• Advise clients on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and utilisation of furnishings and equipment, and colour coordination.• Formulate a pricing strategy based upon estimated material requirements and costs and seek client approval and required scheduling.• Having detailed product knowledge with fabric, furniture, accessory and art selections which allows for client feedback and strategy approval.• Create SketchUp/AutoCad drawings, sketches and material boards for client presentations.• Complete product research and purchase orders.• Conduct correspondence with general contractors, sub contractors, product reps and vendors in order to pursue all needs associated with a given project• Assist with on site client meetings, project measurements, documentation (to include photographing), and site visits to ensure execution of plans and specifications, and to monitor the over all progress of the project.

• Stimulating and increasing the interest in home furnishing through constantly showing new and inspiring solutions that motivate people to visit IKEA frequently.• Planning and implementing functional, beautiful, sustainable and affordable solutions using AutoCAD.• Creating relevant, functional, aesthetic and commercial home furnishing solutions that contribute to positioning the IKEA Brand in the local market as the leader in life at home.• Applying home furnishing knowledge to ensure up-to-date room settings and other store media that exceed visitors’ expectations.• Actively contribute in the gathering of insights from home visits and translate this knowledge into locally solutions that exceed customer expectations and reflect home furnishing the IKEA way.• Contribute and secure a wide variety of styles by IKEA style groups, living situations and price levels to create a good tempo with distinct visual impressions.• Show distinct and different styles that appeal to many individual tastes and needs.• Work together with the creative team and other functions, act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities.

• Demand and manage resources allocated to the project• Lead and manage a project team comprising of a mix of professionals• Provide support and creative direction for the planning team• Lead and report on the project progress recommending direction and decisions• Secure that the project is lead according to set standards and requirements• Plan and organize project according to IKEA decision model and applicable delivery methodology• Manage communication by plan and distribute relevant information to stakeholders• Manage risks by identify, mitigate, monitor and control risk• Manage procurement and vendor relations within project with support from internal purchasing organization and follow up on performance and deliveries from vendor• Secure the change management process within the required framework

• Securing the use of the store layout to create a good product overview and strong visual impact that facilitates the buying process, while making sure that the relevant CAD drawings are kept up-to-date.• Providing home furnishing solutions for a single product or a combination of products to improve people’s life at home.• Demonstrating the uniqueness of the product range through visual merchandising competence and display techniques in different store media and activity areas.

•  Having face-to-face meetings with B2B customers where their needs, wishes and dreams are met through providing inspiring and functional interior design for them.•  Provide friendly and professional service to all customers that require assistance and follow through with any queries and questions that are required to achieve efficient and excellent customer service.•  Maintain accurate and up to date knowledge of the different style groups as to ascertain that customers are given well planned home furniture and furnishing solutions, making sure that customers’ requests are understood and fulfilled.•  Ensure that an updated list of stock levels is available, so that customers are informed of any problems with the choice of their furniture and furnishings and recommend solutions based on stock availability. •  Have a very strong level of communication with the line managers, in-store logistics co-workers, specialist sales executives (sales seniors) and the customer service department to ensure relevant information is passed on to the concerned people.•  Ensure that customers’ orders are co-coordinated with in-store logistics to avoid that stock levels are interfered with for other store customers.•  Provide weekly and monthly KPI’s to enable the department to achieve improvements and required results throughout the year and in line with that to guarantee complete customer service and repeat business.•  Schedule convenient delivery and assembly times with the customer and customer service department and update these departments with any changes or potential requirements to enable the business to function as efficiently as possible.•  Contact the customers after the completion of delivery and assembly and rectify any complaints immediately to project commendable customer support.