Job ID: 265839

Publicatiedatum: 13/11/2024

Why we will love you

We are looking for new colleagues who can combine Project Management with Business Advisory. We believe you are a delivery-oriented team player who thrive in a global, values-based setting. You have solid experience in how to manage complex projects as well as know how to develop an operational strategy or conduct a feasibility study. You are excellent in advising and building trustful relationships with your stakeholders as well as coach both other project leaders and project teams, reviewing projects and seeing the bigger picture.

We believe you come with
• Formal qualifications in Project Management and 8+ years of experience in
leading projects and business advisory
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and
communicate with senior business leaders and digital leadership
• Successful track record of managing business change
• Ability to coordinate and direct activities to help achieve objectives and to
support long-term business objectives
• Sound judgment skills to make timely and effective decisions
• Ability to understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of digital as
an integrated part of the business
• A university degree and the possibility to commute to one of our offices in
Malmö, Helsingborg or Amsterdam

What you'll be doing day to day

You will be leading and driving projects to deliver business value. You will also support and coach digital project office team members and contribute to common ways of working. You help drive development initiatives in the team as well as on digital project office (DPO) level.

As part of the job, you will be:
• Help our many stakeholders across INGKA with business advisory, Operational strategy or feasibility studies
• Responsible for planning, managing and delivering assigned projects, including time, cost, scope and quality with a focus on maximised business value overall and a clear business case
• Identify, mitigate, monitor and control risks to keep projects on track and create awareness on time in case of issues
• Report to and communicate with DPO leadership, steering group and other stakeholders to manage expectations and support prioritisations
• Manage dependencies and interfaces between projects and the line organisation
• Drive continuous improvement of quality and performance in assigned projects to ensure targets are met
• Identify and communicate resource needs, within assigned projects, to the DPO leadership to secure a better utilisation of team resources
• Work in compliance with our Project Framework e.g. in planning, execution and quality assurance processes, steering and follow up in order to promote best practices and ensure a common high quality output
• Provide support and guidance to assist in the development of projects and junior project leaders

Our team within IKEA

The Digital Project Office (DPO) consists of six teams with a total of 54 project leaders. Five of these teams focus purely on Project Management, while the sixth team, which we are recruiting for, is the Project Advisory team. This team is made up of T-profiled individuals who combine Project Management and Business Advisory capabilities

We are project management professionals with a focus on delivering measurable business value. Together we have centuries of experience navigating complex projects, understanding key drivers, challenges and managing projects to get things done.

We set the digital agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fast-moving environment. We drive the development, provision and operation of our digital products and services using new and existing delivery methods to deliver at pace. Being the Center of Excellence of Project Management at IKEA, we also take responsibility outside Group Digital for some of our important change initiatives.

Togetherness is important to us at the DPO and we strive for a collaborative community where everyone contribute, learnings are shared and improvements suggested. We promote fun at work and a good work-life balance.

Apply now!

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to recruiter Annette Björkquist-Åhstedt at annette.bjorkquist-ahstedt@ingka.ikea.com). We will be interviewing continuously so please do not wait with your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

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