IKEA • Full time • Älmhult
Jobb-id: R0010503
Datum inlagd: 04/02/2025
At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think, differently. Act, differently. And work differently as well. We like to break things. Like rules. And then make things. Like music-playing lamps. And beds disguised as sofas. Even plant balls that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. By 2030, we hope to help millions more look forward to going home.
Want to help make this happen? Join our Purchasing Development Communication team! It is a team with curious and passionate people, that get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together to deliver great business results. Does it sound like your kind of people?
We're strengthening our Purchasing Development communication team with a communication leader who can lead and execute communication initiatives, big and small, to keep co-workers and stakeholders inspired and engaged in what we do in IKEA Supply. If you love to strategize with the receiver in mind, collaborate through networks and get things done, you'll feel right at home.
About the company
Inter IKEA is a group of companies that connects IKEA retailers with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. It consists of three businesses: Retail concept, Range and Supply.
Supply is responsible to source, manufacture and distribute IKEA products to the IKEA retailers. This to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost. Our various business units are leading an exciting development agenda with everything from digitalisation and automation of our supply chain to responsible sourcing and our climate agenda.
About the assignment
The overall communication assignment is to lead, develop and enable impactful communication that delivers to making IKEA even more affordable, accessible and sustainable and contribute to strengthening IKEA as a meaningful and trusted brand in people's hearts and minds.
We're looking for a senior communication leader to come and join our team within Supply Communication. The primary focus of this role will be on leading communication connected to our Purchasing Development unit, who leads and develops the sourcing and purchasing of home furnishing products, food and indirect services. We want to provide our customers with an affordable offer while putting quality, sustainability, responsible sourcing and availability in the forefront.
If you are a communication professional who gets excited about business, building a communicative organisation and the IKEA brand, this is the job for you! This is a great opportunity for a seasoned communication professional who is eager to shape, develop, challenge and lead impactful strategic messaging supporting the business agenda.
We believe that if you were already with us, you would experience a diverse workday unlike any other place, with many different topics circulating. You’d come together with communication and business professionals sitting all over the IKEA value chain and globe. Your core teams are ever-present, but the network is huge. You’d exchange ideas and knowledge, you’d listen, learn, teach and discuss. You are part of a movement involving the many people, and you understand that to succeed, we need to work together.
You’d be working close to a business area (referred to as a Category Area) and be an active member of the Category Area management team who develops the strategic and tactical business and people agenda of that business. In your daily work you’d enable leaders to connect people to business priorities and engage co-workers on the strategic movements. You’d also be leading and co-creating the storytelling of our supply chain movements, both internally and externally.
We could write about who you are and what you can do all day, but we would much rather have you show us.
For you to be successful in the role we believe that you have extensive knowledge and understanding of:
About you
Sounds interesting?
We look forward to receiving your CV and Cover Letter (in English) where you tell us more about yourself and why you believe you fit into this job. 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 is a permanent role and is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply your application via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters, but no later than 18th Feb. 2025.
If you have questions about the role, please contact recruiting manager Communication Manager, Purchasing Development, Maria Gårlin at . If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist, Katie Pettersson at .
We look forward to receiving your application!
På IKEA gillar vi människor som tycker om att utmana saker och ting. Tillsammans hittar vi bättre sätt att göra saker bättre för andra.
For this position, the company has chosen to use an external application process. This means that you must apply on their site directly and cannot apply via Uptrail.