Hej Project Manager Range & Product Communication
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – and we’re always searching for new and better ways to do it. We use our home furnishing knowledge to create products and solutions that will enable more people to live the life they want. Through creativity, IKEA Marketing & Communication connects the heart of IKEA to the hearts and minds of the many people.
We are based in Älmhult, Sweden – the heart of IKEA. From here, we create, produce and deliver inspiring content that helps our retail markets grow and strengthens IKEA as a purpose-led brand and expert in life at home. We are proud of our craftsmanship and believe it should always go hand in hand with technology. As marketing and communication continue to evolve, we are simplifying the way we work, speeding up development and continuously improving how we create, produce and distribute high quality content at scale.
This role is positioned in IMC. You will belong to the IMC Operations team, reporting to the IMC Operations Manager.
Our team is based in Älmhult. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Your next role
In your next role, you will be part of IMC, a key creative partner within the IKEA ecosystem. IMC creates communication for all IKEA retailers—always at the lowest cost—combining deep home furnishing knowledge with a strong passion for the IKEA range to develop content that strengthens the brand and inspires growth.
As a creative partner, IMC delivers content aligned with business priorities and consumer insights, using scalable ways of working to meet both todays and tomorrow’s needs.
In this role, you will manage and lead a team of Project Leaders within Range & Product Communication. You will be responsible for driving and leading the operational business agenda for range and product communication, people and business development, ways of working, team performance, and overall business results.
You will set direction and ensure strong project execution across the team, enabling Project Leaders to run projects end-to-end—from brief to delivery—in a structured, insight‑based way. Your focus will be on delivering impactful communication on time, within scope, and within budget.
Additionally, you will develop and maintain effective and efficient project management frameworks and routines. These will support team success, strengthen collaboration across functions and companies, and improve flow, efficiency, and scalability across ideation, creation, production, and delivery.
On a typical working day, you will:
Lead, coach and develop Project Leaders to deliver projects end-to-end with clear scope, priorities, timelines, and strong execution.
Collaborate with stakeholders across functions and companies to align expectations, ensure delivery, and capture learnings for continuous improvement.
Drive and continuously improve project management and Range & Product Communication ways of working to increase efficiency, quality and scalability.
Connect ideation, creation and production through clear workflows, roles and use of new technology to enable effective collaboration and impactful outcomes.
Build team capability and performance through recruitment, coaching and a supportive, inclusive environment, while ensuring cost-efficient, high‑quality delivery aligned with business priorities.
What we’d like you to bring to the table
In the role as a Project Manager Range & Product Communication we requires you to have:
We welcome your application
We look forward to receiving your application by July 2nd at the latest. Apply by submitting your CV and motivational letter in English.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we might start interviewing early.
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, or if you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, feel free to contact the Recruiter Matilda Winninge, matilda.winninge@inter.ikea.com or Hiring Manager Felicia Asklund, felicia.asklund1@inter.ikea.com
We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organisational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Marketing & Communication, IKEA of Sweden and Inter IKEA Technology Services AB, provided competence requirements are met for the role.
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.
