Project Leader – Expansion Development

WHO YOU ARE
We are looking for you who are passionate about creating an IKEA fit for the future. You are motivated by increasing customer value, and you get energised by driving business growth and contributing to the overall success and results through collaboration. Working together inspires you, just as much as working in an everchanging multi-dimensional environment. Furthermore, you get motivated by finding new ways through co-creation with colleagues, other IKEA units and external partners, as well as by living the IKEA culture and values.
We believe that you come with experience in retail and a multicultural working environment. In addition, you have proven advanced training in Business Management or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years of experience in developing business and innovation and delivering results, as well as two years of leading and influencing teams. Moreover, we expect you to have experience in managing change in a complex business environment.
To be successful in this role, you have:
- Good understanding of IKEA business processes and the IKEA Value Chain
- Basic knowledge of leading people and team development, as well as change management methods and tools
- Knowledge of retail/expansion business operations and how to make things happen; how to create and implement change initiatives and manage stakeholders in IKEA and with external partners
- Good knowledge of project management processes, business development models and collaboration tools and methods
- Knowledge of IKEA concept, brand objectives, values and vision, Ingka Group strategies, priorities and strategic expansion planning process as well as the IKEA multichannel shopping experience
As a person, you are able to direct efforts to achieve long-term business objectives; prioritise, delegate and make efficient decisions with speed and simplicity. You bring good leadership capabilities and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships. You are able to take a holistic view of a global organisation and identify business opportunities accordingly. Moreover, you communicate verbally, visually and in writing in an inspirational way with IKEA tone of voice.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you will be responsible for leading business development initiatives related to strategic expansion development, including the Next Job 5 and the IKEA Business plan, specifically the Ingka engagement in the C40 initiative.
You will:
- Lead project, activity or workstream
- Lead and co-ordinate people from different units and cultures
- Manage communication to stakeholders relevant for the assignment or project, perform reporting
- Manage dependencies and interfaces within the assignment and project
- Identify, mitigate and manage risks
- Manage change by supporting stakeholders in preparing receiving organisations, taking lead for learning and communication activities
- Take lead in working across functions within Ingka Group and collaborate with other IKEA units and external partners
- Take lead in driving an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values
- Lead positive change, and contribute to building a more unique, inclusive and accessible IKEA - guided by the People and Planet Positive commitments.
This role is located in Malmö and will report to the Development Manager, Group Expansion.
ABOUT THIS WORK AREA
You will join Expansion Development - a new team in Group Expansion. We take leadership for strategic expansion development with a total market approach and omnichannel at the core.
With the customer at the heart of everything we do, Group Expansion takes responsibility for strategic expansion planning, enabling penetration of existing and new markets. We take the lead in the business development of existing and new customer meeting points. We act on business needs and empower the markets to maximise accessibility, implement our retailing concepts and fully utilise our assets in the new world of IKEA – all at the lowest cost, with an economy of scale and sustained profitability.
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET'S CONNECT!
If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact the Recruiter Ami Ka-Ling Hui at ami.hui@ingka.ikea.com.
We look forward to receiving your application in English as soon as possible. Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis.
We look forward to your application!