Do you want to create a better everyday life for the many people, while helping create a seamless and positive co-worker experience?
At IKEA, you can feel at home in your work while exploring new directions and developing your strengths. We believe in empowering people to take initiative, learn from experience, and grow together. We encourage you to speak up, stay curious, and challenge existing ways of working, always with our values at heart.
As our People & Culture Administrator, you will combine operational excellence with digital curiosity and a passion for helping others. You’ll play an important role in ensuring high-quality People & Culture administration while contributing to smarter, simpler, and more digital ways of working.
This role is positioned in People & Culture Centre of Expertise, reporting to the People & Culture Centre of Expertise Team Manager - Services. Together in the Centre of Expertise, we provide a wide scope of services within the area of people and culture operations for all Inter IKEA Group companies in Sweden to secure a seamless co-workers experience.
As a People & Culture Administrator, you will be supporting co-workers, managers, and local People & Culture. You will take responsibility for delivering high-quality People & Culture administration while ensuring compliance, data accuracy, and a positive service experience.
This is a role where you combine operational expertise with a continuous improvement mindset. You enjoy working with systems, processes, and data, and you see digital tools as enablers for creating better experiences and more efficient ways of working.
You will play an important role in maintaining and developing our People & Culture processes and systems while supporting the implementation of new solutions, automation opportunities, and digital improvements.
The role as a People & Culture Administrator requires you to:
Be yourself, a People & Culture Administrator, and more!
Inter IKEA Group connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and ensures alignment of the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone.
At IKEA, your health, wellbeing, and development matter. You will be part of a down-to-earth, inclusive, and collaborative culture, with strong opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to improving the everyday work life of thousands of co-workers.
Please note we are looking for 1 new People & Culture Administrator on a temporary contract until 19 December 2027. Ready to take the next step? We look forward to receiving your application by 28th of October at the latest. Apply by submitting your CV and cover letter.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Due to high volumes, we have limited flexibility to reschedule, so please prioritize the interview if invited.
Our team is based in Älmhult, and we believe that being present and working closely together most of the time creates the best conditions for collaboration, learning, and development.
Please note that we only handle applications in English and do not accept applications via email. If you have questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact the Recruiter Olivia Swärd at Olivia.sward@inter.ikea.com or Hiring Manager Linda Pennsäter at Linda.pennsater@inter.ikea.com.
This role is one of several internal opportunities aimed at matching organizational needs with the competence and potential within IKEA.
We always recruit based on values, competence, potential, and diversity, and will first consider co-workers impacted by organizational changes.
ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE
We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.
How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.
IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.
ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP
The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.
• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.
• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.
• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
