People&Culture Specialist (Temp)

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at affordable prices . We are part of IKEA Al-Homaizi Limited, operating in three countries - Kuwait, Jordan, and Morocco.

Our keywords are Home, People, Happiness, Development, Leadership, Inclusion & Diversity, All with Passion!

We are an equal opportunities employer. We hire and treat our co-workers in a manner that does not discriminate with regards to gender, race, colour, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status,nationality, political opinion, union affiliation, social or ethnic origin.

Join us to bridge your dreams and unique ideas within an organization that believes in People !

• Lead and manage a team of Interior Design co-workers, inspire and challenge them to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in range presentation and home furnishing solutions in room settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas.
• Be responsible for gathering and translating insights from home visit interviews into locally relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that exceed customer expectations and reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.
• Lead a team of Interior Design co-workers in creating the store Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of styles, living situations and price levels that create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.
• Secure that interior designers execute home furnishing solutions with high quality, simplicity, cost-effectiveness and efficiency using global tools and best practices.
• Maintain deep and up-to-date knowledge about home furnishing, retailing and trends in order to support the Communication and Interior design manager to facilitate workshops that generate creative directions that inspire and surprise visitors with strong visual impressions.
• Actively support in the development of the department action plan with interior design initiatives that are focused on growing the business and support long-term profitability and execute agreed plans together with the Communication and Interior design manager team and other functions.
• Be responsible for the recruitment and competence development of Interior Design co-workers and secure successor planning by constantly searching for potential candidates.
• Act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and ensure the Interior Design co-workers understand the impact of Communication and Interior design manager actions on the financial results.
• Ensure the team always keep visitors in mind, disruption is minimized and communicate changes when working on the shop floor.
• Actively contribute to the national Interior Design Managers network and share national directions and global tools with the Interior Design co-workers in the stores.
• Any security breaches must be notified concerned authority and manager.
• Be aware of all security related emergency response and follow the policy and procedures.
• I adhere to IKEA supply chain and security policy, and report to concern manager in case of any identified security breaches.

• Managerial experience of leading and working with interior design in a retail environment.
• Possess an interior design-based education.
• Home furnishing the IKEA way (living situations, style groups, store communication, furnish with light).
• Range presentation the IKEA way (layout as a commercial tool, store media, display techniques).
• Understand life at home in the local market and the outcome of market research, e.g. IKEA Customer Satisfaction Survey, IKEA Brand Capital.
• Understand interior design and trends that influence home furnishing.
• The work method for presenting the IKEA range. IKEA Concept and IKEA Brand objectives.
• IKEA mechanical sales system. Global tools and solutions.
• Understand how to lead creative processes.

A few more details for you

This position is full-time and is located in Kuwait.

Please send your  CV in English and tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.