Why we will love you

• Bachelors Degree in Business
• Minimum of 5 year's experience having ownership of change and transformation programs which have driven tangible business results
• Evidence of navigating complex organizational structures and environments
• Excellent social skills and relationship building - creating impact and influence both quickly and sustainably
• Business operational experience (translating strategies into execution and delivering results)
• Leadership of critical initiative/projects in a large, complex global consumer led company
• •Cost and budget management/follow up within multi-dimensional projects or cost centers - financial acumen and astuteness
• Strong communication skills
• Project Management experience (preferred)
• Experience with OnePlan (preferred)

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time, Salaried

Pay: The salary range for this position is $115,9946.00-$172,427.00

Location: This is a hybrid position working 3 days on-site, 2 days remotely at the IKEA Service Office in Conshohocken, PA.

What you'll be doing day to day

•Acts as the main interface and leads common and consistent ways of working with development councils including structure, format, year cycles and follow up/reporting, ensuring our development councils are effective and aligned with our business strategy
•Channels business needs into the development councils to ensure we have a balanced portfolio of initiatives to support our business objectives (including input from strategic landscape, BPL, strategic initiatives from market retail direction, entrepreneurship for the many and IIS/Range & Supply
• Takes ownership of critical business topics (e.g. Process or tools), to establish, anchor and implement
• Captures competence development requirements connected to portfolio development
•Provides framework, tools and methodologies to support business stakeholders when creating exploration/business cases and portfolio prioritization
• Ensures the visibility and sharing of D&I initiatives within INGKA and throughout IKEA
•Ensures the necessary measures are in place to facilitate the scalability and deployment of development initiatives, planning for success throughout the ecosystem
• Defines, establishes, and maintains D&I portfolios.
• Creates the conditions for quality throughout all development and innovation initiatives

Together as a Team

To enable Development and Innovation to happen throughout the company, through providing specific methodologies, tools, support, ways of working and ensuring this fits to our investment framework. To create a well-balanced portfolio of development and innovation initiatives to reach our business objectives.

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At IKEA, taking care of our co-workers and their dependents is a top priority. That's why we offer our eligible, regular co-workers (part-time and full-time) a full menu of benefits and perk options to ​help everyone maintain work and life balance, be well and plan for their future. Join our team and enjoy these benefits and so much more!

• Generous paid time off, holiday and sick time
• WiselyPay - get earned wages up to two days early
• Paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks)
• KinderCare tuition discount
• Retirement and bonus plans
• Co-worker discount, meal deal, and referral bonus
• Pet insurance program
• Education assistance and learning programs
• Safety shoe reimbursement
• 24/7 telehealth visits
• Dental and vision plans
• Medical and Rx plans (must work min. 20 hrs/wk)
• A fun and inclusive work environment

Thank you for your interest in applying for this role. Please be aware that this is a Sensitive Position. The successful candidate will be required to complete a background check and a drug test as a condition of employment for this role.