Swedish furnishings retailer Ikea is shifting its buying workplace, which sources merchandise for its world provide chain from India, from Gurugram to Bengaluru from Might 1, 2023. Ikea, which has earlier this week opened its fourth retailer in India, needs its buying workplace to be close to the opposite entities, stated an organization assertion.
“With increasing enterprise improvement, our outlook in India is optimistic and we wish to be in shut proximity to different IKEA entities (like Retail, International Enterprise Operations) and the various clients. To seize this chance, we’re relocating our Gurgaon workplace to Bangalore from 1st Might 2023,” it stated.
The corporate is offering relocation help to its staff, who decide to maneuver to a Bengaluru underneath the “relocation coverage”. “If a co-worker chooses to not transfer to Bangalore, we are going to do our utmost to help them find job alternatives inside IKEA akin to IKEA retail India or different IKEA items exterior India. It is going to comply with the recruitment course of and relocation help as per the relocation coverage.
“If a co-worker will be unable to discover a job inside IKEA, we are going to help with exterior job teaching from our profession transition service supplier,” it stated.
Ikea has been sourcing merchandise for its world provide chain from India for the reason that Seventies.
The Swedish furnishings retailer sources from industries, together with textile, carpet, mattress, house equipment, plastic and metallic merchandise.
IKEA India (a part of the Ingka Group) earlier introduced to launch its first retailer within the Bengaluru on June 22. The big-format retailer is linked to the Nagasandra metro station, it stated in a press release. IKEA India additionally introduced Anje Heim because the Market Supervisor for the Karnataka market.
Unfold over 12.2 acres, the 4,60,000 sq. toes IKEA Nagasandra retailer claims to characteristic over 7,000-plus inexpensive, good high quality, sustainable and well-designed house furnishing IKEA merchandise, the assertion stated.
