Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organization. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

• You will support our stakeholders by simultaneously leading and/or being part of the execution of several medium and high complexity Process Epics (PEPICs) and Capability Epics (CEPICS) assigned to you
• These can be of character from refinement until full realisation of the intended outcomes. 
• You will work in a truly global environment and lead multi-disciplinary teams of high performing individuals from across businesses to drive change.
• You will work in an environment where the following capabilities and experiences will be required:
  • Excellent collaboration, communication and coordination skills. Trusts co-workers and focus on the big picture.
  • Strong dependency management skills, sequencing and work breakdown refinement.
  • Knowledge and understanding of IKEA business model, strategic landscape and operating model, roles across capability, product, architecture, data, and operations.
  • Knowledge in governance forums, calendars, templates, documentation standards.
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of IKEA Business Year cycle.
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of key business development processes.
  • Strong understanding of developing capabilities in people, process, data and technology dimension.
  • Capability to follow through on commitments and keeping momentum by being proactive, prioritising, delegating and escalating when needed.  
  • Experience with roadmaps, planning and management of dependencies, and how to get things done in a big organization based on agile principles.
  • Comfort in working in iterative environments where problem space and solution space evolve over time.

Responsibilities & tasks

• Facilitate stakeholder dialogues to align PEPIC(s) with long-term business value and OKRs.
• Drive cross process and capability collaboration toward expected outcomes.
• Ensure PEPIC/CEPIC readiness for discussion, prioritization and decision-making with the Business Owner (PEPIC/CEPIC Owner).
• Identify and manage reprioritization needs and escalations.
• Secure alignment between stakeholders across Inter IKEA Group.
• Empower capability and product areas with clarity and direction.
• Proactively engage stakeholders to drive impact and lead others effectively.
• Lead or support PEPICs/CEPICs from initiation to implementation using a fact-based approach.
• Manage assignments within scope, time and cost using relevant methods and tools.
• Strive for effective and efficient ways of working.
• Manage dependencies, interfaces, risks and quality according to requirements.
• Drive change management for successful implementation.
• Control procurement of resources and services as needed.
• Support stakeholders in accelerating strategic business development. 

Specifics for Project Leaders

To succeed in these roles, you have a solid business understanding and background, as well as strong skills and experience in working with medium complex projects across multiple functional areas, and strong knowledge of key business development processes and when to apply them.

Strong knowledge and understanding of Project Management knowledge areas methods and tools, Change management and Project governance structures.

• For details see the new Competence profiles for Project Management roles across IIG: LINK

Performance indicators

Relevant sources of Performance Indicators to help clarify expectations and give inputs to goalsetting (e.g. long-term goals of the assignment)

• EPIC/PEPICs delivered in scope & with high quality, on time and budget according to the assignment
• Project stakeholders’ overall satisfaction​

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Core Business Supply provided competence requirements are met for the role.

We look forward to receiving your application in English. 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. This position can be based in Malmö, Älmhult or Pratteln. We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 27 May. 2026. 

For more information about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Roadmap Development Manager Fredrik Åkerberg at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

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. Our approach is that we spend majority of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant.