Sales Associate (Full Time Contract), Pop Up - Giant Kota Kemuning

IKEA; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 20,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home furnishings company seeks a customer-focused individual in Shah Alam. The role involves actively approaching customers, understanding their needs, and providing tailored solutions. Candidates should be proactive and adaptable, with strong customer service experience. The ideal candidate has a passion for home furnishings and can work flexibly, including weekends and public holidays. Join a dynamic team and help enhance customers' everyday lives!

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer- and commercial-oriented business.
• Able to take initiative, make decisions, and multitask effectively.
• Polite, friendly, and experienced in face-to-face customer service.

Responsibilities

• Actively approach customers who need help.
• Identify customer needs and advise on solutions.
• Ensure cleanliness and stock in your area.

Skills

Customer service experience

Proactive engagement

Adaptability to fast-paced environment

Computer literacy

Job description

Company Description

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. We operate in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand – and have an ambitious expansion plan to bring a little bit of Sweden to new markets in the region. We are part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA.

We also develop, own and operate Shopping Centres that are anchored by IKEA and create walkable communities by including residential, office and other types of real estate in our development plans.

We work towards making sustainability a natural part of our everyday work. We are active in our communities, driving and supporting social initiatives that benefit children, women and the environment.

Job Description

• To actively approach customers who you see require additional help.
• To identify their needs by asking the right questions and advise them on the best solutions for their homes in order to exceed their expectations.
• To understand how to use the different IKEA sales and communication channels and know-how for the different customers you meet.
• To keep your area of responsibility clean, tidy, priced and fully stocked, and ensure that the IKEA basic merchandising standards are in place at all times to give customers a positive shopping experience.
• To convey passion about IKEA products and actively learn about their features and benefits, and you share this knowledge with customers and colleagues.
• To understand the store and department action plans. You take responsibility for your department goals and know how you contribute.
• To ensure you maximise sales whilst maintaining profitability by knowing and actively steering towards the top selling and prioritised products (e.g. overstock/overtag).

Qualifications

• Willing to work at IKEA Pop-up Store – Kota Kemuning
• Able to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays.
• Business-minded, result-driven, and customer-focused.
• Experience in a customer- and commercial-oriented business.
• Confident in proactively approaching and engaging with people.
• Interested in home furnishing and improving everyday life at home.
• Meticulous, disciplined, and adaptable to a fast-paced retail environment.
• Able to take initiative, make decisions, and multitask effectively.
• Polite, friendly, and experienced in face-to-face customer service.
• Enthusiastic team player with a flexible and open-to-change mindset.
• Assertive and able to remain calm under pressure.
• Computer literate with good attention to detail.