ID de la oferta: 270091

Fecha de publicación: 01/01/2025

Who you are
We are searching for a new Country Co-worker Relations Leader (as the position is called in IKEA), meaning someone who be responsible to make sure all our 3.500 co-workers in IKEA Switzerland have an engaging, modern and healthy working environment, so they can develop and perform at their best. This role will also support positioning IKEA as a Best-in-Class Company and Employer.

We are looking for you who bring:

• A passion and knowledge for labor law related topics, combined with an interest and ability to connect with people
• The capacity to influence and mix the strategic overview with working with details
• Experience from working with critical topics with a high level of confidentiality
• Independent, organized with the ability to take action without needing direction from others, who takes own responsibility but also is a team-player
• Digital competence and analytical thinking.
• A very good command of English, verbal and written. German, French or Italian is an advantage but not necessary
• Previous experience in a similar role (labor/employee relations) or as an HR/People Manager is an advantage
Your responsibilities
As the Co-worker relations leader you will lead the implementation of the relevant global People policies and standards across Switzerland, ensuring support and engagement from the stakeholders and the People&Culture Community in our units.

Furthermore you will:

• Provide co-worker relations expertise, co-worker insights and advice to the business functions, Country Board and Unit People & Culture Managers
• Monitor the relevant local employment law, best practice development and proactively inform relevant stakeholders about updates, as well as drive the implementation and follow-up of national People & Culture policies and procedures, securing alignment with employment law compliance
• Contribute to the problem resolution and protection of IKEA as an employer and brand from potential threats by implementing and following a common way of managing employee relations issues on country level, delivering consistency and fairness in all our processes and actively performing an analysis of root causes
• Contribute with expertise to leadership development of Unit Management Teams in relation to co-worker relations behaviors and trust throughout the organization
• Identify, evaluate and monitor actual and potential labor issues evolving internally or externally that could create significant risks for IKEA.
• Drive the implementation of the I Share (internal climate analysis) process on country level, in collaboration relevant stakeholders.
• Secure and actively contribute to the implementation and follow up on the IKEA Employment standards and compliance in all units
Our team within IKEA
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.


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.