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 Range & Supply. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores and all other channels. The total range is almost 10,000 products. At IKEA Range & Supply you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment and the goal is always to create a better everyday life for the many people.

In the Business Steering function you will be in the heart of IKEAs strategic decisions and support our Leaders in analysis, business insights and facts. 

As a Communication Business Partner, your role will be to produce reports, make presentations and support with both strategic and tactical internal communication. You will contribute to the business priorities by enabling an inspiring, consistent, timely, transparent and trustworthy communication and messaging around Business Steering and business performance in all dimensions required.

You will coach and support your colleagues on what communication channels to use and how to use them for best effect for the business purpose, always with the IKEA brand, culture and values in mind. You like to work in a shifting environment with both operational and strategic assignments.

In this role you will be reporting to Business Steering Manager Delbert Chew. 

Come join us on our exciting journey as Communication Business Partner!

About the assignment
As a Communication Business Partner, your main responsibilities are: 

• to lead and develop communication as a strategic tool within and across Business Steering and our stakeholders.
• to create the Communication plan as well as actively contribute to the alignment, development and execution of the Communication plan. Contribute to the planning of Business Steering report year cycle, and needed presentations aligned with R&S Meeting calendar.
• to be a part of the Business Steering Management Team and actively contribute to leadership and to business plan development and implementation. Responsibility for key deliverables within the action plan.
• to coach, advise and support leaders to plan and deliver the most effective, appropriate communication through the right channels as well as to strengthen their communicative leadership. 
• to lead and coach planning, co-ordination, creation and implementation of business communication designed to inform, support and engage co-workers, suppliers and key stakeholders across IKEA; give direction on content, frequency and most effective media.
• to create the right preconditions for communication production by providing a brief and/or communication plan.  Contribute to development and delivery of Business Performance reporting aligned to the year cycle.
• to ensure a structured and planned process for change management and communication together with HR & Competence that engages co-workers in finding ways to leave the old and embrace the new for each defined and agreed change. 

• Experience from working with communication, preferably internal communication
• Good understanding of different communication channels and shaping of communication platforms, messaging and approaches in context of strategic and tactical needs
• An academic degree within communication or similar
• Experience from supporting a business operating in a global context
• Ability to create clear and inspiring messages
• Passion for the IKEA values and business

If you have questions about the position, please contact Business Steering Manager Delbert Chew. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment specialist Måns Persson at + 46 708 219 545. 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 26th August.