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Lead and direct the People & Culture Function for Al-Futtaim IKEA. Act as a trusted advisor to the Regional Management Team on all people matters and provide a strategic overview of the business development to ensure that the existing organisation is ready for expansion and all the Stores have the competence to deliver. Design, develop and implement relevant HR strategies and practices that build on best practice in Retail and comply with Al-Futtaim Group HR policies. Reinforce a culture of performance focus, meritocracy and diversity based on the IKEA and Al-Futtaim Values.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and direct the People & Culture Function for Al-Futtaim IKEA
Act as a trusted advisor to the Regional Management Team on all people matters
Design, develop and implement relevant HR strategies and practices
Reinforce a culture of performance focus, meritocracy and diversity
Matrix manager for the HRBPs in all stores
Core participant and contributor of Market Development Potential projects
Leads and contributes to the Region Retail direction, business plan process, business transformation and change agenda
Provide People Strategy for Al-Futtaim IKEA within the overall Business strategy
Set the direction to support positive economic, environmental and social development
Create and support a continuous improvement environment for HR activities
Play a key role in the integrating IKEA People’s Strategy and IKEA way of working
Ensure participation in Global and Cluster People & Culture meetings
Establish a Values driven organization culture
Lead business and people together creating an environment that gives co-workers preconditions to perform and deliver
Create a performance focused Culture
Ensure new co-workers are properly onboarded
Ensure compliance with the annual Performance Cycle
Lead the “Growing Together” Engagement process
Manage the Co-worker Engagement survey
Ensure co-workers health and wellbeing
Manage ER issues across the organization
Reinforce at all times a culture of meritocracy, performance-focus and diversity
Act as an advisor to Management
Ensure compliance with local labour laws and Group policies
Communicate and implement changes to HR policies and procedures
Ensure disciplinary procedure is properly applied
Define and implement Al-Futtaim IKEA approach to equality, diversity and inclusion
Lead business grow in an inclusive way
Set the direction to amplify and achieve movements in equality
Drive Multi-generational workplaces
Ensure all plans and activities are set in alignment and compliance with IConduct
Define and drive next take on competence development
Steer actions to building competence and developing new capabilities
Lead annual BNA exercise, specify L&D initiatives
Liaise with Group L&D Centre of Excellence (COE)
Drive reskilling and upskilling
Realise the full value of competence
Facilitate the implementation of business structure reorganization and consolidation
Play an advisory role in creating and managing a lean and multi-skilled workforce
Support and facilitate the implementation of business structure reorganization
Communicating organizational messages and monitoring feedback
Look at business unit productivity and take necessary actions
Drive the IKEA IConduct initiatives
Ensure compliance to HR policies is maintained
Review and strengthen business internal controls and procedures
Ensure compliance of relevant DOAs
Based on the Al-Futtaim Group metrics drive short and long term Human Capital initiatives
Take actions necessary to address any trends or issues highlighted by metrics
Provide Line Management with regular and accurate reporting of HR KPIs
Ensure annual manpower budgeting exercise is conducted
Create, obtain approval for, and manage Manpower Budgets
Optimize adherence to a manpower cost
Ensure HR Team adherence to the business’ financial systems and processes
As part of annual HR Resources plan specify key Talent Acquisition needs
Collaborate with Group TA to ensure all recruits are hired
Ensure all new Resources are on-boarded
Translate the Nationalization plan for the Brand and develop it into an action plan
Safeguard compliance with localization policy and targets
Assess that all annual salary adjustments, bonus awards, and promotion proposals are justified
Work with Group Total Rewards to safeguard up to date market pay comparison data
Stakeholder for Inter-IKEA Project aiming to define and implement an IKEA approach to responsible wage practices
Manage the overall talent review process
Develop retention strategies for key talent
Ensure Individual Development Plans (IDPs) of Top Talent potential staff are identified and delivered
Ensure all business-critical key positions have identified Internal Successors
Requirements:
University degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or Business Management, with a master's degree, CIPD equivalent, or other relevant qualifications preferred
8-10 years of experience as an HR Generalist, including 3-5 years in leadership roles such as HR Business Partner or Head of People
Strong business and commercial acumen
Demonstrated ability in organizational transformation, design, and employee relations
Full ownership of talent management, culture development, performance management and capability building