Bistro & Sweden Shop Co - worker

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

• Location Richmond
• Employment type Part Time Permanent
• Department Food & Restaurant
• Deadline 2026-06-27

Candidate profile (title) What you'll need to have

Candidate profile (text) - Default language • You have an amazing attention for details (like expiry dates) and can effortlessly juggle multiple competing priorities (like making sandwiches and keeping your work station sparkling clean).

• You are open to learning, have a general can-do attitude and are energized by teamwork.
• You’re not the type to ever be caught cutting corners because you’re so Health-and-Safety-conscious.
• You have at least 6 months of customer service experience in a similar environment (preferred but not required).
• You enjoy working in a physically demanding, fast-paced, environment.
• Experience in shipping and receiving would be an asset.

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

Key responsibilities (text) • Contribute to implementing the global and national compliance standards to secure a safe environment for customers and co-workers

• Contributes to the IKEA brand position by acting as a brand ambassador for IKEA and IKEA Retail Food
• Contributes to securing the customer experience and exceeding customer expectations
• Applies the retail foundations and sales steering tools optimising commerciality
• Contributes to continuous improvement by seeking and acting upon customer feedback
• Act on own initiative and both give and take responsibility when taking actions
• Ensures own development through building competence and contribute to a high performing team
• Contributes to the implementation of the unit business plan and the IKEA Retail Food business plan and other action plans

Team vision ( title) About this work area

Team vision (text) Thanks to us, customers, co-workers and people at home can have a better everyday life through food that’s good for both people and planet. Together we serve more than 660 million customers yearly at the IKEA restaurants worldwide, underlining our Scandinavian heritage by offering a modern taste of Sweden. We also offer a variety of foods in our bistros and in the “Swedish Food market”. We are a diverse group of people who all live by the motto: Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is!

Local section (title) Why you will love us

Local section (text) Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as IF Bistro & Sweden Shop Co-worker.

The starting rate/ salary for this position is 19.28 CAD

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

Your uniqueness makes Ikea better

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact View email address on ca.snapjobsearch.com

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.