Why we will love you
You are someone who understands how the design of a retail-led built environment creates value in our lives. You are able to collect and understand a lot of different information and input, identify the main factors, and form a design direction to communicate, execute, review and adjust.
You bond well with people and understand different cultures and environments, able to adjust yourself according to the situation.
You are creative by nature, and always looking to use your creativity to improve a product, experience or process. You can sell your ideas with enthusiasm and build an energy around you. You are honest, fact-based, focused on the priorities, decisive and dedicated.
For this role we are looking for a leader, an influencer, someone to create and protect good design solutions.
To succeed in this role, you need to have experience in retail and/or shopping centre developments.
What you'll need to have:
• University degree in Architecture or in a building design related field.
• Minimum 8 years full cycle experience with Shopping centre developments and/or management with an international real estate investor/developer.
• Minimum 5 years in a management position leading design teams, with proven leadership skills and track record.
• Experience and knowledge of all building design stages, including construction and handover.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Sketch up, Photoshop, Microsoft office packages.
• You are fluent in the English and Spanish language (both spoken and written).
What you'll be doing day to day
As Design Manager you will ensure that Ingka Centres' ambitions and objectives in design quality, integrity, program and cost are implemented, monitored and managed in the project through all design stages.
You will have many different tasks, some of them are:
• Responsible for the design of multiple projects across different countries ranging in size from small refurbishments to large new-builds.
• Ideas generation, visual communication, scope of work development, consultant procurement, internal stakeholder alignment, design team management.
• Project presentations, assessing quality of work, forming a design direction and executing it.
The position will be based in Madrid-Spain.
Our team within Ikea
Ingka Centres, along with IKEA Retail, are part of the Ingka Group, a values-driven company with a passion for life at home and a vision to create a better everyday life for the many people.
Together, we at Ingka Centres provide local communities with Meeting Places that offer many reasons to visit – always anchored by IKEA and together with many inspiring partners. We attract many people, every day by offering places to shop, eat, socialize and experience things together. Today we provide 47 Meeting Places in 14 ountries and we have big exciting plans for the future. Read more about us here: https://www.ingkacentres.com/en
As a Design Manager at Ingka Centres you will be a part of the Expansion & Development Function. The purpose of the Expansion & Development function is to generate revenue and growth of new and current Meeting Places while also collaborating with IKEA Retail, the Ingka Group and external contractors with the goal of delivering the needs of customers and local communities within the locations they operate.
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