IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today announced the appointment of Monica Varela as store manager for its future store on track to open Summer 2009 in Tampa, FL.
"Monica's retail store experience with IKEA, as well as her product life-cycle management expertise, has prepared her for managing this store in Tampa."
"IKEA recognizes the strong customer base for us in the Tampa Bay area, so I am pleased about providing these 100,000 customers with a store of their own," Varela said. "Also, I look forward to introducing new customers to our unique family-friendly shopping experience and wide selection of stylish, functional and affordable home furnishings."
Varela, who relocated to the Tampa area from South Florida, started at IKEA after working at several department store chains. A native of Havana who grew up in Barcelona and Philadelphia, Varela joined IKEA in 1989 as U.S. sales manager responsible for textiles. In 1997, she moved to France to be a commercial/supply manager within the IKEA Distribution Services team. Two years later, Varela joined IKEA Spain as the country sales leader, and then as assistant store manger for sales at a Madrid-area IKEA store. In 2004, Varela returned to the U.S. as assistant store manager for sales at IKEA Elizabeth (NJ) near New York City. Three years later, Varela was named deputy store manager at IKEA Sunrise (FL) where she served until now becoming store manager of IKEA Tampa.
Photo courtesy of the St. Pete Times.
3 comments:
It's beginning to look a lot like a store...
I'm so excited, I love this store. Now hopefully I can land a job there :)
HI MONICA, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THIS STORE WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER.I CAN WAIT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD WORKING FOR THIS STORE.I HAVE MY OWN SAME DAY DELIVERY FURNITURE SERVICE, AND SET- UP ASWELL. SEE YOU SOON (G.D.S) GONZALEZ DELIVERY SERVICE. THANK YOU MONICA...
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