60 years ago. Our operations around the world are constantly increasing with new stores and markets added to the success story.

At IKEA not only our furniture is down to earth, straightforward and inspiring, but so is our work ethics. Despite being the leading home furnishing retail franchisee across the world, we at IKEA still give you the room to grow! At IKEA creating a better everyday life for the many isn't only our vision, it's our way of life!

In this role you will be responsible for:

* Supervising daily operations and managing the sales personnel in the department
* Planning and implement commercial calendar of the year
* Improving ease of shopping in the store by efficiently working with mechanical sale tools
* Achieving the customer satisfaction goals set by the Market hall Sales Manager for your area
* Managing the selection, training and development programs for new co-workers
* Ensuring working methods, basic action routines and range information are understood and carried out in order to achieve objectives
* Supporting the team to achieve their objectives by ensuring they understand the company business plan and objectives
* Acting as Payroll administrator and be a super user for the Staff Management System and generate the schedules using the system
* Together with the Commercial team ensuring that sales forecasts of all products are adapted to the sales pattern so that the ordering process of goods leads to a healthy stock situation

Requirements

To be successful in winning this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

* Minimum 4 years Retail Supervisory Experience
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills ideally in multiple languages
* Familiarity with computer use
* Good Understanding of Business & Finance
* Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively with others
* Thoroughness & Attention to Detail
* Leadership Skills, Strategic Thinker and Good Planning Capabilities
* Energetic & Self-Motivated
* Well versed in MS Office

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.