Project Controller - DOW

Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. 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.

Would you like to be responsible for setting up project plans for development of new products?

Right now we are looking for a Project Controller for our Outdoor & Secondary storage development area, who will lead the process to develop Outdoor & Secondary storage range of the future.

As Project Controller 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.

This role is a permanent position and located in Älmhult, Sweden. In this role you will be reporting to Business Navigation Manager.

Your main responsibilities as Project Controller are:
• 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.
• Administration of the range in the internal product information system and of the projects in the project management tool.
This position is located in Älmhult (Sweden), Warsaw (Poland), Shanghai (China) or Bucharest (Romania) and may require extensive travelling (150-200 days/year).

If you have any questions about the role please contact Imran Kalwar, Category Manager Comfort Seating at imran.kalwar@inter.ikea.com. If you have questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact People & Culture Recruiter Zuzana Vackova, +46 (0)72-151 12 46.

We are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your CV and motivation letter in English by 10th February 2021. Please note that we will review the applications continuously and we may close the job opening once we find the right candidate.
If you have questions about the position, please contact Business Navigation Manager Marcus Bengtsson at +46 72 352 78 97. If you have questions related to the recruitment process, please contact Christina Appelqvist +46-766113408

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest 29 of January 2021.
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 candidates. So don’t delay, please send us your application today.