IKEA Food Co-worker

IKEA; Edmonton; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading home furnishings retailer is looking for an IKEA Food Co-Worker in Edmonton, Canada. You will be responsible for food preparation, ensuring quality service, and maintaining workspace cleanliness. Ideal candidates have a keen attention to detail and are comfortable in a physically demanding environment. With a starting salary of $19.5 CAD, we offer comprehensive benefits including wellness days and health coverage.

Benefits

Wellness days

Extended health coverage

RRSP with matching options

Annual bonus incentive plan

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Merchandise and restaurant discounts

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• At least 6 months of customer service experience in a similar environment (preferred but not required).
• Able to work in a physically demanding, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Preparing food according to daily forecasting needs.
• Ensuring quality, freshness and great service is always top of mind.
• Making sure that food products are always displayed in an attractive manner.
• Focusing on daily and weekly sales targets and top-selling products.
• Being an active IKEA Ambassador by always focusing on our customers.
• Keeping informed about our sourcing practices, ingredients, specials and standards.
• Responsible for a clean, tidy, organized, visually inviting workspace.
• Actively participate in all IKEA safety standards, policies, and food waste programs.
• Always able to assist other co-workers with their tasks as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Health and Safety Conscious

Customer service experience

Job description

WHO YOU ARE

You have an amazing attention for details (like expiry dates) and can effortlessly juggle multiple competing priorities (like making sandwiches and keeping your work station sparkling clean). You are open to learning, have a general can-do attitude and are energized by teamwork. You’re not the type to ever be caught cutting corners because you’re so Health-and-Safety-conscious. You have at least 6 months of customer service experience in a similar environment (preferred but not required). You are totally cool with working in a physically demanding, fast-paced environment.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing food according to daily forecasting needs
• Ensuring quality, freshness and great service is always top of mind
• Making sure that food products are always displayed in an attractive manner
• Focusing on daily and weekly sales targets and top-selling products
• Being an active IKEA Ambassador by always focusing on our customers
• Keeping informed about our sourcing practices, ingredients, specials and standards…our customers are curious about these things and will ask!
• Responsible for a clean, tidy, organized, visually inviting workspace
• Actively participate in all IKEA safety standards, policies, and food waste programs
• Always able to assist other co-workers with their tasks as required

TOGETHER AS A TEAM

Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that’s good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the “Swedish Food market”. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

WHY YOU WILL LOVE US

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

The starting rate/salary for this position is $19.5 CAD. The starting rate/salary for this position ranges from $____ to $____ and will be based on relevant work experience.

P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as: IKEA Food Co-Worker

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

• Preparing food according to daily forecasting needs
• Ensuring quality, freshness and great service is always top of mind
• Making sure that food products are always displayed in an attractive manner
• Focusing on daily and weekly sales targets and top-selling products
• Being an active IKEA Ambassador by always focusing on our customers
• Keeping informed about our sourcing practices, ingredients, specials and standards…our customers are curious about these things and will ask!
• Responsible for a clean, tidy, organized, visually inviting workspace
• Actively participate in all IKEA safety standards, policies, and food waste programs
• Always able to assist other co-workers with their tasks as required

The starting rate/salary for this position is 19.5 CAD.