**Company description**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.**Job description**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**To secure timely posting of the schedules that deliver to the needs of the store while continuously seeking and coordinating business opportunities through optimised staff planning focused on our coworker, customer and business.**ASSIGNMENT TASKS**- Aware of the people strategy and ensuring the regional and local principles/ guidelines are reflected in our co-workers schedules by providing expertise, support and training of end-users in scheduling.- Responsible for the utilization of scheduling solutions, and ensuring they reflect optimized staff planning practices.- Support department managers on a frequent basis to support in the development, adaptation and improvement of quality schedules that are within the forecasted hours and have updated coworker availability and skill levels- Responsible for following up on the store staff planning process from forecasting, where highlighting commercial influences are taken into consideration, to following up that schedules comply with all labour rules and internal requirements.- Identify possible improvements in the store staff planning process, identify and escalate possible impairment of the staff planning process when the scheduled or actual hours exceed the agreed financial framework to the staff planning manager- Continuously monitor on staff planning related KPIs, produce schedule related reports. Working with the staff planning manager to identify succession in the staff planning specialist function- Interested in Home Furnishing and retail industry**Qualification**- Process driven and result orientated- Good personal disciplines and an ability to work within set deadlines- Self-reliant, motivated and resilient with proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently A flexible and open approach to change self awareness and confidence in your abilities- Computer proficiency with intermediate MS Excel skills Possess good speaking, reading and writing skills in the native languages of your store- Demonstrated ability to coordinate people and tasks, follow up and work with a sense of urgency- Strong attention to detail- Staff scheduling experience- Experience working in a customer-focused service industry, preferably retail- Experience with and knowledge of scheduling software used in the store- Possess good reading and writing skills in English if not the native language- Able to work on weekends and Public Holidays**More Information****_Important Note:_****_Read more about_**IKEA Vision and Story
