Shopkeeper (Self-serve Warehouse)

**Job ID**: 292901
- **Date posted**: 30/05/2025

**Our team within IKEA**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. **What you need to know**Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

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

Additional Information:

- This role is Temporary Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight for 6 months
- The internal job title for this role is Shopkeeper
- Applications close Thursday 12 June, 2025
- As our store operates 7 days per week, you must have the availability to work a rotating roster with a mix of day and evening shifts. You also have the availability to work alternating weekend shifts (both Saturday and Sunday).

**About this work area**As Shopkeeper your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

- Optimising sales and profitability by taking ownership of the range and actively promoting the IKEA commercial priorities and volume commitments.
- Acting quickly on commercial opportunities and customer feedback, as well as keeping an active eye on competition, supply and performance analysis.
- Ensuring that the shop is in excellent shape and fully stocked at all times so that customers can make a buying decision on their own.
- Creating an environment of trust by encouraging open, constructive, honest, two-way feedback with your team and other colleagues while providing an inspiring and motivating direction for co-workers and engaging them fully in the IKEA objectives.
- Support your manager in managing the recruitment, retention, performance management, succession planning and competence development of the team.
- Ensuring co-workers are actively supported in their daily work and you actively develop, coach and mentor your team through set reviews and on the job conversations.

As Shopkeeper you are and/or have:

- Passionate about home furnishing, love sales and have a and a desire to lead and motivate your own team within a leading retailer.
- Comfortable with heavy and repetitive lifting
- Business-minded and result-driven with a strong customer focus.
- Have previous experience managing and leading a retail store or a large home furnishing business with demonstrated success in driving sales growth.
- Have an energetic leadership style; you thrive on the buzz you get from fast paced retail environment.
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively, that provides rapid customer-focused problem solving with a smile on your face.

**We need people like you**At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us