Can you really reach out to the whole world, while working in a tranquil idyll in the middle of nowhere? In Älmhult you can. Älmhult, Sweden is home to IKEA Communications AB, aka ICOM. ICOM produces content for IKEA.com, which is visited around 2,1 billion times a year. We're also behind the IKEA catalogue with a yearly circulation of around 210 million copies. On top of that, we churn out a ton of content for social media, not to mention motion media and 3D work so cutting edge that it makes the folks in California sit up and take notice. So what happens in Älmhult definitely doesn't stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

What is IKEA Communications
The mission of IKEA Communication (ICOM) is to create and produce excellent communication that positions IKEA as a strong, unique and meaningful brand. We contribute to IKEA with global consumer centric and content driven communication. We strive for an agile way of working in an everlasting journey of developing the business. At ICOM we believe that our workplaces should be about people. They should be sustainable and reflect our values and needs, both in the physical and the virtual working environment. We believe that we perform, innovate, collaborate and meet our business goals in the best way when we are able to choose where, when and how we work.

Älmhult has good commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund, Växjö and IKEA shuttle bus to Helsingborg back and forth several times per day.

Here it is. Your chance to develop people and business together in the most influential small town in the world.

Right now we're looking for an HR & Competence Manager who can be a strong contributor in the Management Team in the overall leadership of ICOM. That someone with the ability in strategic thinking and dares to be different in strategic challenges, staying relevant to the many people, today and tomorrow. Someone who enjoys the business as well as helping people to grow and develop.

As HR & Competence Manager you are accountable for bringing people and business together to create excellent and sustainable performance. In this role you will actively contribute to the growth of business by leading competence development and by working in partnership with all businesses and other support functions.

The HR department at IKEA Communications supports our managers in the People core processes at IKEA,
Building Competence, Talent, Succession & Diversity, Great Place to Work and Leadership & Inclusion, in order to develop a strong collaboration with business.

The assignment will include:

• Lead the HR team and ensure that the HR strategies are executed in the most effective and efficient way in order to fulfill the purpose of the HR function.
• Actively work in partnership with business leaders to contribute to business performance, with focus on leadership and competence development, and by securing the HR basic processes.
• Lead and drive the HR agenda including the Competence Priorities and ensure that the HR plan is implemented and anchored in the business.
• Influence and motivate management team members to continuously develop leadership capabilities within their function according to business needs, as well as contributing in the development of the global People agenda.
• Support the building of business competence with focus on Core Competencies and seniority, together with business leaders.
• Ensure that IKEA Communications is known as an attractive place to work and positioned as a preferred employer in the industry.
• Together with the business leaders, secure an up-to-date succession process.
• Being a good example of the IKEA values within and outside IKEA, and help to safeguard and promote the IKEA culture.
• Driving and supporting change on both a business and organizational level.
• Responsible for HR related agreements and co-operation with the unions.

To be successful in this role, we think you are motivated by leading business through people, demonstrating leadership capabilities and acting as a role model for the IKEA values in your daily work. You have a strong belief in the individual´s potential and their ability to grow and develop. You are strategic, tactical and operational thinking, goal and solution oriented as well as ambitious.

You also have:

• Proven management and leadership experience as well as working with complex problem analysis and solutions in large organizations.
• Documented experience to work on a strategic business agenda: adding value to business strategies and having the ability to lead global HR/competence assignments.
• Ability to translate business needs in HR solutions.
• Ability to be a natural leader and skilled in change management.
• Experience in creating and implementing strategic plans and following up goals.
• Business understanding and proven ability to have made a difference by positively influencing the business directly.
• Ability to identify need for and drive change within the organization.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build trustful relations.
  

Sounds interesting?

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as you have decided that this could be something for you but no later than 26th November.  We take candidates into the recruitment process continuously and close the position down once we have found the right candidate. Please note we do not accept applications by e-mail. 

If you are one of the candidates we think have the required experience we will contact you by email or phone to plan a telephone interview.

 If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Måns Persson at +46 708 21 95 45