IKEA Jurong - Sales Associate (PART TIME - 20 hours per week) - Weekdays & Weekends

<ul><li>To know and understand the customers’ shopping behaviour, retail trends & life at home and use this knowledge to provide the relevant solutions for our customers.</li><li>To ensure that sales and profitability is secured through sales steering and range efficiency to maximize growth.</li><li>To know the importance and actively work with replenishment proposal- securing the right parameters to ensure product availability.</li><li>To ensure that my area of responsibility is in excellent shape as new, fully stocked and that a high level of merchandising basics is always in place.</li><li>To contribute towards improving the customer experience in the store and maintain a high level of service standard with a “First time right” mindset.</li><li>To support a customer-friendly and efficient execution of the payments, exchange & returns and click and collect process.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Requirements:</b>• You are able to work on <b>retail peak hours</b>,<b> weekends and Public holidays.</b>• You are able to commit <b>at least a minimum of 20 hours per week</b>• You have the ability to align customer needs and expectations with business needs.• You have the ability to communicate with various levels of co-workers from different functions;• You have the ability to work on agreed working methods independently and reliably.• You have the ability to find solutions for customer and operational issues.</p>

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