Job Opportunity in UAE as a Kitchen Specialist

Alfuttaim offers a job opportunity in UAE as a Kitchen Specialist. You will manage the kitchen department for an IKEA Store and ensure that all operational objectives are delivered taking into account quality, quantity and cost through development and execution of tactical and operational initiatives. Also, make appropriate business recommendations based on the analysis of daily/monthly KPI’s. Finally support the sales departments ensuring that customers are provided with the highest possible service level (in line with IKEA standards) to achieve the pre-defined yearly sales targets.

You will be responsible for:

 Commercial

• Actively promote the Kitchen Design Service in order to increase sales and promote Add On Sales.
• Conduct surveys to gauge the in store customer shopping experience and external competitor monitoring to recommend strategies that fill any gaps in the market.
• Schedule Customer appointments. Monitor and keep track of all customer appointments to ensure the highest possible service levels on waiting times for customers.
• Liaise and follow up with Range department. Track stock levels (Overstock / Outgoing / Concrete and Ageing stock) and make recommendations to the range department on order quantities required to achieve the sales targets.

People Management and Development:

• Staff training and development. Ascertain that all staff is competently trained on the design system (IHP 2) and the kitchen range (NAVISION) and receive adequate development support to secure the store performance and succession needs.
• Manpower planning. Prepare plans, set productivities and supervise the kitchen designers to ensure highest levels of work efficiency within the budgeted productivities, motivation and control all the budgeted cost.

Financial:

• Prepare annual business plan and budget for the kitchen department (i.e workforce, budgets) and management information provided to support appropriate business decisions.
• Review and monitor daily and monthly KPIs and analyse reports on various measurable factors against benchmarked figures (i.e. reports relating to stock levels, stock ageing, top sellers, service levels with regards to stock availability, range analysis, manpower productivity, etc). Working with the team to create meaningful actions to achieve agreed goals.
• Controlling costs through working in a lean, simple, cost-conscious way using good examples and solutions, and encouraging the team and colleagues to discover more effective ways of working.

You must have:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day.
• High School/Trade School Graduate.
• From 3 to 5 years in a similar role.    

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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