IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA Purchasing & Logistics is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing & Logistics Area North (PLAN) is one of 8 Purchasing & Logistics Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, Moscow and Kaunas. PLAN consists of several functions, such as Purchase Development, Supply Chain Operations and Supply Chain Development.

The role of the People & Culture (PC) team is to establish IKEA as the preferred employer by attracting those who share the IKEA values, ensuring development for all co-workers, inspiring them to perform and remain with IKEA by:

• Working in partnership with the business staff functions
• Ensuring the appropriate P&C processes and tools are implemented
• Actively contributing to the growth of business through people
• As a member of our P&C team, you are expected to be a strong contributor to the development of managers and co-workers, providing human resources (HR) expertise and ensuring that the P&C strategies are implemented in the most effective and efficient way

About the assignment

• Understand business context, issues, and challenges to provide specific advice and support to managers and co-workers
• Ensure P&C-related compliance and take actions in case of deviations or improvement potentials
• Ensure that all labor law and company regulations, policies, and guidelines are considered and followed accordingly
• Support in attracting, recruiting, and maintaining talents based on business needs and facilitating competence flow within and cross-category areas
• Implement locally the organization`s competence development agenda
• Being a role model for IKEA Culture & Values and by that, secure legal, ethical, and moral perspective in people management and leadership situations

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you need to have:

• At least 5 years’ experience as an HR or an equivalent role
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences in English, both verbally and in writing
• Fluent in German
• As a person you need to be passionate about people and to have a strong belief in individual’s potential
• Your knowledge of German labor law is well-founded. You can mediate between employees, employers, works councils, trade unions and authorities in a trustworthy and successful manner
• You need to be genuinely interested in and have a solid understanding of IKEA business dynamics
• You are self-reliant and motivated with the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently and have the ability to establish trustful relationships
• Furthermore, you have good communication skills
• And last but not least, you are passionate about the IKEA culture and values and the IKEA brand

If you have lots of energy, a strong drive and high commitment and you enjoy working in a diverse and changing environment where there is still time for laughter every day, this could be the job for you.