Project Controller

Can you really reach out to the whole world, while working in a tranquil idyll in the middle of nowhere? In Älmhult you can. Älmhult, Sweden is home to IKEA Range & Supply. IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA retail channels with home furnishing solutions available to the many people.

Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the 420 IKEA stores and other multichannel touchpoints around the world with the turnover of 38.3 BEUR. The total range is almost 10,000 products. So, what happens in Älmhult doesn’t stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

IKEA thrives when our passion for home furnishing and leading IKEA into the future comes together with excellent business sense and ambition to really move the business. IKEA of Sweden and the Business Areas are leading the range and business agenda across the IKEA value chain. 

Are you excited to work with product development? 
Do you get a kick out of working with project management? 
Do you enjoy connecting with many different people while you make things move forward? 
Are you comfortable to be the person in the room asking the uncomfortable questions? 
Do you get energy form organizing and facilitating meetings but also working with numbers? 
Is your favorite color blue?

If you answered yes to the questions above, Congratulations! then you might be the next Project Controller in BA Livingroom in IoS. 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. 

We are constantly striving to create a Better IKEA and a Better everyday life for the many people. Business Area Living room & Workspaces is a big part of IKEAs product range, and we try in every case to challenge ourselves to develop our ways of working in order to meet the needs of the many people. The Business Area runs many product development projects and is now looking to find a Project Controller with great ability to lead and develop how we work with Project & Range management in our business! 

 As a Project Controller some of your tasks will involve: 
•    Project management including project planning, tracking and follow up, according to project goal, time plan and KPI’s.
•    Proactively lead the development process, secure process compliance and continues process improvement.
•    Administration of the range in the internal product information system.
•    Project administration within project management tool.
•    Capture and document project learnings and secure utilization in future projects.

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Robert Törnqvist, robert.tornqvist1@inter.ikea.com. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408. 

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. Please send us your application in English today! At the latest, 6th June 2022.