IKEA People & Culture 
Developing people and culture is powerful! It’s about putting co-workers in the center with a focus on engagement and purpose. It is about engaging in the constant development of our culture. It’s about enabling the shifts we want to do – to be more open and transparent and to focus more on assignment and competence and of course to embrace our differences.

As People & Culture function we want to be relevant and to truly contribute and add value to the business development in a fast changing and challenging world, by attracting, recruiting and developing people who love to fulfill our vision, by enabling a foundation for a great people experience and by enabling people to lead based on our culture and values.​​ 

We are now looking for a Communication leader that truly sees the people & culture perspective as a natural part of the business and have the capability to connect across the organisation to lead and enable the People & Culture network assignment

As part of the People & Culture Core Business Range management the Communication Leader has responsibility to secure purposeful communication, internally and externally, connected to the People & Culture assignment. In the role you lead the communication process of planning, creating, executing and following up communication to relevant stakeholders.

Furthermore you will:

• Be responsible to lead, develop and execute the People & Culture Communication plan, to position and deliver the People & Culture assignment within IKEA Core Range and throughout the IKEA Network
• Lead the internal communication calendar and manage the communication structure and flow within the People & Culture
• Lead the tactical internal and corporate communication to support the business and people agenda
• Plan, create and execute communication content from People & Culture designed to inform, inspire and engage
• Develop the communication competence in the and enable others to lead with communication and represent IKEA
• Contribute to strengthen and position the IKEA brand among co-workers and other relevant stakeholders.

We want you to have experience and knowledge within the communication area. You should have extensive knowledge of how to lead with communication by defining, planning, executing and follow-up communication to relevant stakeholders. Further, you should have solid knowledge of how to segment stakeholders and strengthen key messages to support different needs and situations.

As a person, you are flexible and get energized by working both independently and in partnership, you appreciate the mix of strategic thinking and turning communication into practice. You easily build trust and strong working relationships across a wide diversity of people. You have high integrity and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in a responsible way. You are able to influence others on all levels in the organisation. Moreover, you have a desire to find new, simpler ways and make them happen by inspiring and motivating people.
You have a strong drive and you are self-motivated. Strong leadership capability with holistic approach and the ability to work together with people across all parts of IKEA.
We also want you to have:

• Good understanding of IKEA of Sweden
• Good understanding of the IKEA identity, core values and vision to secure the right representation.
• Demonstrated leadership skills based on IKEA culture and values
• Fluent in English both written and verbal

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application in English latest 2nd of September  2021. 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.

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact People & Culture Manager Christina Stenberg at [email protected]. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Marie Sandman on +46 768545309