Sustainability Specialist

The IKEA brand is one of the most successful home furnishing brands in the world. We are a value-driven company with a passion for life at home and where our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

Who are we? We are IKEA - Supply Areas (SA) and the home for all Supply Business units. We have seven different Supply Areas in which consists of more than twenty different sites. We have around 2600 co-workers and our responsibility is to lead with IKEA Culture & Values, secure compliance and empower an entrepreneurial spirit among all IKEA business functions. 

You will belong to belong to SAEA Function Sustainability Team in Shenzhen.

Purpose of job

• Regional expert in specific sustainability areas  

• Lead and/or contribute to regional/global projects to move sustainability agenda in area of expertise 

• Understand the local preconditions to execute sustainability agenda 

• Support the business in implementing and verifying sustainability related requirements 

• Secure that sustainability agenda is an integrated part of business discussions/decisions and supplier development

Assignment  

• Contribute to creating action plan related to sustainability development of supplier 

• Provide expertise in relevant area, in connection to the global and local priorities and directions, with consideration to risks identified 

• Train and support suppliers, business units' teams in Sustainability related topics, as well as IWAY and associated agenda 

• Responsible to plan and perform verification activities, secure timely and accurate verification information in the planning and reporting tools  

• Support new suppliers during onboarding (including sub-suppliers) with providing required education, assessment (compliance, capability assessment and APL co-creation and follow up) 

•  Together with business teams participate in opening new suppliers / new countries with risk assessment  

• Contribute to global sustainability projects  

• Contribute to short- and long-term sustainability compliance PLA action plans, prepare and implement relevant activities 

• Share Environmental and Social good business examples and practices 

Knowledge 

• University degree in sustainability or engineering or social fields depending on the responsibility area 

• Experience working with ESG Governance (environmental, social and corporate) 

• Familiar with management systems: IWAY, ISO 14001, SA8000, OHSAS etc. 

• Experience in verification activities 

• Knowledge of local legislation and main trends in the local market on sustainability  

• Good knowledge of different industrial set ups 

• Understanding of sustainability related global trends and their impacts to the business  

Motivation 

• Interest of people's life at home, energy, drive and commitment to deliver more sustainable life and better product for the many people 

• Engaging and motivating people by sharing experiences, coaching others 

• Sense of urgency and a never compromise attitude towards compliance. Passion towards IWAY and sustainability and always have Customer in mind 

• Curiosity and eager to actively search for information and continuously learn from good examples 

• Keen to inspire suppliers and business teams to continuously maintain and improve compliance performance 

Capabilities  

Job specific capabilities: 

• Have a sound judgement; honest with high integrity, take decisions in the area of expertise   

• Good communication and presentation skills 

• Capability to analyze and draw conclusions to support the right business decisions and implementations 

• Ability to lead projects with a holistic and analytical view.  

• Indirect Leadership capabilities – be able to organize and work independently  

• Advocacy when needed, developing relationships with external stakeholders 

• Ability to build trust and partnership to reach common goals 

Leadership capabilities: 

Leadership is everyone’s responsibility at IKEA. Leadership behavior differ depending on your position and your level of leadership – leading myself, leading others, leading leaders and leading matrix partners. 

Please send us your application in English – CV and letter of motivation.  We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact P&C Generalist Flora Zheng (flora.zheng@inter.ikea.com).