In Business Area (BA TESEC) Textiles, Social Entrepreneurship and Collections we are a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for the small products that make the home a home. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.

We are on an exciting journey with our Textile, Social Entrepreneurship and Collection businesses, a journey where we build on strengths and challenge ourselves and our business to be truly affordable, sustainable and desirable for the many people.
Textiles are an important part of people’s lives and homes during all phases of life. They create that warm, homey feeling in a room and home, and they can have features that improves your sleep and keep you warm or cool. Our Collection range invites for exciting experiences in products and solutions for your home, enabling IKEA to attract new customers to our home furnishing offer. Through Social Entrepreneurship we get to be a part of creating new opportunities for vulnerable people and communities – while fighting the root causes of poverty and inequality.

We’re now looking for a Communication Leader to join our team. As a Communication Leader, you will play a key role in our management team and business area on our quest to develop our communication agenda towards consumers and co-workers. Do you want to join our fantastic team?

As a BA Communication Leader you have the responsibility to secure purposeful communication, internally and externally, connected to BA TESEC. In the role you lead the communication process of planning, creating, executing and following up internal communication to relevant stakeholders. You are the visual, verbal and written communication expert in the BA. 

Furthermore you will:

• Lead the holistic communication to position the BA TESEC businesses within and beyond Range & Supply to strengthen the IKEA brand.
• Support the BA’s corporate communication agenda.
• Lead change management and communication together with People & Culture and Line Manager and contribute to the implementation of business strategies, priorities, and processes through communication.
• Lead the tactical internal communication to support the business and people agenda as well as leading the internal communication calendar and manage the internal communication structure and flow within the BA.
• Manage the communication productions within the area of responsibility.
• Develop the communication competence in the BA and enable others to lead with communication and represent IKEA according to IKEA values and IKEA tone of voice.

We believe that communication is a big part of your life and who you are. You are passionate about communication as a business enabler and tactical tool to lead business and people and to drive engagement. You have a good knowledge of IKEA identity, core values and vision to secure the right presentation.

We’re curious about the way you lead with communication and manage to share and engage others. What does change management mean in today’s world when many things in our business and society are in constant change? How do you reason about internal and external communication? Why do you work with communication? We’re inviting you to continue the dialogue and share your good ideas about how to move business and people with communication. 

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English latest 15th of October 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 candidate.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact: Annette Sjölander, Marketing & Communication Manager BA TESEC at [email protected] If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Marie Sandman on +46 7685453