IKEA for Business Interior Designer, IKEA Thailand (6 months contract)

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. We operate in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand – and have an ambitious expansion plan to bring a little bit of Sweden to new markets in the region. We are part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA.

We also develop, own and operate Shopping Centres that are anchored by IKEA and create walkable communities by including residential, office and other types of real estate in our development plans.

We work towards making sustainability a natural part of our everyday work. We are active in our communities, driving and supporting social initiatives that benefit children, women and the environment.

• In support of the IKEA for Business sales functions, review and clarify design brief requests from customers
• Review and amend centrally produced interior design proposals to ensure that the solutions match the expectations of the customers.
• Secure the Life at Home' through locally relevant and commercial home furnishing the IKEA Way, ensuring interior designers deliver high-quality, simple, and cost-effective solutions using global tools and best practices.
• Support the Sales Manager in preparing and conducting presentations to larger customers.
• Ensure that the company’s competitive advantage within Sustainability is incorporated into the general design proposals, in support of the overall image of IKEA for Business.

Motivation

• Enthusiastic, with strong desire to be part of a positive and challenging environment.
• Enjoy working with others to create positive and different-with-a-meaning solutions.
• Strong sense of motivation from creating something ‘new’ and go where no one else have gone.
• Sense of achievement coming from the feeling of doing ones best and reach for a higher ambition.  

Knowledge

• Strong conceptual and creative understanding of the IKEA range, with ability to combine products into coherent offers, and communicate the IKEA concept to customers.
• Experience in interior design and application of the IKEA range.
• Deep knowledge in Interior design and trends that influence home furnishing
• Alignment with IKEA’s Sustainability strategy, and knowledge of how to communicate its principles in the offerings.
• Fluent in verbal and written both Thai and English.

Capabilities

• Understanding and commitment to company Culture and Values, with good ability to convey these directly and indirectly through own way of being.
• Positive personality. Fair, honest and trustworthy with excellent interpersonal skills, strong commercially creative sense, and good sense of humour.
• Strong sense of customer service.
• Self-reliant with proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• Supportive to others, keen to share knowledge and learning with others in the organization, and to go the extra mile as part of an ambitious team. 
• Ability to present, facilitate and communicate to the others with fluently in English

Please apply by 22-MAY-2025.