Shopping Experience Ambassador

Robinson & Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Al-Futtaim Retail’s IKEA Jebel Ali is seeking a Shopping Experience Representative to assist at the info desk and Smaland. You will manage cash transactions accurately, greet customers, guide them through shopping tools, and ensure swift handling of returns and exchanges.

You will also monitor the play area for safety, contribute to reports, and support store operations with friendly, proactive service aligned to IKEA policies. Fluency in English is required, Arabic is a plus.

Qualifications

• Proactivity and ability to initiate solutions independently.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Customer-focused approach with a commitment to service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Follow the SOP pertaining to cash handling, receiving payment by cash, cheque, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
• Compute and record transactions ensuring 100% accuracy for all register transactions.
• Count and record the float before trading begins and upon close of trading ensuring accurate cash handling and safe custody of collected cash.
• Greet and welcome customers on arrival at the store and ensure shopping tools and catalogues are available for the customers providing bags / trollies as appropriate to facilitate the shopping journey.
• Ensure that company's customers are well attended to by responding to their needs & working efficiently to minimize queues.
• Handle routine customer complaints promptly and courteously, ensuring that customers are dealt with in a prompt and courteous manner to guarantee maximum customer satisfaction.
• Ensure that the customers who come to the Returns & Exchange desk perceive the policy as generous and the procedure quick and easy.
• Handle returns and exchange issues based on own judgment, experience and authority given by the management according to which exceptions can be made to retain a customer.
• Use the information from Returns & Exchange desk to detect and act upon or report to the management about a product fault, safety problem or transportation problem.
• Greet and welcome customers on arrival at Smaland ensuring the Smaland admission policy is explained in a friendly and professional manner.
• Ensure the children’s safety is their main priority while they are in Smaland providing a safe environment for children within the area.
• Make announcements and pages the customers (parents) if there is any issue with the children in the playroom area or general announcements to customers when needed.
• Prepare daily / weekly / monthly reports of transactions at the returns & Exchange desk to be used for reconciling with the cash till as well as the accounts for the period of the report as well as analyzing trends on sales and profitability and performance of the store.
• Book IKEA services (Home Delivery, Assembly, Measurement) and follow up on out-of-stock articles in self-serve.
• Brief the Duty Manager on complaints that require management assistance.

Skills

Proactivity

Communication

Problem solving

Customer focus

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Al-Futtaim Retail’s IKEA Jebel Ali is seeking a Shopping Experience Representative to assist at the info desk and Smaland. You will manage cash transactions accurately, greet customers, guide them through shopping tools, and ensure swift handling of returns and exchanges.

You will also monitor the play area for safety, contribute to reports, and support store operations with friendly, proactive service aligned to IKEA policies. Fluency in English is required, Arabic is a plus.