Store Designer

Store Designer

Real Estate Group – Store Designer

Are you looking for a Real Estate role with a focus on designing stores? Do you want to be part of a successful, growing organisation? Seize your chance and join the Real Estate department of Action! 🎉

This is your daily action

"As a Store Designer, you ensure an efficient, clear, and attractive layout for our new stores. A uniform and sleek layout is crucial for the shopping experience of our customers. Finding creative and pragmatic design solutions while striving to maintain simplicity is the challenge in this role”

Action is growing and we are opening new stores in existing and new countries. As International Store Designer, you manage the store design processes during the initial phases of entering in a new country, including the design of our first stores with focus on quality and supporting local construction teams. This means that you are operating on an international scale.

You build strong relationships with other departments as Format, Store Operations and our international store design colleagues as you are the first point of contact in design solutions. Additionally, you create, explain and maintain different design guidelines and make sure that store design country teams are aligned with the latest standards and monitor quality of works.

Meet your team

Our Real Estate department sets Action’s strategy for the continued growth of our organisation. The Acquisition team focuses on finding and leasing store space, the Construction team on design, building, renovation and maintenance of our stores and the Support team ensures that our teams are supported efficiently. In addition, IHQ Store design team maintains close contact with local design teams in each of our countries of operation.

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This is you

You enjoy working in a dynamic and international work environment where no days are the same, as you switch your focus from local to overarching processes during the day. Due to your social and communication skills, you are able to build strong professional relationships. Furthermore, you have technical skills and enjoy the balance between the social and technical part of the job.

• Attention to detail.
• Good command of English.
• Good knowledge of CAD software (AutoCad /Revit).
• Preferably, you have work experience in a similar role.
• Ability to work in international environment.
• Works effectively with others to achieve common goals.
• Formal education on design/construction as advantage.

How we contribute to society

If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you join us. For example, we are working hard behind the scenes to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,000 children worldwide who are growing up in an SOS Children’s Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 124 nationalities? That we already source 70% of our wood products and 86% of our cotton sustainably? And that only energy-efficient LED lighting is used in more than half of our stores? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.

What we offer

• A temporary contract with the intention of offering you a permanent contract in the long term.
• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week).
• A company laptop and mobile phone.
• Extensive education and training at our own Action Academy.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager.
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action.
• A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam + we offer a shuttlebus service from station Hoorn if you come with public transport).
• Working for a dynamic, international organization with lots of opportunities to grow.