Sales Responsible, Business Area Living Room and Workspaces
IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult
 
Company Description
Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy. 

IKEA of Sweden is a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles.
 
We offer a global assignment in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

About the assignment
The Sales Responsible is a key position within IKEA and plays a major role in the product development processes by securing the commercial perspective and creating the link between our sales channels and IKEA of Sweden.
As Sales Responsible you need to be experts in what our customers and markets need and want. Their contribution is incorporating market need into business and product development and delivering business priorities to retail.

About the job
You feed the product development process with customer behaviour and needs from global market.
You provide competitor information and market trends for the specific home furnishing areas.
You drive key sales processes
You lead and influence different stakeholders from a retail and customer perspective to secure commercial success of the range in all IKEA sales channels.

About you
The Sales Responsible position is a challenging and rewarding position with enormous impact on business and the many people around the world but it needs something to be successful. We love what we do and we seek people who love their work too and who share our values in their professional and everyday life.
To be able to deliver in this role, the Sales Responsible should have:
• Solid commercial retail knowledge and insights in the various sales channels (good knowledge of online retailing is a big plus)
• Strong leadership capabilities paired with excellent communication and influencing skills, ability to work in the team is required
• A strong business sense and analytical and financial competence
• Strong insights in the customer needs, behaviours and decision journey in the various sales channels from global perspective

Sales responsible is reporting to Commercial Manager

Sounds interesting?

Please apply latest by Feb 21st!

With questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Hana Pazourova, at+46 708337087