Al Futtaim Jobs - UAE National Customer Service Assistant - Front Desk & Cashier | IKEA | Dubai Festival City | Dubai (Dubai, AE)

About Al-Futtaim Private Company LLC

 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

About Al-Futtaim IKEA

 

GROWING TOGETHER...

 

We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

 

Al-Futtaim IKEA holds the franchise rights for IKEA in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

 

About you

You have the ability to work in a fast retail environment. You are enthusiastic about assignments and working with others in a team. You are able to prioritize and plan tasks to reach the targeted results. You have a passion for home furnishing, retailing and how people live at home.

 

What’s more, we believe that you have the following knowledge, capabilities and motivation:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day
• High School Graduate
• 2+ years experience in a similar role or Customer Service with Cashiers background
• Customer Focus
• Effective Communication
• Team Player
• Excellent English communication skills, Arabic Speaker would be preferred
• Good Leadership & Interpersonal skills

 

 

About the position

You are responsible to oversee and provide support on the Info desk, in order to assist customers in a friendly and professional manner. 

 

Key Specific Accountabilities:

• Follow the SOP pertaining to cash handling, receiving payment by cash, cheque, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
• Compute and record transactions ensuring 100% accuracy for all register transactions.
• Count and record the float before trading begins and upon close of trading ensuring accurate cash handling and safe custody of collected cash.
• Greet and welcome customers on arrival at the store and ensure shopping tools and catalogues are available for the customers providing bags / trollies as appropriate to facilitate the shopping journey.
• Ensure that company's customers are well attended to by responding to their needs & working efficiently to minimize queues.
• Ensure that the customers who come to the Returns & Exchange desk perceive the policy as generous and the procedure quick and easy.
• Handle routine customer complaints promptly and courteously, ensuring that customers are dealt with in a prompt and courteous manner to guarantee maximum customer satisfaction.
• Greet and welcome customers on arrival at Smaland ensuring the Smaland admission policy is explained in a friendly and professional manner.
• Ensure the Childs safety is their main priority while they are in Smaland providing a safe environment for children within the area.
• Make announcements and pages the customers (parents) if there is any issue with the children in the playroom area or general announcements to customers when needed.
• Ensure all system procedures are adhered to as per policy / procedure.
• Book IKEA services (Home Delivery, Assembly, Measurement) and follow up on out-of-stock articles in self-serve
• Handle returns and exchange issues based on own judgment, experience and authority given by the management according to which exceptions can be made to retain a customer.
• Use the information from Returns & Exchange desk to detect and act upon or report to the management about a product fault, safety problem or transportation problem
• Brief the Duty Manager on complaints that require management assistance. 
• Prepare daily / weekly / monthly reports of transactions at the returns & Exchange desk to be used for reconciling with the cash till as well as the accounts for the period of the report as well as analyzing trends on sales and profitability and performance of the store.

 

A few more things for you

 

Interest? Then please join us for a rewarding career journey!

 

We are here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.

 

Before you click, “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

 

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

 

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