Our team within IKEA At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.

We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work. We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion. We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing. We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.

What you need to know Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

5 weeks’ Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave and much more

24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support

15% Co-worker discount

Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant

Co-worker uniform provided

Free Co-worker parking

Bonus programme (where eligible)

Advantages Membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers)

Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

Additional information:

This role is Permanent Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight

The internal job title is Unit Food Commercial Manager

This role is based on-site at IKEA Tempe store

As our store operates 7 days per week,



you must be available to work a rotating roster including day and evening shifts, as well as alternating weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a video interview.

About this work area As a Food Commercial Manager, you will act as the commercial business leader for IKEA Food, driving performance across all food areas while delivering a seamless and inspiring customer experience. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Leading and driving food commercial operations, ensuring strong execution of the commercial strategy, commercial calendar and sales-driving initiatives.

Implementing IKEA commercial frameworks, standards and cross merchandising strategies in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Delivering a high-quality, seamless and memorable customer experience across all food areas, including the Swedish Restaurant and Swedish Food Market.

Securing operational excellence, ensuring food safety, compliance and high standards are consistently met.

Coaching and developing team leaders and co-workers, ensuring the team has the right competence and capability to deliver results.





Using customer insights and feedback to continuously improve the Food business and customer journey.

Contributing to and executing the unit business plan and IKEA Food business plan, connecting Food to the overall store commercial agenda.

Driving commercial performance and profitability, ensuring strong top-line sales and healthy gross margins.

Working cross-functionally to ensure Food is integrated into the total store experience.

As a Food Commercial Manager, you are a strong, values-driven leader with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational excellence. You have:

A passion for food, people and commercial results, with the ability to turn strategy into action.

Proven leadership experience, with a minimum of 3 years leading teams or leaders in a high-volume, customer-facing environment, ideally within food retail or hospitality.

Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, analysing P&Ls;, and optimising sales and margins.

Excellent planning, organisational, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

The ability to influence, collaborate and build strong cross-functional relationships.

A customer-first mindset with an understanding of customer behaviour in a retail or food environment.

The ability to lead through change, inspire teams and deliver results through people.

A strong alignment with IKEA values, with a passion for diversity, inclusion and creating a positive workplace culture.

We need people like you At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us!

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📌 Food Commercial Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Ikea Gruppe
📍 Sydney