Health, Safety & Security Leader | IKEA Franchise

  • Full-time

Company Description

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About you 
You are down-to-earth, straight forward and curious. Working with many different cultures in an international environment feels good to you. As a person you are interested in designing and driving the risk and compliance agenda and contributing to a modern and harmonized approach to risk management within Inter IKEA. You easily gain people’s trust with your inclusive and humanistic approach. You are someone with high integrity who always leads by example. You are an analytical, conceptual and critical thinker with a strong ability to convince, influence and motivate stakeholders in a positive way while recognizing different interests, agendas, and perspectives. 

You have deep knowledge and experience in Health, Safety & Security. You have a strong understanding of concepts, theories, principles and practices related to Health, Safety & Security and good knowledge of the most relevant legal requirements and international standards around these topics. Ideally you have good understanding of the IKEA governance structure, IKEA business requirements and internal steering documents, and you understand the basic principles of compliance, audit and/or internal control. 

About us 
Our vision, to create a better everyday life for the many people, influences everything we do. It’s a vision that lives in the everyday efforts of all co-workers, all over the world.  

Fulfilling the IKEA vision requires a strong, efficient and sustainable business setup. That's why it's built on a franchise system. The IKEA Franchisor, Inter IKEA Systems B.V., is the worldwide owner of the IKEA Concept, and has the responsibility to ensure that the IKEA Concept stays attractive and competitive while enabling growth and a profitable business for IKEA franchisees. 

Take time to explore the IKEA Franchise system here, and read more about us here

About the role 
The Risk & Compliance function at Inter IKEA Systems is founded in a strong IKEA Culture, with unique values, and has a long-term view on doing good business, helping us to create trustworthy and sustainable relationships with all stakeholders.  

We lead the development and implementation of the Health, Safety & Security (HS&S) standards as a part of the code of conduct for the franchisees, IConduct. IConduct outlines a set of business standards in order to protect our customers, co-workers and the IKEA Brand.  

We protect the IKEA brand by providing support to proactively anticipate, identify and navigate through opportunities and risks in a business oriented and compliant way. To support Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (Core Business Franchise) and the IKEA franchisees we are looking for a leader who can support in the area of Health, Safety & Security (HS&S). 

On a daily basis you can expect to: 

  • Be part of the team leading the development and implementation of the IConduct HS&S standards. You will lead parts of the development of the IConduct HS&S compliance verification tools, learning offers and supporting material.  

  • Take part in the development of internal Inter IKEA Systems steering documents and supporting material e.g., working methods, processes and tools in this field. 

  • Provide training to the franchisees on HS&S topics in IConduct. 

  • Support and advise the IKEA franchisees and internally within Core Business Franchise with subject matter expertise upon request.  

  • Internally you will provide operational Safety & Security (S&S) support with implementation of S&S measures at Core Business Franchise sites and review of effectiveness of measures in place. 

  • Maintain strong relationships through a network of internal and external subject matter experts from the IKEA value chain with the objective to share knowledge, good practices and experience and to strengthen the trust. 

A few more details for you 
You will work in a small dedicated and energetic team having fun while delivering high quality output. You will be reporting to the Risk & Compliance manager and may be required to travel from time to time. This position is located in Delft, NL but could also be located in Malmo, Sweden.

We look forward hearing from you! You can send in your resume and motivation letter, in English, before 29th July 2022.  

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