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Meeting & Understanding Customers

Temporary Retail Associate - (Part Time)

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  • Chantilly, Virginia
  • Sales & Commercial

Job Description

  • Job ID: 352869

  • Date posted: 03/07/2026

    • Why we will love you

    A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share your uniqueness. Join our team and start a better life for yourself.

    What you'll be doing day to day

    As a Retail Store Associate, floating between various departments, contributing to a successful shopping experience, you will:
    - Actively approach customers requiring additional help, identify their needs and advise them on the best solutions for their homes.
    - Keep area of responsibility clean, tidy, priced and fully stocked. Ensures that the IKEA basic merchandising standards are in place at all times to give customers a positive shopping experience.
    - Convey passion about IKEA products and actively learn about their features and benefits, sharing this knowledge with customers to help them make informed choices, resulting in a better overall shopping experience.
    - Build furniture as needed for In Shape As New, introduction of new products, commercial calendar implementation and remodels.
    - Prepare, produce, and maintain IKEA Food menu items; serve all IKEA Food menu items; follow procedures and guidelines for safe food handling, cleanliness and sanitation, and workplace safety.
    - Receive inbound goods and ensure inventory accuracy at the point of receiving.
    - Flow product to final selling location.
    - Process sales transactions accurately and efficiently.
    - Provide customers with a simple and efficient Full Serve Hand Out experience.
    - Provide the customer with a simple and smooth returns and exchange experience.

    Together as a team

    Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!

    Apply now!

    Temporary, Part Time
    12 - 20 hours per week. Weekend open availability required 8AM - 9PM.

    $21.48 - $30.34 / hr depending on equivalent experience.

    Thank you for your interest in applying for this role. Please be aware that this is a Sensitive Position. The successful candidate will be required to complete a background check and a drug test as a condition of employment for this role.

    Qualifications

    • 1 year of retail experience, preferably in the home furnishing sector.
    - Experience in actively selling through understanding customers and their needs.
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