Sustainability Leader

IKEA is a values-driven, global furniture and retail company with a vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. At IKEA, we are passionate about sustainability, and our overall ambition is to become people and planet positive, inspiring and enabling the many people to live within the boundaries of the planet by 2030. We are now seeking a Sustainability Leader to join our Sustainability team in Älmhult, Sweden, helping to make this ambition a reality.
Job Description
The Sustainability Leader supports the business development teams to set priorities, develop and implement common action plans with suppliers to meet sustainability goals, in line with Category Plans, within specific areas of expertise (e.g energy, water, waste, recycled materials etc..).
Defines Sustainability priorities and goals and secures the right pre-conditions to reach and follow up on goals, as part of Category Plans and contributes to the growth of business by providing specific support and competence for suppliers’ development
Develop and manage project plans according to outlined scope, ensuring alignment with key internal stakeholders and driving toward business objectives.
Supports the business development teams in the sustainability assessment of potential new and existing suppliers, as well as motivates existing suppliers and business development teams to continuously identify new sustainability related business opportunities
Responsible to collect, verify, aggregate and report the relevant Category suppliers sustainability data (SSI) and make a yearly action plan for each supplier, providing relevant analysis to support business decisions
Support suppliers in the implementation and development of IWAY (IKEAs code of conduct) and make it an integral part of their management systems in close alignment with the Purchasing & Logistics Areas
Lead and/or support sustainability related supplier development projects in alignment with category plans and priorities
Support business development teams in implementation of global sustainability working methods, tools and IT-systems
Be an active member of the relevant Global Matrix Group and contribute to the sustainability agenda development by leading and/or contributing to global development projects. Act as an ambassador of the IKEA values and spread Sustainability knowledge to co-workers around you.

Qualifications
You are a creative self-starter, ready to take your sustainability acumen and apply it into a dynamic business environment where everything is changing. You thrive on distilling complexity into simplicity, demonstrating the evidence behind the sustainability impacts and making them accessible for everyone.
You value strong relationships, serving as a team player who contributes and builds on the team’s successes. You are comfortable taking on new challenges and offering challenges of your own as we drive toward our people and planet positive ambitions.
To be successful in this role, you bring:
• Capability to perform analysis and draw conclusions to support the right business decisions and implementations
• Capability to build relationship built on trust, to support long-term partnership
• Capability to organize and work independently
• Capability to communicate clearly and in an inspiring way
• Capability to lead the projects
• Capability to facilitate trainings and workshops
If this is you, then join our Sustainability Team as the Sustainability Leader!
We are look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously so do not delay, send in your application today! Last day to apply is Feb. 6 2023.