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Ikano Retail

Retail and consumer solutions provider

Junior Sales Representative

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePuerto Vallarta, Jalisco, MexicoNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Professional communication experience with corporate clients.
  • At least 3–5 years of experience selling to professional customers, with a proven track record; experience in interior furnishings or related industries is preferred.
  • Broad knowledge of optimizing customer experience across physical and digital touchpoints.
  • Strong stakeholder relationship management skills.
  • Strong time-management skills.
  • Strong skills in analyzing, structuring, and managing databases.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English.
  • Understanding of and commitment to the company’s culture and values, with the ability to convey them through personal conduct.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced operational environment.
  • Strong negotiation and commercial skills, with experience in sales and interacting with large clients or organizations at executive level.
  • Strong customer-service orientation.
  • A positive and highly organized approach.
  • Honesty, trustworthiness, interpersonal skills, and creative thinking.
  • Flexible approach to work and openness to change.
  • Confidence and demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Willingness to support colleagues, share knowledge and learning, and contribute to an ambitious team.

Responsibilities

  • Build the company’s reputation for professional, timely customer service by creating a satisfying, integrated experience across customer touchpoints.
  • Develop, establish, and verify opportunities through active prospecting to support regional sales management activities.
  • Maximize sales for IKEA for Business by applying knowledge of the product range, local market, customers, store layout, IKEA digital tools, and colleagues’ expertise.
  • Support the efficient operation and continued success of IKEA’s sales system and concept.
  • Learn product features and benefits and share product knowledge proactively with customers and colleagues.
  • Apply expertise in the assigned area to identify business opportunities.
  • Understand best-selling products, strategic product families, and the “4 Aces and 1 King”; promote alternatives when products are unavailable.
  • Monitor stock and supply status for best-selling products and IKEA for Business functions, and guide sales toward products with good availability.
  • Understand store services offered to IKEA for Business customers and use this knowledge to support informed purchasing decisions.
  • Ask relevant questions to understand customer needs and support purchase decisions with accurate information and suggestions.
  • Follow the department’s work routines.
  • Manage and maintain regional incoming leads through the designated IKEA for Business website, email, and/or contact number.
  • Proactively identify and contact prospective customers.
  • Identify new leads for specific IKEA Mexico verticals at the request of the IKEA for Business leader.
  • Analyze market trends, sales records, and customer needs to provide reliable, timely data to support the country sales team.
  • Prepare and follow up on IKEA for Business quotations based on customer needs.
  • Track and ensure completion of all IKEA for Business customer orders.
  • Lead execution of IKEA for Business orders with support from fulfillment functions.
  • Process invoices for IKEA for Business store orders.
  • Motivate frontline colleagues and promote a positive mindset of accountability, care, and customer service by setting a good example.
  • Lead and follow up on IKEA for Business after-sales service matters with support from customer relations functions.

About the Company

Ikano Retail

Retail and consumer solutions provider

Ikano Retail is part of Ikano Group, an international company network with about 8,000 employees across 11 countries. It operates in real estate, production, insurance, data analytics and retail, and focuses on making everyday life easier by providing relevant, affordable, and sustainable solutions built on fair terms. The company works by developing and delivering services and products across its diverse businesses to meet people’s needs and simplify their lives. What sets Ikano apart from competitors is its family-owned heritage (owned by the Kamprad family) and its broad, multi-sector approach that ties real estate, manufacturing, finance, data analytics and retail together under a shared mission, aiming for long-term sustainability rather than a single-product focus. Ikano’s goal is to create possibilities for better living for many people through collaboration and fair, affordable, sustainable solutions.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Luxembourg
Founded
1988

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