You see things a little differently. So do we! At IKEA, we believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.

IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinventing ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.

Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development (SCD) organization. This is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities.

Job Description

Are you passionate about leading and developing people in a big organization, collaborating on setting direction and priorities, contributing to develop the supply chain including leading through change? Do you want to be part of something new where you have a big chance of influencing and shape how we work together? Then this is the right challenge for you!

In the new ways of working some specific competences will be managed and organized in competence hubs. We do this to develop people and business together by ensuring better competence development, deduplication and ensuring better utilization of capacity. The focus is on developing people and create optimal preconditions to perform in the delivery teams. You will also be connected to the networks across Inter IKEA Group, led from Group Operations management.

As a Competence Hub Development Manager, you will, among other assignments:

• Attract, recruit and develop highly competent coworkers.
• Plan and develop competence to deliver on the capability area plans, current and future.
• Driving the competence agenda, identifying needs and gaps, and build leadership, competence, and succession plans.
• In close cooperation with Digital Product Area Managers, secure capacity for the digital product teams.
• Secure upskilling to meet short- and long-term business needs.
• Set standards and guidelines to secure commonality and uniformity for respective discipline across Inter IKEA, in close collaboration with Network Capability area managers.
• Lead implementation of new agile ways of working in the Capability Area.

In this role you will report to the Supply Chain Planning Development Manager and be a part of the management team together with Digital Product Area Managers.

Qualifications

We are on a journey of a new way of developing IKEA through processes, capabilities, product & platform-based ways of working. This will be done in close collaboration with stakeholders across IKEA, as we will work closer together to align our plans, remove duplications, and stop double work.

We are looking for a person with several years of experience in leading business and people. We wish that you have a high motivation towards leading people and securing their development while you have a passion for planning and leading in a global assignment.

Your key capabilities are:

• Strong knowledge of IKEA value chain
• Knowledge and understanding of the IKEA processes and organizations.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Strong interest to lead development in IKEA supply chain.
• Leading people & securing competence development.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

Additional information

This position is located in Älmhult, Sweden.

Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email.

We look forward to receiving your application at the latest 2nd of April, 2024.

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to the recruitment manager: Jim LeGates [email protected], Supply Chain Planning Development Manager

If you have any questions about the Recruitment process, feel free to connect with People & Culture Specialist Ellinor Asschier [email protected].