Food Service Co-worker

With a unique Småländsk history, Älmhult is the heart of IKEA, where we have our roots. It’s the home of functional, well-designed, and affordable Swedish home furnishing and a center for innovation. We call it Democratic design. 

IKEA Älmhult AB, including IKEA Museum, IKEA Hotell and IKEA Property, is on an exciting journey to make Älmhult an even better place for the next generation. Together we want Älmhult to grow, with both people and businesses and make this a unique and attractive place where the many people can experience IKEA yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We want to build the next generation of culture carriers and to strengthen the IKEA Brand.

The main assignment for Business unit Hospitality & Hotel, is to enable a great visit and stay that comes with a unique Älmhultish hospitality.

At IKEA Älmhult AB we greet our guests in many of our facilities, such as: The restaurant at IKEA Museum, the Lobby restaurant at IKEA Hotell, Grillen, MUMS and Aktivitetshuset. We are now seeking someone who is passionate about creating a genuine and warm experience for our guests during breakfast, lunch and evening service. We believe that you can make a huge difference with your engagement and enthusiasm in meeting and exceed our guests' expectations.

Your tasks will include:

• Taking orders during lunch, evening and weekends
• Taking orders at the counter, table service and presentation of menus and drinks
• Preparing and keeping our restaurants in shape for service both indoor and outdoor
• Serving of drinks and beverages
• Handling payments

We are looking for someone who loves to provide service and always meets our guests with a smile on their face! Preferably you have previous experience of working within the restaurant or service business. You thrive in a high pace environment with a lot of people around. You have the ability to take initiative and recognize what needs to be done. Furthermore, you have a curiosity for learning new things and enjoy finding solutions, including handling any issues that arise throughout the day. And of course you share our passion for IKEA's history, culture and values!

• You are passionate about food and work together with the team in supporting each other to create the best visitor experience for your guests.
• You speak and write both Swedish and English fluently, it’s a plus if you master an additional language.
• You handle computers and IT-related applications.
• You are at least 20 years of age and have a valid Swedish working permit.

This is a full-time permanent position with start date as soon as possible. The job requires that you have a valid work and residence permit in Sweden. Our schedules follow our restaurants opening hours, where daytime, evening and weekend shifts are included. Our opening hours span from 05:30 until 23:30. All our venues are located in Älmhult.

You are welcome to contact recruiting manager, Maria Hörnebrant, [email protected] if you have any questions about the job. Please note that we do not accept applications via email. 

Note that we might remove the job posting earlier than the set end date if we find our new colleague! Please apply no later than August 30th 2025.

If you want to know more about our businesses, please read more on our websites: www.ikeamuseum.se and www.ikeahotell.se.

Welcome with your application (CV and motivation letter)!