Do you want to work in the heart of IKEA, where needs and dreams turn into smart home furnishing solutions to make the everyday life better for the many people? Would you like to share our commitment and excitement and be part of introducing our business priorities to the whole world through internal and external PR events for the Inter IKEA Group?

Range & Supply Communication lead communication to enable better business and build trust for IKEA as a brand, company and employer. We enable better business by creating commitment and understanding for our business priorities and we set pre-conditions for colleagues to lead with communication. 

About you
We believe that you have extensive and proven event management experience, managing and delivering large events from inception to completion. You have sound business understanding with the ability to work closely with business managers. You have genuine interest in home furnishing as well as customer needs and desires. You have excellent communication skills, you understand how communication builds trust and better business, combined with tact and diplomacy and you are fluent in English.  Your organizational skills are remarkable and you have a strong delivery focus. You are detail-oriented, organised and thrive when you are under high pressure with tight deadlines. You have the ability to manage multiple ongoing projects and you have experience in ordering and handling film, live streaming, sound and light. 

About the job

• You play a key role in leading the overall project and project team from initial ordering brief through the completion and follow-up.
• You liaise with the orderer on regular basis and work closely with design and operations teams to ensure events are completed on budget and on time.
• You manage and negotiate with third party suppliers (audio visual, venues, speakers etc.) to obtain preferential terms and conditions, including payment schedules and best available rates.
• You provide regular updates on the status of each event.
• You brief in any event promotional material needed for each event.
• You ensure all operational elements for allocated events are completed in a timely manner, for example budget updates, technical requirements, supplier contracts, guest communications etc. 
• You manage operational issues on a daily basis.
• You secure that the story being told comes through in all media.

Sounds Interesting?

The position is a temporary position (two years) and is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact HR & Competence Manager Marléne Sinclair Ståhl, + 46 766 190 539. With questions concerning the recruitment process, please contact Måns Persson, + 46 708 219 545.

Take the opportunity to join fast-paced, entrepreneurial, dynamic and multi-cultural environment and send us your application in English already today! We are looking forward to getting to know you better.
Your cover letter should preferably outlive examples of the types of events you managed. We will consider applications continuosly but the last application day is 1st July 2018.

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing 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.