Communication Leader, IKEA Supply

We’re strengthening our communication team with senior communication leaders who can lead and execute communication initiatives, big and small, to keep co-workers and stakeholders inspired and engaged in what we do in IKEA Supply. If you love to strategize with the receiver in mind, collaborate through networks and get things done, you’ll feel right at home. 

IKEA Supply is responsible to source, manufacture and distribute IKEA products to the IKEA retailers. Our various business units are leading an exciting development agenda with everything from digitalization and automation of our supply chain to responsible sourcing and our climate agenda (we want to be climate positive by 2030). The overall communication assignment is to lead, develop and enable impactful communication that delivers to making IKEA even more affordable, accessible and sustainable and contribute to strengthening IKEA as a meaningful and trusted brand in people’s hearts and minds. The global communication team holds together the strategic communication agenda for IKEA Supply, leads common topics and activities and coordinates and supports initiatives across the business. We also have a matrix responsibility for the communication community, enabling competence development and best practice. This all means you’ll have plenty of learning opportunities and a good chance to create impact.

A big part of our assignment is to build understanding of IKEA Supply, our strategic agenda and contribution to building trust in IKEA. We do this by enabling proactive and transparent communication that delivers to our business and people priorities, that what we communicate is relevant and engaging and is communicated to the right stakeholders at the right time, always with IKEA tone of voice.

As Communication leader you lead, develop and enable effective communication by defining, planning, executing and following up communication to relevant stakeholders. You drive an open and sharing climate, you lead rooted in the IKEA values and you have a passion for keeping co-workers informed, engaged and empowered. This role will have its primary focus on working with the common communication agenda across IKEA Supply, developing our ways to reach and interact with our many co-workers and stakeholders. You will also be working as a business partner to key stakeholders.
Plan, develop and execute communication activities that create engagement with our target groups and help position the IKEA Brand
Be a strategic and tactical communication partner to your stakeholders to define and enable their communication needs and goals
Contribute to developing our communication channel landscape to support the everchanging needs of the business and target groups
Create clear and actionable communication plans and communication briefs to enable efficient and effective creation, production, and follow-up. Set and agree briefs with stakeholders that clearly indicate the “what”, “why” and “when” in order to deliver business impact. Work with internal and/or external resources to deliver to the defined communication within budgets and timelines
Contribute to the implementation of business strategies, priorities and processes through communication
Be a visual, verbal and written communication expert, coaching and supporting stakeholders and colleagues in creating impactful communication
Contribute and deliver to cross-functional assignments prioritised in the matrix/common initiatives


Sounds interesting? 

We have several open positions and are looking for you who have communication experience and an interest in different topics

Please apply in English before 27th of April 2022. Please also note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates. So don’t delay, please send us your application today

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact Deborah Eckerby, Communication Manager, IKEA Supply at Deborah.eckerby@inter.ikea.com (+46 737087816). For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Marie Sandman on +46 768545309

We look forward to receiving your application!