Project Controller

At Business Area (BA) IKEA Home smart you will join an amazing group of talented, passionate people with an entrepreneurial mindset who are set on democratizing the smart home. We develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realize their dreams. All on their terms. Because we believe everyone deserves a smart home.  

To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home, and we work closely with other Business Areas to both drive transformation of the existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA. We’re still at the beginning–there is lots more to come.  

We are looking for a goal-oriented team player with the communicative ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and engage people by creating a passion for objectives, plans and processes. You have a passion for details and excellence in operations. You can analyze, draw conclusions and to understand how decisions and processes impact the totality.

As Project Controller in IKEA Home smart, you lead project management and product development process to ensure that the team delivers to project ambition and time plan throughout the project. You lead project planning, tracking and follow‐up and secure that the team delivers to project ambition and in compliance with the product development process. In the role you will be reporting to Business Navigation Manager.

Your main responsibilities as Project Controller are to be responsible for project management including project planning, tracking and follow up, according to project goal, time plan and KPI’s. Proactively lead the product development process, secure process compliance and continuous process improvement.  Capture and document project lessons learned and utilize these learnings in new projects and administration of the range in the internal product information system and of the projects in the project management tool.

In the role of Project Controller, we expect you to have experience from leading or coordinating projects. Project management and leadership skills. An academic degree within Business Administration, Project Management, Economics, or equivalent work experience. Knowledge from Microsoft Office and project management tools and you are fluent in English both written and verbal.

We see that you have strong motivations and are passionate about creating a great user experience and innovations in smart homes. Energetic, driven and committed to deliver result in a high paced environment and a solution-oriented team player.   Experienced and motivated in working in a rapidly changing environment and you have a high entrepreneurial drive. Stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, always striving to develop better products and solutions.

Furthermore, we wish you to have:
•    Experience from the industry/market of Internet of Things
•    Capability in developing products/solutions including software and electronics
•    Knowledge in digital solutions and digital interfaces for consumer products
•    Capability in agile development methods of products/solutions
 

The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has  commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruitment specialist Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408.

We are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert when we find the right candidate. So don't hesitate to apply today by submitting your CV and motivational letter in English. No later than March 14th, 2022

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.