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Kitchen Specialist | IKEA | Mall of Arabia (6th of Oct), Egypt

Al-Futtaim
Cairo, Egypt
Posted 4 years ago
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You manage the kitchen department for an IKEA store and ensure that all operational objectives are delivered taking into account quality, quantity and cost through development and execution of tactical and operational initiatives. You make appropriate business recommendations based on the analysis of daily/ monthly KPI’s. You support the sales departments ensuring that customers are provided with the highest possible service level (in line with IKEA standards) to achieve the pre-defined yearly sales targets.

Key Specific Accountabilities:

Commercial

  • Actively promote the Kitchen Design Service in order to increase sales and promote Add On Sales.
  • Conduct surveys to gauge the in store customer shopping experience and external competitor monitoring to recommend strategies that fill any gaps in the market.
  • Schedule Customer appointments. Monitor and keep track of all customer appointments to ensure the highest possible service levels on waiting times for customers.
  • Liaise and follow up with Range department. Track stock levels (Overstock / Outgoing / Concrete and Ageing stock) and make recommendations to the range department on order quantities required to achieve the sales targets.
  • Liaise with Home delivery and assembly. Audit all kitchen designs with the home delivery and assembly teams and the kitchen designers before dispatching stocks to the customer`s home. Arrange for home visits and conduct follow up on all kitchen jobs.
  • Provide regular feedback to the Sales Manager – Furniture/ of any irregular orders required and give feedback of any regular out of stock articles, so that the range &SSS department can rectify these deficiencies.
  • Multitasking model& having ability to work under pressure.
  • Provide weekly and monthly KPI’s to enable the department to achieve improvements and required results throughout the year and in line with that to guarantee complete customer service and repeat visits from our customers

People Management and Development

  • Staff training and development. Ascertain that all staff is competently trained on the design system (IHP 2) and the kitchen range (NAVISION) and receive adequate development support to secure the store performance and succession needs.
  • Manpower planning. Prepare plans, set productivities and supervise the kitchen designers to ensure highest levels of work efficiency within the budgeted productivities, motivation and control all the budgeted cost.
  • Scheduling for the kitchen department. Create and submit all schedules for the kitchen designers based on the coverage needed for peak and non peak sales day. Plan annual leave for the designers based on the commercial calendar

Financial

  • Prepare annual business plan and budget for the kitchen department (i.e workforce, budgets) and management information provided to support appropriate business decisions.
  • Review and monitor daily and monthly KPIs and analyse reports on various measurable factors against benchmarked figures (i.e. reports relating to stock levels, stock ageing, top sellers, service levels with regards to stock availability, range analysis, manpower productivity, etc). Working with the team to create meaningful actions to achieve agreed goals
  • Controlling costs through working in a lean, simple, cost-conscious way using good examples and solutions, and encouraging the team and colleagues to discover more effective ways of working.

Job Requirements

  • Live and share the IKEA values every day
  • University Graduate
  • 5 years relevant experience as Kitchen Specialist, IKEA experience preferred.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Applications and AutoCAD
  • Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills
  • Effective Communication
  • Excel competence
  • Customer Focussed
  • Individual Accountability
  • Personal Leadership
  • Teamwork

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