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 projects & programs assigned to you.
• You will lead Projects from Project Directive until full completion of the agreed deliverables. The Project types are supporting business units in the execution of Supply Strategy and other strategic movement across IKEA.
• 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 develop high performing Project teams, coach and support the Project members in a global and multicultural environment.
• You will actively contribute to the development of Ways of Working, Process- and Project Management, and Strategic Business Development capabilities both within BDPO and the Supply Project Management community.
• You will proactively contribute with knowledge & experience to the stakeholders & BDPO team.
• You will contribute to attracting talents in future recruitment processes for Project & Program Leader roles.
• You will work in an environment where the following capabilities and experiences will be required:
  • a talent for identifying business opportunities and creating, developing & anchoring business cases
  • a strength in doing business with a holistic view
  • excellent communication
  • excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen
  • the ability to build strong relationships, influence and challenge in a constructive, positive and professional way
  • a natural way of leading by example and proactively sharing your knowledge and experience
  • extensive skills and experience in managing and delivering large projects in complex and global environments across multiple industries and business segments
  • an outstanding ability to analyse a business, identifying and navigating risks and opportunities
  • a proven track record of high performance in leading and developing business and solid experience with managing change

Responsibilities & tasks

• Independently simultaneously managing several complex strategic business development projects, always towards full delivery and on time or faster
• Lead the overall project from the initial assignment through the completion/implementation, securing a fact-based and objective approach
• Manage full scope of project - time, costs, scope, risks, stakeholders, scenario planning, communication and change management
• Develop high performing project teams and manage dependencies
• Support business stakeholders across business units, in strengthening and accelerating strategic business development at IKEA
• Coach and support the project members and stakeholders
• Act as coach and mentor across CB Supply to strengthen project management competence
• Contribute and actively seek for improvements of the Business Development Project Office assignments and related wow
• Lead by example and proactively contribute by sharing your knowledge and experience
• At any time act as an ambassador of IKEA values and a role model for fact-based business leadership

Specifics for Program Leaders

Program Leaders are expected to demonstrate extensive knowledge, experience and high level of maturity across all dimensions described in this document.

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

Deep 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

• Project delivered in scope & with high quality, on time and budget according to the project 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 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 BDPO Manager Ala Bond at [email protected] or Marie Larsson BDPO Development Manager 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.