PMO Leader

Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a 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. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy. 

The product range – our identity and Range & Product Management is one of the most important enablers to ensure that we live up to the IKEA vision and securing long term profitability.

Range & Product Development matrix organization consists of four main areas; Design, Engineering, Innovation and Management. You will belong to Range & Product Management, focusing on strategic development of the IKEA product range and providing specific competencies in range and product development as well as securing that IKEA range strategy and product range offer meet set objectives and goals throughout the entire range and product life cycle to fulfil the commitment of creating a better everyday life for the many people.

As PMO Leader you will be responsible for monitoring and governing projects within the framework of Range & Product Development and leading the portfolio by setting and maintaining standards and ways of working. You will gather information about the projects and programs to provide a strategic overview of the entire project portfolio, analyze consequences and provide basis for decisions as an advisor function to decision forums.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Create structures for follow up and steering of all projects connected to IKEA Range & Product Development portfolios.
• Drive development of needed tools for portfolio and project management within the scope of IKEA Range & Product Development portfolios.
• Responsible for continuous monitoring status of progress and costs for projects within each portfolio in relation to budgets.
• Analyze how projects, within each portfolio, delivers to overall objectives, for example growth, lower cost, quality improvements or reduced assembly time.
• Create follow ups and provide assistance for important ad-hoc analysis and prioritizations when required for each development portfolio.
• Support portfolio and project leaders with analytical competence, e.g. to create & evaluate business cases or to set relevant goals on both portfolio and project level.
• Prepare and lead decision meetings connected to the development portfolios
• Lead and support when it comes resource planning/forecasting in the project/portfolio.
• Develop others in processes, portfolio management and other PMO related topics.

Sounds interesting? 

Are you up for the challenge? Then this just might be for you!
Please send your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English as soon as possible.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Hiring manager Robert Carleke at +46 709607537. About recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Christina Appelqvist +46766113408

Please note that we will continuously look at applications so don't delay, make sure to show us your interest in the role as soon as possible, and by 15th of August at the latest. We look forward to receiving your application!  

Please note that due to the summer vacation period it might take a while until you hear back from us. Welcome with your application!