People & Culture Manager

About you

We believe that you as a person have a genuine passion for people and a strong belief in individual’s potential. Furthermore you have the ability to lead with business and people in mind. You are able to build trustful relationships and to inspire and develop people. You communicate in a clear and inspiring way and able to support and enable change. You have the ability to deliver to the people agenda through engaging and motivating people in a large organisation and you have a passion for competence development. Finally, you thrives in a multi-cultural, diverse environment where you have the drive to find common interests and build trust and partnership to reach common goals.

 

To be successful in this role you need to have:

 
University degree in Human Resources or related field
Solid HR background and/or business background with a minimum of 3–5 years of managerial experience
Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences in English, both verbally and in writing
Live and share the IKEA values
Knowledge/experience of IKEA ways of working and processes is an advantage.
About the job

The role of the People & Culture Department is to establish IKEA as the preferred employer by attracting those who share the IKEA values, ensuring development for all co-workers, inspiring them to perform and remain with IKEA by:

 
Working in partnership with the business staff functions
Ensuring the appropriate HR processes and tools are implemented
Actively contributing to the growth of business through people
About the assignment

As P&C Manager, you will lead the P&C function and the P&C team (total 16 co-workers, based in offices in Sweden, Germany, Russia and Lithuania). In this role, you ensure that IKEA People strategies, global competence initiatives and legal and compliance demands are locally translated into action to fulfil business needs for today and tomorrow.  

Your main responsibilities will be:  
Secure operational excellence in implementing and maintaining HR processes and working methods.
Support the development of a value-driven organisation and IKEA being a great place to work in relevant local markets.
Contribute to build up business competence, leadership and talent pipeline and support managers and co-workers in their development, according to the business needs and development plans.
Be an active member in the PLAN management team and contribute to the development of the team and its members, in close cooperation with global matrix managers.
Coach and support managers about people related topics (e.g. performance management and development, team development, change management).
Inspire and empower all co-workers and specifically the HR team to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments.
Contribute to make IKEA a diverse and humanistic workplace, developing a trustful climate that encourages an open and honest dialogue.
At any time, act as an ambassador for the IKEA values and drive initiatives to keep the IKEA values a living reality.
Are you the one we are looking for?

GROWING TOGETHER

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.

Please note that we already have a preferred candidate for this position. Please note that we do not accept application via mail.

This position is considered/mapped as a business critical position.
IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA Purchasing & Logistics is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing & Logistics Area North (PLAN) is one of 8 Purchasing & Logistics Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, Moscow and Kaunas. PLAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Transport & Logistics Services, Customs Service Centre, Quality Support Centre and Warehousing Logistics.