Job Description

Who you are

'- As a person you are passionate about people and share a strong belief in individuals’ potential. You enjoy working with tactical and operational tasks.

• You are confident and like engaging co-workers throughout their journey in our ever evolving retail environment.
• You are experienced in assessing, encouraging and ensuring co-workers´ performance against organizational and individual goals. You know how to develop competence and leadership capabilities to live up to our customer promise.
• You know how to work independently, take own initiatives and responsibility. You express your ideas and opinions effectively in verbal and written communication, are able to interact and engage naturally with both managers and co-workers.
• You know how to responsibly use, govern and manage partnership models to build trusted relationships.

Your responsibilities

In the role as People & Culture Generalist, you support the managers and co-workers in your units to be able to deliver results and to create an excellent customer meeting. You provide People & Culture subject matter expertise and ensure that the People & Culture strategies are put into practice.

In this role you will report to a Unit People & Culture Manager.

You will:

• Act as local People & Culture point of contact supporting co-workers and leaders with everyday people related questions and challenges.
• Ensure an excellent co-worker experience by implementing local People & Culture tasks according to national processes and ways of working
• Support your stakeholders in the recruitment and onboarding of the right talents in close collaboration with the local Recruitment & Sourcing Specialist
• Co-create business competence, leadership capabilities and performance by setting relevant goals and ensuring learning and training together with the Market Area team
• Secure engagement and retention through by monitoring the working conditions in all functions and taking actions together with the Co-Worker Experience team
• Contribute to administrative processes and coordinate between multiple national and regional supporting teams.
• Ensure a consistent internal communication.

Together as a Team

IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.

Apply now!

At IKEA, we like to give you the space to take control of your own development and growth. We believe in entrepreneurship and initiative and want to make it easy for you. In the first few weeks/months, you will be offered a 5-step development plan to get you started, with enough personal space to create the learning moments you need.

We offer this structure and a supportive network of colleagues who will make sure you feel comfortable in this situation and give you time to learn, make mistakes and develop.

In addition to a competitive remuneration, we offer:

• Eco-vouchers
• End-of-year bonus, holiday pay and sector premiums
• An additional allowance if you come by bike
• Private leasing of an electric bike, we are happy to give you a boost
• Comprehensive hospitalization insurance
• A private accidents insurance
• Pension savings
• A leave savings plan: choose how you want your late/early hours (before 7h and as of 19h) to be paid out: a supplement on your salary or in holiday hours
• We also offer extra-legal holidays, seniority holidays and for full-time colleagues 6 extra days off
• A canteen where you can eat delicious food at very democratic prices
• IKEA Tack! Loyalty reward, an additional deposit into your retirement savings based on our global results and your loyalty to IKEA
• ONE IKEA Bonus: an additional bonus based on your shop's results
• IKEA Benefits at work: a portal offer you great discount for well-known stores and brands
• IKEA staff discount 15% on all your purchases
• Team outings & staff parties, because togetherness is very important to us
• A nice extra in case of legal cohabitation/marriage/birth/retirements to celebrate these beautiful moments

At IKEA, we believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every individual is respected and valued. Our recruitment process is designed to be inclusive and without prejudice, with equal opportunities for every candidate. We therefore encourage all candidates to apply, with their diverse backgrounds, identities and experiences. Our locations are always easily accessible by public transportation, a conscious choice to allow our employees and clients to travel sustainably.