Open Co-creation Leader - co-createIKEA

Shape the future for life at home through co-creation

Open Co-creation Leader - co-createIKEA IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult

Right now we?re looking for an Open Co-creation Leader for co-createIKEA. co-createIKEA is a recently started project within the new organisation IKEA New Business and Innovation. This position reports to project manager for co-createIKEA.

Co-createIKEA is an open invitation to the world to create a better everyday life for the many people, together. It attracts and nurtures a growing and diverse community of engaged home-improvers and fans of democratic design. co-createIKEA actively collaborates with a diverse community of: innovators, researchers, universities, customers, co-workers and suppliers to identify opportunities and needs for the future.

The Open Co-creation Leader is responsible for bringing new ideas and suggestions (´challenges´) into IKEA and create a community of internal and external people to jointly work on projects and innovations. The Co-creation Leader is responsible for:
-Develop and maintain fruitful collaborations with the home furnishing businesses
-Support IKEA leaders in reaching their strategic objectives via challenges to the community i.e. think of customers, co-workers and suppliers
-Write ´challenges´
-Integrate co-creation into the Develop the Final Product Offer process
-Support IKEA leaders in aligning the IKEA business model towards future ways of living
-Set up, maintain and develop an internal and external network of people, organisations, companies and other stakeholders
-Lead projects and deliver results according to the goals for co-createIKEA

Within these responsibilities the Open Co-creation Leader draws from:
-Insights and confidence in assessing the viability, feasibility and customer acceptance of the challenges
-Strategic and future insights
-IKEA Democratic Design principles and IKEA value chain
-Insights in customer needs and wishes (future life at home)

Interested?
The Open Co-creation Leader is a senior position within IKEA of Sweden. This means that this is a challenging and rewarding position with enormous impact on the many people around the world but it needs something to be successful. Experience in project management and stakeholder alignment is needed. A strong business sense paired with excellent communication and influencing skills is required. This position evolves around setting up processes and transfer knowledge when working on bringing the outside in to product development: leading in the unknown is therefore also an absolute need. We love what we do and we seek people who love their work too and who share our values in their professional and everyday life.

To be successful in this role, you must have:
-A minimum of five years of leading people (formal or informal) and processes (DPOP) within product development.
-Solid IKEA knowledge, comprehend and deliver according to the IKEA idea of creating a better everyday life for the many
-A genuine interest in people and their life at home. Today and tomorrow.
-Connected to trends, developments and new technologies
-Great networker and inspiring communicator

We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

This is a temporary position until 2018-08-31.

Please note that for this role we do have a preferred candidate.