Who you are

As a person you are passionate about people, business, IKEA's purpose and continuously driving better performance.
You are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people as well as motivated by leading and developing people.
You should have prior experience in:
•Experience from Safety, Security and/or Compliance area
• Understanding of local/national laws and regulation.
• Self-reliant with a proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Ability to prioritise and organise own work in line with job responsibilities and agreed priorities
• Ability to strike a balance between keeping a good overview and paying good attention to detail
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences both verbally and in writing
• Knowledge on how to train and educate large groups
• Good analytical and numerical skills
• Retail and/or home furnishing experience

You should have knowledge of national/local legal demands connected to risk management, health, safety and security, relevant Risk Management and Safety & Security processes, tools and working methods according to work focus. You should understand Ingka Group Risk & Compliance Framework, the IKEA business and culture, customer needs to help the business to improve constantly. Good knowledge of the IKEA corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.
You should be a strong promoter of IKEA culture and values. You should be passionate for people, for the IKEA business, culture, and values, for establishing a Risk & Compliance aware culture in the unit, for achieving results through the organization. You should also possess the motivation to increase own Risk & Compliance knowledge and skills.
You should have the ability to showcase personal integrity, rationality and impartiality with endurance in high pressured emergency, have a strong sense of urgency and high availability. You should possess the ability to plan effectively, to influence others and follow up on changes implemented, independently and reliably work on agreed actions and to take own decisions within area of responsibility, showcase social skills and high accessibility.

Your responsibilities

Your responsibility will be to deliver on the Risk and Compliance agenda to ensure a healthy working environment, where risks are mitigated and functions are supported in identifying, assessing and proactively handle those risks to ensure compliance with Ingka Rules and Local (country and regional) legislation.
Your responsibility will include
• Promote risk management in the unit, informing and sharing expertise in order to develop riskaware decision taking in relation to unit goals and unit business plan.
• Support with expertise on Ingka Rules and Local (country and regional) legislation to secure a safe environment for customers and co-workers.
• Provide expertise on and plan for the proper trainings needed and facilitate for co-workers and external partners to meet IKEAs/Ingka's risk appetite.
• Support a Risk & Compliance culture by developing leadership and conscious approach in identifying and implementing systems to detect, analyse and reduce business loss, financial impact, prevent incidents and accidents.
• Ensure the reporting of relevant figures for eg co-workers, customer and visitors incidents to establish progress and areas for improvement.
• Ensures the safety and security of the people and property per local regulations
• Completes safety, security, and compliance audits and trainings
• Maintains critical safety equipment such as alarms, radios, and security systems
• Reports and follows up on incidents that occur
• Responds to and coordinates emergency situations in work areas such as burglar alarms, fire alarms, active shooter and other emergency events

Together as a team

You could think that we have supernatural powers, but the truth is that our team is really great at putting our insights together to detect potential risks early on. We're a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. Thanks to us our assets, co-workers, visitors and customers can feel safe. At least we think that's pretty cool!

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.