Job ID: 265950

Date posted: 20/11/2024

Who you are

You are passionate about creating an IKEA fit for the future with the customer at.heart and feel energized by contributing to IKEA's overall success and results through collaboration, excellent knowledge and expertise. You feel inspired by working together in an ever-changing multi- dimensional environment and get motivated by finding new ways through co-creation with colleagues and other IKEA units. You live the IKEA culture and values.

We believe that you have a university degree in Swiss Law with very good achievement and a minimum 2 years of professional experience in a legal and governance environment.

You have knowledge in the following areas:
• legal and governance competence within Switzerland as well as relevant areas of operations
•very good knowledge of reviewing, drafting and negotiating a broad spectrum of agreements and legal information
• solid understanding of legal systems (including litigation procedures and especially
business, labour, marketing, real estate and/or contract law) in Switzerland
• experience as a lawyer working within a law firm / in-house organisation is positively evaluated
• the legislation regarding general corporate activities and operations
• Very good knowledge and application of legislation, legal systems and government policies in business and commerce environment
• capable to explore alternatives to reach outcomes acceptable to all parties
• capable to handle ambiguous or unpredictable situations
• capable to express ideas and opinions effectively in both writing and spoken conversations
• business fluent in both German and English is a must (written and spoken). Fluent in another Swiss national language (French/Italian) is positively evaluated.

As a person you are driving for results by accomplishing goals, complete tasks, and achieve results. You are a relationship builder in a way that develops virtual and other collaborative relationships to facilitate current and future objectives. You process information by gather, organise and analyse digital and other source of information in an objective manner. You negotiate by exploring alternatives to reach outcomes acceptable to all parties. You comfortably handle unclear or unpredictable situations and you express ideas and opinions effectively in both writing and spoken conversations.

Your responsibilities

As a Legal Specialist you will assist to review, support and secure the legal aspects of the businesses and operations in lngka country within the framework of working defined by lngka Group Legal & Governance.

You will:

• review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements and legal documents
• pro-actively support the management and other stakeholders in order to run the IKEA business and to secure the rights and assess the obligations in order to reduce exposure to legal risks and to optimise business opportunities
• be responsible to assist the Legal manager with review, support and secure legal aspects of the businesses and operations in Ingka for a designated country
• cooperate with, integrate in the business, and build good relations with, stakeholders to secure mutually sustainable solutions
• actively cooperate with Group Legal & Governance in order to secure alignment of country agenda
• implement standard processes and ways of working for the legal area in the lngka Group
• provide advice to relevant stakeholders in order to reduce exposure to risks and optimize opportunities.
• monitor and secure the legal aspects of IKEA Switzerland and give day to day assistance on legal and governance matters to IKEA businesses and operations in Switzerland.
• develop legal competence and provide education to relevant stakeholders
• keep updated in relevant international and local legal and governance developments,

including changes in international, domestic and case laws and regulations



When the world is changing we’re the ones who make sure that we are up to date and that local and international laws are harmonised with the best interest of IKEA and our customers. We’re diligent and work together to make sure our business is on top of the legalities and guidelines governance requires. If people were to describe our team they would probably say that we have a lot of integrity, vast capacity and great dedication to detail. Oh, and that we have a lot of fun together.





Good to know

At IKEA we pay fixed monthly salaries. That means that whether you are on holiday or take time off in lieu of overtime, your salary will be the same.

There are many ways to say, “thank you”. The benefits from IKEA are part of that and benefit you too!

Besides 15% staff-discount you benefit from 28 holidays (based on 100%), eight weeks paternal leave, four months maternal leave, contributions to public transport tickets or free on-site parking, full access to the LinkedIn Learning platform, discounted meals in the staff canteen, and the IKEA bonus system.

At IKEA you find endless opportunities to develop yourself. We support our co-workers, who are interested, to change teams or roles and to realise their ideas.

If you feel spoken to, click on “apply now” and let us know through your documents why you are motivated to fill this role. We look forward to hearing from you!

After a first selection we will contact you and – if we think there might be a match – discuss the next steps.

We continuously examine all applications and discontinue the hiring process as soon as we have found the right candidate. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.