“IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishing at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process 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 Europe is one of total nine Purchasing Logistics Areas within IKEA, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund and Kaunas.”

We seek a Sustainability Compliance Auditor for the Sustainability Compliance team in Purchasing & Logistics Area North Europe based in Älmhult, Sweden.

In this position you support and develop our business with suppliers in the Nordic countries to safeguard that the manufacturing of IKEA products meets world-class standards in the area of environment and social & working conditions. 

‘IWAY’, The IKEA Way on Purchasing Home Furnishing Products, is our code of conduct and our guiding principles together with our Group Sustainability Strategy ‘People and Planet Positive 2020’.

Your assignment

• Plan and perform IKEA Way audits and initial assessments, in accordance with IKEA Way Working Method and IKEA Supply Chain Audit Procedure
• Update relevant IKEA systems, in accordance with IKEA Way Working Method
• Support and challenge IKEA Way implementation follow-up by suppliers and business teams
• Support business development by combining sustainability expertise with a sound business sense
• Being a good IKEA Ambassador and living our values

Your knowledge, skills and experience include: 

• A passion for Social & Environmental questions and Sustainable development
• Analytical, systematic and a good communicator with a convincing style
• Understanding the IKEA Business Idea and Social Responsibility Code of Conduct, and how they meet customer’s requirements
• Previous auditing experience is an advantage
• Knowledge in/understanding of business and industry/supply chain processes
• Driver’s license, type B
• Good knowledge of local legislation in Nordic countries
• Native/fluent in Swedish and very good knowledge in English. Fluency in Finnish is an additional bonus as we work with all Nordic countries

Growing together

We expect you to understand and believe in the values of the IKEA Code of Conduct. You have good communication skills and the ability to develop a fruitful dialogue with suppliers and business teams. We also believe you have energy, desire and capability to develop business & people.

You are a hands-on field operator with the ability to organise, meet deadlines, set responsibilities and work unsupervised. You are a person with good analytical ability and drive and you are also ready to travel extensively.

We offer you a variety of tasks both in the office and at IKEA suppliers with a fun, friendly, non-hierarchical, open and international team atmosphere. Moreover, you have a wide range of education and self-development possibilities. We also hope you want to contribute with your unique competence to IKEAs future growth!

Please note that this position is in Älmhult, Sweden, home of IKEA. We look forward to receiving your application IN ENGLISH. For position information please contact Mattias Lövgren via mattias.loevgren@ ikea.com

we're looking forward receiving your application including cover letter and CV as soon as possible! Last day of application is 18th of May 2018.  We take candidates into the recruitment process continuously and close the position down once we have found the right candidate. 

If you are one of the candidates we feel have the required experience we will contact you by email or phone. If you go further in the recruitment process we will invite you to interviews in Älmhult, Sweden

In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact our HR via aorui.pu @ikea.com