Unit People

**Job ID**: 264375

**Date posted**: 30/10/2024

**Who you are**
- Your leadership inspires, clarifies, unleashes entrepreneurs, creates customer value, builds strong relationships and is collaborative
- You are a true People advocate with a strong passion for co-worker relations, recruitment, talent development and forecasting.
- You are a strategist with the ability to be tactical and operational when necessary.
- You are experienced in managing, coaching and developing influential teams.
- You are an energetic, innovative and entrepreneurial self-starter who is comfortable running a business
- You lead with heart and can provide direction and stability for our Co-workers
- You know what it’s like to work in a matrix organization that requires you to work with multiple internal and external stakeholders from various functions and units. You know how to engage with them, collaborate with them and

move the business forward as a result.
- You can be depended upon to act with a high level of professional and moral integrity, especially when dealing with sensitive and confidential issues.
- You have a minimum of 8 years of Human Resources experience with 2 years in a direct leadership role

**What you'll be doing day to day**

People are at the heart of our business. We create a better everyday life together by living our shared values and safeguarding our unique culture. The Unit People & Culture Manager is instrumental in making this happen by leading the local implementation of our People Strategies.
- Be a good example of IKEA leadership in ways that express the IKEA values within and outside IKEA, and together with the unit managers help to safeguard and promote the IKEA Culture
- You will be a Business Partner for your Unit Manager and your other leadership colleagues, collaborating with them on all people-related issues.
- Help lead the entire business as an active and influential member of the unit’s strategic leadership team (your unit’s Steering Group).
- Lead and develop your local P&C team and encouraging them to build strong relationships throughout your unit.
- Focus on providing an excellent co-worker experience in your unit, including championing internal career growth and our many and varied development opportunities.
- Together with leaders champion training, mentoring, coaching, forecasting and succession planning.
- Collaborate with Functional Matrix Manager and partners and ensure that our national People strategy, is implemented and lives in your unit.
- Regularly communicate and partner with your matrix Market Area P&C Manager on escalated issues as well as regional initiatives and programs
- Support and help drive the recruitment process in your unit by partnering with your Unit Hiring Managers and our Centralized Recruitment team.
- Implement our Co-worker Relations Plan by managing all local interactions with our co-workers, ensuring we uphold our labour relations principles and abide by local policies, procedures, regulations and laws.
- Demonstrate yourself, and encourage and train in others, a high level of problem solving, mediation and counseling skills.
- Meet financial goals by monitoring, analyzing and acting upon key P&C performance indicators.
- Lead Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and work-life balance initiatives in your unit.
- Support Health & Safety compliance, improvements and programs.

**Together as a team**

IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.

**WHY YOU WILL LOVE US**

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

- Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days)
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
- RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
- Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
- Parental leave
- Bereavement leave
- Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

The starting rate/salary for this position ranges from $105,000 to $115,000 and will be based on relevant work experience.

P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit People & Culture Manager