Regional Food Commercial Leader – Marketing & Business Development

About the role

The Regional Food Commercial Leader supports the Regional Food Commercial Manager in delivering IKEA's food strategy across the Jebel Ali market. The role ensures compliance with quality, food safety and environmental standards while driving visitor attraction, customer satisfaction and profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Integrate food initiatives into the commercial calendar in close partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Plan, conduct and follow‑up on commercial performance reviews, acting on insights to achieve excellence.
• Implement a common food commercial framework and KPI set, adapting to local legislation.
• Lead food experience improvements and innovation projects.
• Drive sales growth, visitor attraction and operational performance measured against defined KPIs.
• Utilise reporting tools such as Navision and the Functional Commercial Review to monitor and develop the food business.

Required profile

• Strong commercial competence with the ability to identify and close performance gaps.
• Experience collaborating with store food teams and central food service offices.
• Commitment to quality, food safety and environmental requirements.

Required skills

• Profit Loss KPI reporting
• Food commercial framework development
• Data analysis
• Pulse CX
• Navision
• Microsoft Office