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About IKEA Malaysia

IKEA Malaysia is part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA (a Swedish multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services). Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has been the world's largest furniture retailer since 2008.

Your role

As a Food and Beverage Intern at IKEA Malaysia, you will be assigned for the following work:

• You will be working in the IKEA Food and Beverage function primarily and supporting various functions including but not limited to Customer Relations, Sales, Communication and Interior Design, and other departments deemed necessary to optimize the IKEA shopping experience.
• You will learn and contribute to fulfilling the below tasks of the IKEA store:
  • To act as a highly efficient and staffed sales mechanism
  • To show home furnishing solutions full of inspiring home furnishing ideas
  • To serve as a well-qualified home furnishing specialist
  • To provide a day out for the whole family.
  • You are ready to perform and participate in additional assignments/activities, which help you build a strong network within the Company and colleagues.

Training & development 

IKEA provides its employees with training & development programs:

• IKEA has its system of learning and training designed for a specific job position.
• New employees receive introduction training where they learn about how the company operates, the safety and security rules, customer-friendly principles, and IKEA’s environmental approach.
• Each new employee is assigned a mentor – a colleague who answers all their questions, shows them their department, and introduces them to their colleagues.
• IKEA organizes Development talks at least once a year which is a friendly meeting with the manager where the employee and manager agree together on the employee’s future goals and development plans, etc.

Benefits

Aside from getting an attractive monthly allowance, you may also get the following internship benefits:

• Gain hands-on experience in working with the biggest home furnishing retailer in the world
• Build a professional network with the professional team in IKEA Malaysia
• Exposure to dynamic retail especially in a home-furnishing industry
• Training, mentoring, and coaching from the IKEA team

Career progression

Regardless of whether you work with IKEA for a short period, part-time, or for a lifetime, all jobs are equally important in IKEA. However, the company loves long-term relationships with its people. Therefore, many students stay at IKEA after finishing the internship. Changing paths and developing at IKEA is a common thing. 88% of IKEA leaders are recruited from within. Therefore, based on your performance and interest, you may develop your career with the company after finishing the program.

Work-life balance

Working hours at IKEA are great, regularly from Monday to Friday, from 10 AM to 10 PM. You won't bring any work to your home. Working days only allows 5 days in a week, the gap between shift will ensure 12 hours. Specifically for this role, you'll be required to be able to work on public holidays, weekends, and shift hours.

Company culture

IKEA has been positively reviewed by a lot of its employees in various career sites. The company is described as having a fun working environment where every staff is like a family, a very good human resources management, and supportive colleagues with no gap between subordinates and superiors. The company supports each employee to optimize their potential. 

About you

To apply for this role you need to meet the following requirements:

• Opened to local students studying culinary in Malaysia
• Willingness to learn more about home furnishing and explore the retail industry and explore on food and beverages
• Want to know what is it to work with a Swedish organizational culture & values
• Strong desire to learn along with a professional drive
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g Excel, Word, Powerpoint
• Able to work on public holidays, weekend, and shift hours

How to apply

To apply for this position, click the button "Apply on employer site" on this page. We will navigate you to IKEA Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. Make sure that you have read all of the requirements mentioned above.

Sources

The sources below were used in researching this page:

• ikea.jobs.cz/en/development-in-ikea/
• ikea.com/be/en/this-is-ikea/work-with-us/students-and-graduates-kick-start-your-career-at-ikea-pub03257c90
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/IKEA-Malaysia-Reviews-EI_IE3957.0,4_IL.5,13_IN170.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng