IKEA Food Manager, IKEA

IKEA

Location:

Japan, Tachikawa City

Category:

Gastronomy

Contract Type:

Employment contract

Salary:

Not provided

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Job Description:

Accountable for the sales and profitability of the function, the quality of food, food safety, legal compliance, customer experience and the people agenda in the store. Act as a commercial business partner within the IKEA business in the store. Lead and coach the store to optimise and develop the IKEA Retail Food business, considering the IKEA brand position, strategies, legal compliance and people and planet positive in all IKEA touchpoints as well as promoting IKEA as a great place to work

Job Responsibility:

Strengthen the IKEA brand by safeguarding a high quality, safe and inspirational customer experience
Ensure that global and national compliance standards are met to secure a safe environment for customers and co-workers
Responsible for maximising sales through commercial and operational excellence
Ensure that the store is locally relevant throughout the different sales channels by acting on insights from the local market potential and collaborating with the team and other functions in order to attract visitors
Ensure IKEA Food financial results according to unit, national and global frames
Contribute to the creation and implementation of unit yearly action plan
Contributes to the overall business success of the store as a member of the steering group
Secure a lean, diverse and high performing team through building IKEA Food and IKEA competence and leadership and empowering co-workers to act on their own initiative
Ensures relevant competence, succession, organisational development and that IKEA is a great place to work
Responsible for the implementation of the global and national people and sustainability strategies

Requirements:

Must possess a valid work visa or authorization to work in Japan
Experience in the Food & Beverage industry (e.g. fast-food chains, café chains, supermarkets, imported food stores, hotel restaurants, etc.)
Customer Service and Negotiation Experience
Management Experience (Store or facility manager, supervisor, area manager, restaurant or hotel restaurant manager, or experience in training and supervising team members)
Experience in leading a multi-faceted high-volume business and delivering business performance
Capable of communicating effectively in both Japanese and English, both in writing and verbally (Japanese proficiency above N2 level is essential)

Nice to have:

Ability to handle multiple topics and changing priorities/deadlines
Self-reliant and self-motivated with a proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
Ability to work creatively within strong frameworks
Ability to identify new business opportunities
Ability to deliver strong business results through people
Proven ability to maintain effective work and leadership behaviour in the face of setbacks or pressure
Build trustful relationships, communication and influencing skills
Experience of leading leaders
Coaching skills

What we offer:

Social insurance: welfare pension, health insurance, and unemployment insurance
Transportation expense (up to 1,530 yen/day) *Parking spaces available for car commutation
Paid vacation (available after 6 months of employment, up to 20 days maximum)
Our total yearly paid time off totals 127 days per year. In addition, we also provide congratulatory or condolence leave, maternity leave, nursing care leave, childcare leave, paternity leave, childcare leave for partners, personal injury leave, nursing leave, volunteer leave, family care leave. No matter what life stage you are at, we have the leave to support you!
Uniform rental (if required)
Employee discount system
Employee cafeteria
Christmas gift
Great value life insurance, long-term medical care insurance plans (opt-in)
Retirement allowance system (corporate defined contribution pension plan: 3 years or more of service)
Employee smoking area
Extensive learning opportunities including Rosetta Stone (language learning) and Linkedin learning subscriptions

Additional Information:

Job Posted:

March 27, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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