Staff scheduling specialist

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IKEA London City are looking to welcome a People Planning Specialist. Step into the role of a Staff Scheduling Specialist and become the backbone of our team's efficiency! You'll masterfully coordinate schedules, ensuring optimal coverage and smooth operations while keeping a keen eye on budget control. Your organizational skills and attention to detail will keep everything running like clockwork, and your ability to adapt and communicate will make you an invaluable asset. Join us and play a crucial part in driving our success creating a harmonious work environment!

WHAT WE OFFER

• The Start Date of employment will be: March 2025
• Starting salary of £31,362 per annum, based on competence and experience.
• 39 Hours working 5 days per week including 2 weekends per month.
• We can discuss flexibility to match your life and our business needs during the interview.

WORKING WITH US HAS ITS REWARDS

• 15% IKEA discount & discount portal helping you save £100's on High-street retailers
• Life Assurance of 4 times your pay, enhanced statutory pension contributions & interest free loans
• Family-friendly policies
• Childs First Day of School Leave

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE

• Experience of implementing long-term plans to have the right amount of people in place according to set budgets and goals.
• Have soft skills to interact and engage naturally with a wide audience, and develop virtual and other collaborative relationships to facilitate current and future objectives.
• Express ideas and opinions effectively both verbally and digitally.
• Possess an understanding about the rights and obligations of co-workers and employers.
• Takes action without needing direction from others - ability to work independently, take own initiatives and responsibility but also a team-player.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

• Implement people planning strategy for the store, following principles/guidelines as localised by the Country P&C team.
• Ensuring adherence to IKEA employment standards, legal, and union requirements related to People Planning in the unit.
• Contribute to the store complete people planning process, from forecasting to posting schedules timely, ensuring scheduled hours match coworker, customer and business needs.
• Identify possible improvements in the unit people planning process and escalate any potential deviation to the Unit P&C manager when the scheduled or actual hours exceed the agreed financial framework.
• Ensure that the store people planning process supports developing our talents and enable them to deliver an excellent and personal customer meeting.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to ensure vacancies are filled with the right contract type, to secure the right preconditions for the co-worker to create a great customer meeting.
• Ensure unit co-worker awareness and knowledge of the people planning process and their role in it through education, training and support.

WE CARE FOR THE PEOPLE

It takes the diversity of thought, background, and culture to make great ideas a reality. We welcome candidates from all walks of life, including those with disabilities, to join us, and feel valued in the workplace.

Come see the wonderful workday where we create a better everyday life for the many.