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We are now looking for a Recruitment Manager at Range, in Älmhult. Do you want to join us?  It is essential to know that you must be based in Sweden near our offices in Malmo or Älmhult, and it's mandatory to be in the office three times a week.  We don't offer relocation or visa support for this role.

Your new job: to create a world-class recruitment experience! 

We're now looking for someone to take a temporary assignment covering a maternity leave as Recruitment manager. You’ll lead from our Älmhult office a diverse team of specialists that develop how we attract, source and recruit people to find the best talent matches for our future needs. Suppose you’re passionate about driving a development agenda, exploring new ways to deliver value for the business and our candidates, and continuously supporting the team to adapt to new needs and talent market preconditions. In that case, this is your role! We’re on a journey to increase our tactical planning and forecasting abilities and data and insights-based decision-making, improving systematic integration of ED&I frameworks and driving a more adaptive approach to sourcing and recruiting. We’re also exploring new ways of activating our target value proposition towards our target groups, from awareness campaigns to recruitment marketing.   

In this role, you’ll work closely with P&C stakeholders and the business to create an outstanding people experience and build long-term relations with talents internally and externally. This means you:  

• Lead the recruitment development team in Range, with accountability for business deliverables and people responsibilities. Operational responsibilities included sourcing and recruiting for IKEA Marketing & Communications and IKEA Components in Sweden.  

• Secure an outstanding candidate experience and talent advising function.  

• In collaboration with process and capability leaders, contribute to and adopt the development of efficient and effective ways of working, from forecasting and planning to people assessment to enabling more adaptive ways of sourcing and recruiting, based on talent insights and business needs. 

• Enable new ways to attract talent to Range through a strong tactical and operational employer brand agenda towards new and existing co-workers, as an integral part of the Inter IKEA employer brand work, strongly connected to the IKEA Brand and communication agenda.  

• Enable a strong schools and universities agenda for Inter IKEA companies in Sweden, ensuring we create partnerships with and branding towards target groups that create short-term and long-term value for the Inter IKEA business. 

• Contribute to ensuring a trustworthy and seamless co-worker experience across P&C processes in Range, which are explicitly connected to talent flow, succession, onboarding, and hiring processes.  

• Facilitate contributions to cross-functional projects and networks connected to Talent management, people analytics, and future competence needs in Inter IKEA Group.   

What we’d like you to bring to the table  
We think that you:  

• Are an experienced leader with strong and proven leadership capabilities.   

• Genuinely enjoy working with many diverse people, forming collaborative relationships and networks, and working on strategic, tactical, and operational processes.  

• Love to see the full picture, connecting the dots and driving development with others.  

• Want (and can lead) new ideas, formats and ways of working

It’s a plus if you also have:  

• Capability to translate business and people needs into Recruitment development processes and solutions.  

• Capability to embrace diversity and include people with different views and backgrounds.  

• Very good understanding of Talent Management.  

• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.  

• Understanding of, and skills in working with complex questions and driving cross-functional work 

• Lots and lots of curiosity  

Be yourself, a Recruitment Manager, and more! 

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects our franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns our overall strategy. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives. 

Your role belongs to a diverse and multi-cultural team of people that is passionate about positively influencing people’s lives and enable both talents and the business to reach its full potential. Your team is your homebase, but you will be working with a wide network of stakeholders and teams. We believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important.  

This role belongs to the P&C enabling function Range and reports to the People & Culture Manager in Range, Älmhult. You’ll be part of the P&C steering group and the P&C leadership team in Range.  

We welcome your application 

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by April 21. 

You apply for the role by uploading your CV in Smart Recruiters, including your answers to these two questions:   

• What do you believe is your contribution to this position?    

• What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?   

Please keep your answers short and concise.  

For questions contact: Daniel Svensson daniel.svensson9@inter.ikea.com or Timon Krommendam timon.krommendam@inter.ikea.com.  
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.   

Location: Älmhult  

Full-time 2025-06-01 – 2026-08-01