Food Retail Manager

At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.

We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work.

We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.

We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.

We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.

• 5 weeks’ Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave and much more

• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support

• 15% Co-worker discount

• Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant

• Co-worker uniform provided

• Free Co-worker parking

• Bonus programme (where eligible)

• Benefits Membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers)

• Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

• This role is Permanent Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight

• The internal job title is Unit Food Commercial Manager

• This role is based on-site at IKEA Tempe store

• As our store operates 7 days per week, you must be available to work a rotating roster including day and evening shifts, as well as alternating weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

• As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a video interview.

ABOUT THIS WORK AREA

As a Food Retail Manager, you will act as the commercial business leader for IKEA Food, driving performance across all food areas while delivering a seamless and inspiring customer experience. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading and driving food commercial operations, ensuring strong execution of the commercial strategy, commercial calendar and sales-driving initiatives.

• Implementing IKEA commercial frameworks, standards and cross merchandising strategies in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Delivering a high-quality, seamless and memorable customer experience across all food areas, including the Swedish Restaurant and Swedish Food Market.

• Securing operational excellence, ensuring food safety, compliance and high standards are consistently met.

• Coaching and developing leaders and co-workers, ensuring the team has the right competence and capability to deliver results.

• Using customer insights and feedback to continuously improve the Food business and customer journey.

• Contributing to and executing the unit business plan and IKEA Food business plan, connecting Food to the overall store commercial agenda.

• Driving commercial performance and profitability, ensuring strong top-line sales and healthy gross margins.

• Working cross-functionally to ensure Food is integrated into the total store experience.

As a Food Retail Manager, you are a strong, values-driven leader with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational excellence. You have:

• A passion for food, people and commercial results, with the ability to turn strategy into action.

• Proven leadership experience, with a minimum of 3 years leading teams or leaders in a high-volume, customer-facing environment, ideally within food retail or hospitality.

• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, analysing P&Ls, and optimising sales and margins.

• Excellent planning, organisational, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• The ability to influence, collaborate and build strong cross-functional relationships.

• A customer-first mindset with an understanding of customer behaviour in a retail or food environment.

• The ability to lead through change, inspire teams and deliver results through people.

• A strong alignment with IKEA values, with a passion for diversity, inclusion and creating a positive workplace culture.

We need people like you

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