Unit People

Who you are

As a person you are passionate about people, business, IKEA’s purpose and continuously driving better performance. You are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people as well as motivated by leading and developing people.

For this role we believe you have
- Human Resources background with 1 year experience as a Generalist
- Proven record of developing people and organisations
- Experience from a global matrix organisation and/or participating on global projects
- Deep awareness as to how to implement long-term plans, according to set budgets and goals
- Knowledge of how to create co-worker engagement, and develop talents
- Knowledge about the rights and obligations of workers and employers, and how to mediate the relationship between workers employing entities, trade unions and the government.
- Knowledge of identifying, assessing, encouraging and ensuring co-workers´ performance against organisational and individual goals.
- Knowledge of introducing a co-worker to IKEA, the team and work activities in an effective and performance-enhancing way.
- Knowledge of how to use, govern and manage partnership models in a responsible way to build trustful partnership relationships.
- Being passionate about people and having a strong belief in individuals’ potential
- Reflecting what IKEA stands for and the IKEA values
- Leading business through people
- Develops virtual and other collaborative relationships to facilitate current and future objectives
- Takes action without needing direction from others - ability to work independently, take own initiatives and responsibility but also a team-player
- Influences stakeholders in an inspiring and personal way Motivates and interacts naturally with both managers and non-managers.

**Responsibilities**:
Take joint responsibility, working alongside leaders to make sure the business priorities and the people agenda are aligned, and deliver growth by driving our business through the people.
- Responsible for ensuring daily People processes and routines are secured, and efficiently delivered to a high standard
- Responsible for implementing people approaches and all aspects of the people agenda and ensuring these are embedded and understood by leaders.
- Coach and advise leaders so that they are confident & competent in managing their day to day people processes in line with the labour relations principles, local policies, procedures and laws and to uphold IKEA employment standards
- Responsible for ensuring that the talent and succession goals for the assigned business areas are being consciously achieved, providing advice and expertise to line managers to secure a quality and timely process
- Ensure that line managers develop business competence & leadership competence for today & tomorrow by using the relevant competence building tools and methods to secure the wonderful customer experience in a multi-channel environment.
- Proactively meet with, and provide functional expertise to, key stakeholders in order to build meaningful relationships and optimise business opportunities.

Together as a team

At the heart of our business are people. We create a better everyday life together by living our shared values and safeguarding our unique culture. To create an inspiring IKEA experience we need to make sure our co-workers have the preconditions to meet our customers in the best possible way.

The purpose of the People and Culture function is to secure the competence and organisation to reach our business ambitions.

To succeed, we are focusing on three movements:
1. People choose IKEA for what we stand for

2. Engaged IKEA people with customers at heart

3. A modern, lean and agile IKEA fit for growth