Interior Design Leader, IKEA Taastrup (Head Office)

at  IKEA

WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU

Are you passionate about creating spaces that reflect the dreams and needs of our everyday life?
IKEA Denmark is seeking an Interior Design Leader who possesses a deep understanding of our customers’ living situations, needs, and aspirations.
We’re looking for someone who is attuned to the latest trends in home furnishing, retail design, and communication, and can translate these into inspiring and locally relevant home furnishing solutions.

What You’ll Bring:

• A broad knowledge of customer lifestyles and the ability to envision their needs and dreams.
• Expertise in identifying and applying trends that shape home furnishing and retail design.
• A proven track record of inspiring leadership and a desire to develop people.
• The Ability to communicate in an inspiring and engaging way.
• The ability to foster sustainable growth and thrive in a fast-paced, operational environment.
• Strong collaborative skills to create unity, build relationships, and co-create with a team.
• Excellent communication skills in English, with experience in leading others, setting priorities, delegating tasks, and providing constructive feedback.
• Extensive experience in interior design and several years of leadership experience.

OUR TEAM WITHIN IKEA

Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!
We are a total of 11 colleges in the Home Furnishing and Retail Design team (HFRD). We work with visual merchandising, graphic communication, interior design and online visual merchandising. There are two Interior Design Leaders, one of whom we are looking for will work towards our stores, and the other works between Online, SoMe and our stores, to strengthen our Omnichannel business.
You must be approx. 3 days a week at the head office, and also be frequently physically present in our stores (a total of 6 in Denmark), so that we ensure close cooperation, competence development and sparring.

As an Interior Design Leader, you will be at the forefront of our creative process, guiding a team of talented individuals to achieve excellence in interior design. You will be responsible for nurturing a culture of togetherness, where collaboration and co-creation are the cornerstones of our success. Your leadership will not only influence our team but also the experiences of countless customers who seek inspiration from our stores.

Key Responsibility;

• Indirect leading and motivating our interior design teams in the stores.
• Developing inspiring and functional interior design solutions that appeal to IKEA’s customers.
• Staying up-to-date with the latest trends in interior design and lifestyle.

Together, we can make everyday life at home better for the many people.