IKEA Industry, part of the Inter IKEA Group, is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of the IKEA value chain. IKEA Industry has 40 production units in 8 countries, with about 17,500 co-workers. Every year, IKEA Industry produces more than 100 million pieces of furniture for IKEA customers.

Are you passionate about bringing business and people together and thrives in an environment which is constantly striving to improve health and safety in business then this could be the right challenge for you!

IKEA Industry is dedicated to offer co-workers a heathy and safety work environment. This is part of our journey towards a strong safety culture. Part of this work is focusing on a healthy workplace and more specifically on developing production from an ergonomic point of view. We are now looking for a Global Process Leader within health and safety to further strengthen our sustainability team with special focus on ergonomics.

Your main responsibilities: 

• Lead the development of our ergonomic agenda
• Coach a matrix team of local specialists in health and safety.  Engage the matrix team development, training and knowledge sharing activities in the ergonomic agenda cross the 40 IKEA Industry production units.
• Lead the development of our incident reporting process
• Communication of Health and Safety reports and support IKEA Industry units with root cause analysis.
• Administrate the IKEA Industry sustainability KPI platform 
• Work in close co-operation with the Global  Process leaders for sustainability and together with the global matrix team of local experts support the overall development of health and safety within all IKEA Industry.

WHO YOU ARE

We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Industry; therefore we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception. To succeed in this role you are excited by our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people and have a genuine interest in safety culture development and ergonomics but also digital solutions. You are continuously seeking for improvement opportunities. You are a true role model for the IKEA values, a team player who is motivated by driving and delivering results together with people and you have a high level of competence and insights.

You lead with a holistic view, always acting with the best interest of the customer, total IKEA value chain and the operational business in mind. As a person you will bring energy, structure, and drive into developing both business and people. You lead by example and bring out the best in the team and the different partners and organizations you collaborate with.

We also believe that you have a combination of the following knowledge and capabilities:

• A desire to find new opportunities and to make things happen through engaging and motivating people
• Are highly motivated by challenge current ways of working and continuously find  improvements
• Gets energy from working cross functions, cross cultures in a global setting
• Have deep knowledge about leading ergonomic development
• Strong experience from project and change management
• Capability to lead with clear and inspiring communication
• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with all levels of both internal stakeholders and external partners
• Several years experience from health and safety development in a woodworking industrial environment
• Have a good understanding of how to set and work with relevant key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Experience from working with the platforms Service Now and QlickView

ABOUT IKEA

At IKEA we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging and creativity generated by people being in the same place.

Another thing fuelling our success is our values-based culture. While we are unique individuals with endless differences, something we share is our commitment to lead by example, work together, find better ways and to get things done. We believe in life-long learning, where we all play a part in helping each other (and our business) grow. 

Read more about us at https://about.ikea.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This is a full-time temporary position (15 months) located at IKEA Industry AB in Malmö, Sweden. The position requires global travelling.

Please note that we have a strong preferred candidate for this position.

QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET'S CONNECT!

Do you feel challenged and inspired by what you have seen in this job ad? If “yes!” we appreciate your application as soon as possible, but no later than 27th March 2022.

For questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Leader [email protected].