People Planning Specialist

WHO YOU ARE
Are you passionate about People Planning? Are you keen to protect our IKEA culture and values? Are you enjoying working in a vibrant and changing multidimensional environment? Then keep on reading because we are looking for you!
We are recruiting a new People Planning Specialist for our team!
To be successful in this role, we believe you have experience in Human Resources and/ or People Planning. You have knowledge of People Planning in large-scale commercial organizations as well as of international People Planning standards, rules, and regulations. It is beneficial to have experience from a global matrix organization and/or participate in global projects as well as have a good knowledge of our IKEA concept, the IKEA brand identity, and the IKEA culture and values.
For this role, you need to have strong communication skills, and be able to communicate with stakeholders across the IKEA world. You need to be curious about our ways of working and motivated to improve and find new ways of working. You should be passionate about finding solutions for global problems and delivering high results to the business. Lastly, you should be end-user-oriented, understanding their problems, and willing and motivated to solve their issues to create a change for the co-workers in our organizations.
At IKEA, you are welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We are interested in you simply because you are you. Our different views, backgrounds, and personalities make us better understand our customers, give us more work and spark more and better ideas. Perhaps your unique take on something could lead to a great idea that creates a better and easier everyday life for the many people.


YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role as People Planning Specialist, you are working in our Centre of Expertise team, securing access to updated knowledge about market trends, latest developments, and best practices in People Planning. You are providing expertise in enabling the optimization of the People Planning processes across Ingka Group and acting as a subject matter expert and supporting the markets. You are initiating as well as supporting initiatives aiming at adapting and improving processes, tools, and systems. Your main stakeholders are in the countries; specifically the Service Offices and the Stores. You are responsible for building and maintaining relationships with country people planning teams and supporting them through coaching and sharing of best practices.
You are responsible to create and maintain supporting material (process descriptions, learning material, working methods etc.) that facilitates better People Planning. You are supporting continuous improvements within the Ingka Group in People Planning and you are contributing to development projects when needed as an expert within the field. Lastly, you are defining process requirements on solutions needed to deliver for the process and you are proactively seeking and gathering data-driven insights and translating that into actionable improvements, in collaboration with other Group Functions.
This is a permanent position and the location is by default Malmö (Hubhult Office) or Amsterdam (Amshult Office).

TOGETHER AS A TEAM
IKEA believes that people are at the heart of our business. That we create a better everyday life together by living our shared values and safeguarding our unique culture. To be able to create an inspiring IKEA experience we need to make sure our co-workers have the preconditions to meet our customers in the best possible way. The purpose of the People and Culture function is to secure the competence and organization to reach our business ambitions, and this is where you come in.


QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET'S CONNECT!
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Julia Schnittger at julia.schnittger@ingka.ikea.com.
Please note that due to GDPR reasons we do not accept applications by email, and we want you to send us your application (CV and cover letter) in English no later than 27th of November 2022.
Studies show that members of underrepresented communities do not apply for jobs unless they are 100% “qualified”. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we would like to consider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. We look forward to receiving your application. [From: “Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified” by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014]
We will be interviewing continuously and are looking forward to hearing from you!