Interior Designer

**Job ID**: REF5526S

**Date posted**: 29/09/2024

**Company description**
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 prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. We operate in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand - and have an ambitious expansion plan to bring a little bit of Sweden to new markets in the region. We are part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA.

We also develop, own and operate Shopping Centres that are anchored by IKEA and create walkable communities by including residential, office and other types of real estate in our development plans.

We work towards making sustainability a natural part of our everyday work. We are active in our communities, driving and supporting social initiatives that benefit children, women and the environment.
**Job description**
To create relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that contribute to positing the IKEA brand in the local market as the leader in life at home.
- Use home furnishing competence to create home furnishing solutions in room

settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
- Actively contribute in the gathering of insights from home visit interviews and

translating this knowledge into locally relevant, functional, aesthetic and
commercial home furnishing solutions that exceed customer expectations and
reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.
- Contribute to the creation of a Showroom matrix that reflects a wide variety of

styles, living situations and price levels to create a good tempo with distinct visual
impressions.
- Secure high quality, simplicity, efficiency and cost consciousness when planning

and implementing all range presentation solutions using global tools and best
practices.
- Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing, retailing and trends in

order to contribute in workshops to generate creative ideas.
- Contribute to the content of the department action plan with initiatives that will

grow the business and support long-term profitability and execute the agreed
plans together with the Com&In team and other functions.
- Respect routines and responsibilities, work together with Com&In team and other

functions, act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the
impact of your actions on the financial results.
- Keep visitors in mind when working on the shop floor, ensure disruption is

minimised and stay aware of the importance of safety and the visual impact for
visitors at all times.**
Qualification**
- Education in interior design
- Experience of working with interior design in a retail environment and home furnishing
- Ability to generate new ideas and concepts, draw and visualise
- Be able to work individual and team, good attention to detail
- Good command of English (verbal and written)
- Computer proficiency i.e. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), AutoCad

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