Retail Sales Team Leader

**Job ID**: 298844
- **Date posted**: 12/07/2025

**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)
- 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)

Additional Information:

- This role is Permanent, Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight.
- Applications close Wednesday 2 August 2025
- You must have the availability a rotating roster between the hours of 8:00am to 10:00pm, weekdays and alternating fortnightly weekend shifts (both Saturday & Sunday).

**About this work area**As a Sales Team Leader, you have a great opportunity to develop your career and grow with IKEA.As Sales Team Leader your responsibilities will include:

- Driving sales performance by understanding our customers’ needs, analysing the local market, and monitoring competition, and acting quickly to prioritise products and services that enhance profitability.
- Responsible for operational execution of activities and ways of working, while also taking responsibility to continuously improve these locally.
- Developing comprehensive range knowledge and sharing insights, features, and benefits with customers, team members, and commercial partners to maximise sales.
- Ensuring a seamless customer experience across channels, acting on customer insights to exceed expectations.
- Leading and motivating team members, and collaborating with commercial partners, to maintain inspiring, organised, well-stocked retail shops, ensuring the IKEA product range is presented in an engaging way that customers find easy to shop.
- Consistently analysing sales data to identify opportunities for improvement and implementing strategies to streamline processes and drive business results.

As Sales Team Leader you are:

- Passionate about home furnishings and curious about life at home.
- Proactive and high-energy, motivated to actively engage with customers to support them in their buying decisions.
- Experienced leading a team of direct reports (minimum 1 year) including team development - coaching, building competence, managing performance, and creating a talent pipeline for future leadership roles.
- What we call a ‘restless doer’, adaptable. driven by curiosity, enthusiasm, and a desire to create a better everyday life for the many people.
- Proactive in seeking ways to simplify processes and reduce unnecessary negative costs to the business.
- Looking for an opportunity to grow and develop your retail leadership career with IKEA.

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