Job Description

IKEA Food Services Director

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It\'s the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

Location

Burlington

Employment type

Permanent

Department

Food & Restaurant

Deadline

2023-07-10

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Candidate profile (title) Who you are

Candidate profile (text) - Default language \xe2\x80\xa2 You are passionate about food and people, motivated to drive innovative ideas and help our customers feel that there is always something new to explore and that time in the store is well spent.

• You work creatively within strong frameworks and can manage multiple competing priorities/deadlines while delivering strong business results through people.
• You have at least 3- 5 years\' experience of successful commercial, retail management or the role of multi-unit food service manager with proven leadership abilities and strong track-record of managing managers, including management competence.
• You are a tactical thinker with experience of creating and implementing action plans, setting budgets, meeting and following up on goals.
• You communicate well with others and can influence and cooperate with different functions and delegate when necessary.
• You can fully see how IKEA Food contributes to increasing the overall performance and are willing to lead change and make things happen while maintaining effective leadership behavior in the face of setbacks or pressure.
• You are a role model of our values and an active player in creating an environment where the IKEA culture is strong and where the diversity of our customers and co-workers is valued and embraced.

Key responsibilities (title) What you\'ll be doing day to day

Key responsibilities (text) \xe2\x80\xa2 Ensure that IKEA quality & food safety requirements and local compliance standards are met and promote a safety-first culture where co-workers are encouraged to raise and discuss concerns and solutions.

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of the unit yearly action plan and to the overall business success of the store as a member of the steering group.
• Build a lean, diverse and high performing team and mentor successors to meet succession and IKEA business needs.
• Implement best practises for more efficient handling of goods, orders and inventory and work with your team to take actions that contribute to sustainability.
• Challenge costs by working in a lean, simple and cost-conscious way using and sharing good examples and encouraging fellow coworkers to discover smarter ways of working.
• Secure that the store is always in shape as new in terms of conceptual and commercial standards and with the necessary capacity for growth.
• Create awareness of IKEA Food as the most important in-store marketing tool to maximize the IKEA store\'s sales potential.
• Maintain a simple and straightforward internal communication and information flow and ensure that key information is understood by all co-workers.
• Take an active part in creating the store business plan, food action plan and the range matrix to develop a strong IKEA Food range identity that sets the IKEA store apart.
• Always look through the eyes of our customers, get continuous feedback on their experiences and learn more about their needs and wants to ensure that we always host our guests and make them feel welcome throughout the day.

Team vision ( title) About this work area

Team vision (text) 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 \xe2\x80\x9cSwedish Food market\xe2\x80\x9d. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

Local section (title) JUST SO YOU KNOW

Local section (text) In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as IKEA Food Manager.

Please note: This position requires the submission of a satisfactory criminal record check. A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, \xe2\x80\x9cto create a better everyday life for the many people\xe2\x80\x9d inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

Your uniqueness makes Ikea better

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant\'s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

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