Unit People

**Job ID**: 290072
- **Date posted**: 08/05/2025

**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 5-7 years experience as a Generalist and proven record of developing people and organisations.Experience from a global matrix organisation and/or participating on global projects is preferred.
- Knowledge of 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
- Reflecting what IKEA stands for and the IKEA values
- Leading business through people
- Having the opportunity to act local within a global framework
- Passionate to create a people oriented working environment
- Accomplishes goals, completes tasks, and achieves results
- 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
- Expresses ideas and opinions effectively in verbal and written communication
- Influences stakeholders in an inspiring and personal way
- Motivates and interacts naturally with both managers and non-managers
- Passion to create a people oriented working environment
- Experience in Business Acumen, Stakeholder Relations, Operational, tactical and strategic decision-making, Business Model Guidance, Strategy Development, Digital Literacy, HR Issue Resolution and Policy Management, Talent Sourcing and Acquisition, Performance Management and Solution Design and Development is preferred.

**Your responsibilities**Your Responsibilities will include:

- 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**IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.