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. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy.
Would you like to be responsible for setting up project plans for development of new products?

Right now we are looking for a temporary Project Controller for our Collections business, who will lead a development team and process to deliver both Curious & Seasonal Collections. 

As Project Controller you lead project management and product development process to ensure that the team delivers to project ambition and time plan throughout the project. You lead project planning, tracking and follow‐up and secure that the team delivers to project ambition and in compliance with the product development process.
In the role you will be reporting to Business Navigator.
The position is temporary until January 2022, and located in Älmhult, Sweden.
Your main responsibilities as Project Controller are:
• Responsible for project management including project planning, tracking and follow up, according to project goal, time plan and KPI’s.
• Proactively lead the product development process, secure process compliance and continuous process improvement.
• Capture and document project lessons learned and utilize these learnings in new projects.
• Administration of the range in the internal product information system and of the projects in the project management tool.
In addition, specifically in in Business Area Textiles, Social Entrepreneurs and Collections, you will be the lead for project team meetings and team development.

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 have a passion for details and excellence in operations. You have the ability to analyse, draw conclusions and to understand how decisions and processes impact the totality.
To be successful in this role:
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 work experience
- Knowledge from Microsoft Office and project management tools
- Be fluent in English
 

Additional information

If you have questions about the position, please contact James Johnson at +46 70 990 69 30. If you have questions related to the recruitment process, please contact Christina Appelqvist +46-766113408

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest November 30th, 2020.
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 candidates. So don’t delay, please send us your application today.