Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment. You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

We are looking for another bright light in Business Area Lighting and IKEA Home Smart.

We are 120 home furnishing enthusiasts who develop lighting and smart tech products for a beautiful and more convenient life at home. Small changes in lighting have a great impact on wellbeing, and bring out the beauty of the IKEA range! Clever technology like built-in charging, smart lighting and much more delights our customers and simplifies life. Our award-winning teammates inspire our customers and each other to create a better everyday life at home. So, are you ready to shine with us

ABOUT THE JOB

As Project Controller in IKEA Home Smart, you are part of the product offer development teams. You will contribute to establishing new business and developing new products in the product area of speakers. You will lead the projects together with the Product Developer as well as planning and follow-up. You work actively with project management to ensure that the team delivers to project ambition and time plan. Together with the team you stay on top of deviations and you will ensure the team’s compliance to processes, working methods and business rules.

This is a temporary position of 12 months.

ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT

Your main responsibilities as Project Controller are:
• Responsible for, together with the Product Developer, taking the lead in projects
• Lead planning and following up according to project goal, time plan, KPI:s, budget and other resources
• Ensure alignment within the project team, facilitate meetings and in regards to communication keep both internal and external stakeholders updated on the projects
• Administration of the range in the system
• In the matrix, you will contribute to the development of working methods and tools

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a goal-oriented team player with the communicative ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and engage people by creating a passion for objectives, plans and processes. You take initiate and have the courage to question and challenge. When facilitating meetings you drive the agenda in a way that leads to decisions and conclusions. You have the ability to analyse, draw conclusions and to understand how decisions and processes impact the totality. Experience from working within IKEA is meritable.

In the role of Project Controller we expect you to have:
- Experience from leading or coordinating projects
- Project management and leadership skills
- An academic degree within Business Administration, Project Management, Economics or equivalent
- Knowledge from Office and project management tools
- Fluent in English

If you have questions about the position, please contact Deputy Business Navigation Manager Chiara Fasano at +46 723 528 811. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Olivia Håkansson at +46 734 223 166. 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 candidate.

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest February 25th.

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA store with home furbishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.