Company description
Job Requisition ID: 151907 Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world\'s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group\xe2\x80\x99s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate. By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day
Job description
Overview of the role Lead the in-store logistics division and all logistics and stock operations to maintain customer satisfaction at the highest standard in all sales channels by ensuring a consistent availability of high quality offer at the lowest possible cost. What you will do

• Lead & manage In-store Logistics operations for IKEA store and ensure all operational objectives/metrics are delivered, including: quality, quantity, cycle time, and cost, through development and execution of tactical and operational initiatives.
• Ensure that systems and methods stated in IKEA Concept documentation are implemented in the areas of responsibility.
• Work actively on optimizing the cost of goods.
• Ensure that the ordering process of the store is working at all stock levels and that all goods in the store are in line with the sales pattern.
• Ensure the store is delivering a high-service level to customer and maintaining a health stock balance to avoid overstock and out-of-stock situations.
• Maintain the function\xe2\x80\x99s manpower cost budget.
• Ensure that safety and security guidelines are implemented in the store and SOPs are followed properly in the division.
• Develop the competency level of all managers and co-workers in the Logistics function.
• Support the store by covering peak days as a Duty Manager.

Required skills to be successful

• Strong analytical and tactical planning abilities
• Excellent communication skills.
• Build strong working relationships.
• Coaching & training skills.
• Leadership abilities
• Motivate coworkers for efficient work and develop the organization.

What equips you for the role

• Minimum of 5 \xe2\x80\x93 7 years retail management experience, goods-flow/supply chain management preferred.
• Highly developed understanding of retail operations.

Qualification
About Al-Futtaim Retail Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer\xe2\x80\x99s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference\xe2\x80\xa6