People & Culture Project Leader for Purchasing Development

Company Description
In Purchasing Development, our assignment goes hand in hand with the IKEA Business Idea, created 75 years ago, as we are responsible to produce the wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. Affordability, accessibility, sustainability and quality are our main priorities. We develop and execute sourcing strategies and thus meet the supply markets/industries in 6 different categories. We are a true global organization with 1300 co-workers placed in 27 different locations, close to the suppliers and the market. The business development teams work close together with both suppliers and Product Development.
Job Description
As a People & Culture Project Leader for Purchasing Development (PD) you will play an important role in developing business and people together and securing that we have the right competence in the right place today and tomorrow. You will work close together with People and Culture (P&C) Mgr for Purchasing Development and you will together lead the global P&C agenda for the total organisation. You will lead the development, adaptation and implementation of P&C processes and projects across PD in order to contribute to excellent sustainable business performance. You will be part of PD Extended mgm team as well as PD P&C matrix and you will report to P&C Mgr for PD.
Furthermore, you will:
Lead the implementation of P&C processes and together with P&C Mgr, identify better ways of working across PD, taking advantage of synergies as well as utilizing the gathered competence to achieve best result.
Lead the work, from creation to the execution, of the P&C common global project portfolio across PD.
Be overall responsible for the Talent development process (including recruitment and employer branding) and Competence development process within PD.
Aggregate the competence development needs across PD from the different CAs and lead the work to address the competence implications together with matrices and Competence Development Area leaders.
Be responsible for competence development portfolio mgm for PD and together with CDALs secure the execution of relevant, up to date and innovative learning solutions that are available and communicated to the many people within PD.
Work in close collaboration with main stakeholders; P&C leaders PD, P&C Managers and Generalists in PLA, to secure implementation and seamless P&C experience within the fields of responsibility.

Qualifications
We are looking for you who is passionate about enabling people to grow, seeing the talents in people with a strong interested in leading development, change and improvements.
You are an inspiring and clear communicator and a strong relationship builder. You have good ability to lead through others, including in the unknown and in a fast-changing environment. You always see the whole picture and you have a “get-it-done” attitude, being open to doing things differently. You can catch opportunities, synergies and connections across Range and Supply and combine working on a strategic level with acting on an operation/tactical level. You also bring with you direct or indirect leadership experience in a diverse global context.
Additional information
This is a 2-year assignment, located in Älmhult, Sweden, with big possibilities to grow into next People & Culture or leadership role within Purchasing Development.
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Zuzana Vackova at +46 721 511246.
Please submit both your CV and motivation letter in English latest by 26th August 2021 and tell us why you would be a good fit. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So, don’t delay, please send us your application today.