People & Culture Leader | Core Business Franchise

About you 
Do you wake up every day wanting to help people (and organisations) grow? Do you naturally find ways to navigate and make sense of complex situations? Does diversity in your work motivate you? Are you a person who likes to think big, start small and act now? If this sounds like you, then you may be just the person for us!  

Interested? Make sure to read the whole ad so you know how to submit a complete application

About People & Culture Leaders 
Your strength is in translating IKEA business needs into action. This starts with setting clear objectives, navigating our corporate system, and collaborating across networks and matrices; it ends with enabling everyone who is involved to contribute and make the intended impact. To love this job, you will have to enjoy the many sides of working in a complex, international, ever-changing environment. 

Also, while each People & Culture Leader works closely with one area of our business, success is heavily reliant on teamwork and collaboration with colleagues across a matrix. 

Here is an idea of the type of work you will be doing 
Develop and maintain a strong People & Culture foundation, together with colleagues in the matrix. This includes securing operational excellence in implementing and maintaining human resources processes and working methods in areas like recruitment, onboarding, leadership, career and competence development, performance management, working environment, etc. 
Coach management (teams and individuals) and co-workers to continuously develop their leadership capabilities.  
Support management with people-related questions.  
Lead and/or support in organisational changes. 
Contribute to making IKEA a diverse and humanistic workplace, developing and maintaining a trustful climate that encourages an open and honest dialogue.  
Promote IKEA culture and drive initiatives to keep the IKEA key values a living reality. 
Ensure compliance with internal regulations related to human resources. Secure a strong collaboration with HR Operations to take action in case of deviations or potential improvements. 
Collaborate with colleagues (in People & Culture and management teams) to ensure internal communication and information about People & Culture topics reaches the right people, at the right time, in the right places. 
When it comes to practical skills and experience, you will have: 
6–8 years of People & Culture or HR experience (or equivalent in a related field or business), and the knowledge of processes, tools and practices that come with it 
strong personal leadership, with the ability to self-manage your workload, capacity, approaches, and contributors (without direct reporting relationship)  
the ability to translate long-term strategic visions into realistic tactical plans and HR operational tasks 
the capability to coach, facilitate and transfer knowledge with proper communication skills  
in-depth knowledge of the IKEA brand, our shared culture and values, and the IKEA people strategy and approaches 
knowledge of, and interest in, market conditions/trends 
the capability to support and enable (organisational) change 
an affinity for connecting and engaging people (throughout IKEA)   
the ability to work in-depth on specific topics, as well as lead developments in broad areas that go across the whole organisation 
the motivation to build networks, relationships and partnerships that will help IKEA to grow. 
About us 
Our vision, to create a better everyday life for the many people, influences everything we do. It’s a vision that lives in the everyday efforts of all co-workers, all over the world.  

Fulfilling the IKEA vision requires a strong, efficient and sustainable business setup. That's why it's built on a franchise system. The IKEA Franchisor, Inter IKEA Systems B.V.,  is the worldwide owner of the IKEA Concept, and has the responsibility to ensure that the IKEA Concept stays attractive and competitive while enabling growth and a profitable business for IKEA franchisees. 

Take time to explore the IKEA Franchise system here, and read more about us here. 

A few more details for you 
15 June is the closing date to apply for this role. All applicants must submit an English CV and the answers to these two questions: 

1.     Which came first: business or people? 

2.     What is the last thing you learned, and what has changed since you learned it? 

This is a fulltime role (40 hours per week) located in Malmö, Sweden. You will report to one of our Leadership Area managers and in matrix to our People & Culture Manager.  

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Please note that we will be starting with the interviews during the opening of this job ad