Collaborateur*trice Visual Merchandising & Activity-100%

Ingka External; Riddes; On-site; CHF 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 vacation days

8 weeks paid parental leave for dads

20 weeks paid parental leave for moms

15% staff discount on purchases

Job summary

IKEA in Switzerland seeks a Visual Merchandising professional to present and communicate the furnishing range with strong visual impact. You will inspire visitors and reinforce the IKEA brand, balancing aesthetics with commercial goals.

The role requires study in visual merchandising or related fields and proficiency in AutoCAD. You will collaborate across sales and logistics, optimize store layouts, and develop compelling presentations that differentiate the assortment in various store areas.

Qualifications

• Studied visual merchandising, industrial design or art.
• Creative spirit with commercial and visual skills.
• Ability to withstand stress and heavy workload.
• Expertise in communication and product presentation techniques.
• Solid knowledge of AutoCAD software.
• Very good knowledge of English (B2)

Responsibilities

• Offering furnishing solutions around a product or combination of products to inspire visitors and meet furnishing needs.
• Showcasing how the IKEA assortment is unique through visual merchandising skills and store/display strategies.
• Ensuring the store layout provides a clear overview of products and visual impact to aid buying decisions.
• Collaborating with sales, logistics and partners, sharing knowledge while respecting responsibilities.

Skills

Visual merchandising

AutoCAD

English (B2)

Creativity

Stress management

Education

Visual merchandising education

Industrial design or art background

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Who you are

As part of our team in the Visual Merchandising department, you will be responsible for the presentation and communication of the IKEA furnishing range. With strong visual impressions, you will continue to surprise and inspire our visitors, thus strengthening the IKEA brand.

• You have studied visual merchandising, industrial design or art.
• You have a creative spirit supported by commercial and visual skills and a keen sense of aesthetics.
• You actively seek to simplify our working methods and optimize expenses.
• You are able to withstand stress and a heavy workload.
• You have are an expert regarding the different means of communication and product presentation techniques.
• You have solid knowledge of Auto CAD software.
• You have a very good knowledge of English, minimum level B2 (spoken and written).

Your responsibilities

• Offering furnishing solutions around a product or combination of products that will inspire visitors and meet their furnishing needs.
• Showing how the IKEA assortment is unique through your visual merchandising skills and strategies for displaying products in different media in the store and business areas to set us apart from the competition.
• Making sure the store layout is used correctly to get a good overview of the products and visual impact to facilitate the buying process.
• Working closely with the sales, logistics and partners involved: sharing knowledge while respecting each other's responsibilities, in order to present the range in the most attractive way for the customer.

About this work area

Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!

Do you think this would work for you?

We mentioned earlier that we want our employees to be happy and healthy.

It also means saying 'thank you'!

Our way of saying thank you:

• 28 vacation days (based on a 100% workload)
• 8 weeks paid parental leave for fathers; 20 weeks paid parental leave for mothers
• Very attractive social benefits
• 15% staff discount on your purchase - in every Swiss IKEA store
• You prefer to come by public transport? We pay between 85% and 100% of the fare
• Free parking facilities
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn learning platform
• Affordable and healthy meals in our staff canteen (CHF 4.50 for meat dishes and CHF 3.50 for veggie dishes)
• Bonus payments for all employees

There are many opportunities for career development at IKEA. We encourage and support our employees to try out different roles, move between functions or even go abroad.

That's it from us.

That was a lot of information. We'd love to find out more about you.