Interior Designer | Retail | IKEA Abu Dhabi

Job Requisition ID: 160213

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview Of The Role

To inspire and surprise visitors by presenting and communicating the IKEA home furnishing offer with strong visual impressions that exceed visitors’ expectations. This will strengthen the IKEA Brand and convert more visitors into customers.

To create relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that contribute to positioning the IKEA Brand in the local market as the leader in life at home.

Create functional and inspirational living and working spaces that meet the needs of various clients.

What You Will Do

• Use home furnishing ideas to create solutions for homes, offices and other areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
• Develop home furnishing competence to create home furnishing solutions in residential areas, hospitality, office and other 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.
• Secure high quality, simplicity, efficiency and cost consciousness when planning and implementing the home furnishing projects using global tools and best practices.
• Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing ideas, retailing and trends in order to contribute in generatin creative ideas for various projects.
• 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 Home & Business Planning team and other functions.
• Respect routines and responsibilities, work together with Home & Business Planning Department and other functions and understand the impact of your actions on the final results.
• Conduct on-site observations, take brief and assess the clients’ need.
• Prepare and participate in the client presentation.
• Deliver a result that benefitting the clients brief within the specified deadline.
• Make interior spaces functional, safe, and inspirational by determining space requirements and selecting furnishing.
• Knowledge of colors, lighting, and materials considering the smart living solution as a focal point.
• Offer relevant, functional, aesthetically pleasing home furnishing solutions.
  
  

Required Skills

Required skills to be successful

• Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• Understands customer buying behaviour and buying decisions
• knows the competition on the local market
• Experience of setting and implementing action plans, budgets and following up on goals.
• Ability to prioritize and organize own work in order to make the most efficient use of time available.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with different target groups (co-workers, store management and commercial team) resulting in the establishment of strong communication networks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage a receiver by creating a passion for your plans.
• Ability to work autonomously and multi-task accordingly.
  
  

Role

What equips you for the role

• Significant experience of working as a Interior Designer 3-5 years. A higher education qualification in Interior design.
• Has thorough knowledge of the role and responsibilities of the Communication & Interior Design department
• Must possess analytical and strategic skills for potential succession planning.
• Must be a multi-tasked and have a strong team spirit.
• Must be computer literate (All Microsoft office, Adobe and Autodesk software’s).
  
  

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…