Job ID: 184119

Date posted: 02/11/2024

Why we will love you

This is not an active recruitment. The talent pool is a way for us to know you are interested in working with us, but please do check the other open positions on our website to see if there is something that interests you.

・At least 2 years’ experience in your current field
・Currently resident in Japan
・A match for our company values and culture
・Welcomes challenges and opportunities
・Self-starting
・Loves IKEA furniture and has a passion for delivering value to customers
・Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
・Performing & delivering while learning & developing
・Having fun

Welcomed
・Depending on the position Japanese language ability may be required

Apply now!

・Place of work: Funabashi, Chiba
・How to enter our Talent Pool: Please apply directly to the IKEA Japan website, using the ‘Apply Now’ button!
Please submit an English resume.

・The general flow of our interview process is as follows. Please note depending on the position this may change.
Screening → 1st interview → 2nd interview → offer stage (including reference check)


・Hybrid working with recommended 2-3 days in the office.
・40 hour work week, 10am-15pm core time


This is the opening for the IKEA Japan head office talent pool. Let us know what you are interested in. Our head office covers logistics, HR, marketing, sales, finance, accounting, data and business analysis etc. We will reach out to those who are a good match for a position when we plan to start hiring.


Everyone has a home at IKEA. Our way of working values work, family, and individuality.
To get a better image of our culture, watch the following 9 interviews with some of our coworkers.
https://youtu.be/A6MBRKNRlGw

IKEA is the world’s biggest furniture retailer. We strive forward with the company’s vision in our hearts: “To create a better everyday life for the many people.” This vision goes beyond home furnishing. We want to have a positive impact on the world – from the communities where we source our raw materials to the way our products help our customers live a more sustainable life at home.
The IKEA Japan head office is on the 5th floor of the Tokyo-Bay store. The style of working is hybrid; we are welcomed to work in the office 2-3 times a week and work from home the remainder. The office is a bright, open collaboration space (of course IKEA furnished!). We embrace challenges, trying new things, making mistakes in the process and learning from them.
Here in Japan, we currently have 12 stores, and still expanding. We want YOU to join us help continue the Life at Home revolution!
Together we achieve great things, and we want to invite you to help us “create a better everyday life for the many people.”

Together as a team

FOR IKEA EMPLOYEES:
This Talent Pool is only open to external candidates.
Please apply to internal positions directly.


・Generous vacation and benefits package
・Hybrid work environment
・Beautiful (IKEA furnished) office space
・Working with people who love to challenge themselves and others
・Flat working environment where everybody’s opinion is valued
・Staff discount and Christmas Present!


At IKEA we went you to take your career in the direction of your passions. When we recruit for an opening, the position is available to apply to by all IKEA employees. This includes domestic and international opportunities.
Where will your career take you? To the IKEA stores? A different country? Up and up in your current department? It is up to you!


- Full-time regular employee- 40 hours per week contract
- Probation period: 6 months
- Start date is the first day of every month (consult with us about your start date)
- Retirement age: 65 years old


- Social insurance: welfare pension, health insurance, and unemployment insurance
- Transportation expense (up to 1,530 yen/day)
Parking spaces available for car commutation

-We have a generous vacation package, with 16 paid leave days available in the first year (can be used after 6-months probation). Our total yearly paid time off totals 127 days per year.
In addition, we also provide congratulatory or condolence leave, maternity leave, nursing care leave, childcare leave, paternity leave, childcare leave for partners, personal injury leave, nursing leave, volunteer leave, family care leave
No matter what life stage you are at, we have the leave to support you!

- Uniform rental (if required)
- Employee discount system
- Employee cafeteria
- Christmas gift
- Great value life insurance, long-term medical care insurance plans (opt-in)
- Retirement allowance system (corporate defined contribution pension plan: 3 years or more of service)
- Employee smoking area
- Extensive learning opportunities including Rosetta Stone (language learning) and Linkedin learning subscriptions
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/this-is-ikea/work-with-us/benefits-pub8c6da021

"At IKEA, we believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities"
Diversity is a key to success; diversity comes in all shapes and sizes. Being ourselves, and contributing with our uniqueness, makes us all grow.
At Ingka Group, we welcome all dimensions of diversity. A diverse and inclusive workplace is good for our co-workers, for our customers and our business.
We strive to have a diverse and inclusive work environment where co-workers feel valued for their uniqueness, recognized for their diverse talents, and where they can be themselves.
IKEA Japan would like to explore together. If you have a passion for this position, please don’t hesitate to apply!
Let’s get closer to our vision of “creating a better everyday life for the many people” together!

https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/this-is-ikea/work-with-us/diversity-and-inclusion-pub86a2cb59

If you are in need of support to apply, or to participate in an interview due to a disability, please contact us anytime at the following email: 029.recruiters.jp@ikea.com

Questions and support? Let's connect!

Please reach out to us at 029.recruiters.jp@ikea.com