Project Leader, Range & Design

  • Full-time

Job Description

IKEA wants to change many things in the world. And we'll start by changing ourselves!
Range & Design matrix creates, leads, and communicates the IKEA Range Strategy and secures that the IKEA product range — our identity — will fulfil the commitment of creating a better everyday life for the many people. The organisation’s assignment is focused on the strategic development of the IKEA range and, as such, provides specific competences in design, home furnishing, communication and range development.
In this role you will have the opportunity to interact with stakeholders from all around the world.

We are now looking for a Project Leader ready to see opportunities and to try the unknown.

This is a strategic initiative from our new range strategy and the new IKEA direction. As a Project Leader for Range & Design, you play an important part in establishing and developing our future range offer and range frame allocation. This includes every dimension of the business – from the idea, through range and product development, manufacturing and distribution, all the way to bring in launch and retail homes of our customers – worldwide.

You will work together with a lot of stakeholders. You have excellent knowledge in project management and in retail. 

Overall objectives:

  • A vision of how we want the future range offer to be built and how we will allocate article numbers to that
  • Identify the optimal number of articles for different sales channels, for ex. Pick up points, city stores, online etc.
  • This initiative includes “a market relevant offer” and IKEA expansion from a range perspective


Main deliverables:

  • A description of how the future offer should be built and a recommendation of article number allocation
  • A description of how the future offer should be built (article numbers allocation)
  • A description of an offer built for future expansion including a market relevant offer

This is temporary position for 2 years.

This the right challenge for you who is a project skilled person, self-driven, and interested in how to create extraordinary growth and be tomorrows’ successes for IKEA.

You have business focus and proven record of successful business development and performance over time from idea to implementation. You are result oriented and have a strong business drive and commercial awareness. You thrive to find new business opportunities, to engage with stakeholder and to build trustful relationships. To enable this you have to have strong networking capabilities inside and outside of IKEA and the ability to engage a variety of receivers.

You have proven record of leading projects and the capacity to lead, develop coach and influence other senior leaders and specialists. You have proven ability to communicate, prioritise and organise your own work as well as the work of others in order to make the most efficient use of time available.
Furthermore you share the IKEA values and you strive for something more than the ordinary and are an enthusiastic and good communicator. You have an Entrepreneurship with a strong drive, you are known to make things happen and tend to always see the possible in the “impossible”.

Additional Information

Sounds interesting?

If you have any questions regarding the role please contact Jonas Eklöf, +46 (0)72 977 9289 or regarding the process please contact Recruitment Specialist Måns Persson at +46 708 21 95 45. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.

We look forward to receiving your application in English as soon as possible but no later than November 26th 2017.  







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