Department Sales Manager

IKEA; Exeter; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Department Sales Manager, where you will lead a team to enhance customer experiences and drive sales growth. This role requires a proactive leader with a passion for home furnishings, ready to inspire and motivate your team. You’ll take charge of department goals, ensuring your shop is well-presented and stocked while developing your team’s skills. This position offers a chance to grow your career in a dynamic retail environment that values diversity and collaboration. If you’re ready to make an impact, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in managing teams in a retail environment.
• Proven track record of driving sales growth and achieving targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage department goals and align action plans with store priorities.
• Develop team knowledge of products and services for excellent customer experience.

Skills

Sales Management

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Commercial Awareness

Job description

Make millions of people look forward to going home!

Join IKEA Exeter as a Department Sales Manager and work collaboratively with your team to co-create the wonderful everyday with our many guests!

If you're a proactive leader with demonstrated experience of driving sales growth within a commercial retail environment, have a passion for home furnishings, and are looking to grow your career with IKEA, this may be the perfect role for you!

What We Offer

• Starting salary of £34,000 per annum dependent on skills and experiences.
• 39 hours a week, working 5 days over 7 (including 1 - 2 late shifts a week), including alternate weekends.
• We operate 7 days a week to meet the shopping needs of our guests, so this role will require availability to work during the day, late evenings, and full weekends.
• We are happy to discuss flexibility and your availability at interview.

What You'll Need to Have

You bring at least three years of experience managing people in a commercial retail environment. A proactive and passionate leader, you will become an integral part of our sales management team, and you can demonstrate experience delivering to sales targets and organisational priorities. We believe it is important that you have a proactive mindset, collaborating with your team to steer your department and taking advantage of sales opportunities.

You lead through the IKEA Values and can inspire those around you, including leading by example and delegating responsibilities where necessary. You work cross-functionally with other departments and, using your exceptional communication skills, can champion flexibility, speed, and simplicity.

You will be someone who believes in and can work in line with the IKEA Concept and Brand Identity.

What You'll Be Doing Day to Day

• Take responsibility for your department goals and ensure your action plan aligns with the country priorities for your store. Follow up and take action accordingly by using proven solutions and good examples.
• Act quickly on commercial opportunities and ensure your shop is in excellent shape—clean, tidy, priced, and stocked.
• Develop a successful team ensuring they have the correct knowledge of the range and IKEA services, so they can share this with our customers to provide an excellent shopping experience.
• Work with succession planning to identify talent, ensuring the right number of competent co-workers are in the right place at the right time.

We Care for the People

It takes the diversity of thought, background, and culture to make great ideas a reality. We welcome candidates from all walks of life to join us, where we feel valued for our uniqueness and recognized for our diverse talents.

Recruitment Process Information

If you have any special requirements during the interview process, please let us know as soon as possible.

1. Please attach an updated CV with your application so we can get to know you better.
2. If successful, you will be invited to an interview with one of our hiring managers.

Come see things a little differently with us and be part of creating a Wonderful Workday.

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