Project Leader Lean

• Drive and implement LEAN ways of working across country functions, stores, and units to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency, and to eliminate waste
• Partner with country management and business owners to identify improvement opportunities aligned with business priorities and calculate potential value creation
• Lead, coach and support leaders and teams in LEAN mindset, leadership, principles, tools and methods—training both end-users and internal trainers
• Facilitate workshops and improvement projects that enable transformation, innovation, and high performance
• Build and maintain structures that support sustainable LEAN adoption across all units and functions
• Actively participate in global LEAN networks, contributing insights, feedback, and best practices to improve Ingka-wide frameworks
• Inspire a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, and improvement across all levels of the organization
• Strengthen collaboration across functions, breaking down silos and promoting end-to-end thinking in everything we do

• Minimum 5 years of experience in customer-facing retail or operational roles
• Demonstrated success in implementing LEAN or other continuous improvement strategies in operations
• Strong stakeholder management and change leadership skills
• Experience facilitating and managing cross-functional projects or transformations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Proven track record in coaching and developing people and teams
• Solid command of English and Finnish, both written and spoken
• Passion to gain IKEA knowledge, IKEA key values, and the IKEA culture

Strong existing knowledge and understanding of IKEA's values and culture

• Flexible Smartum saldo
• staff discounts on products
• healthy and delicious breakfast and lunch menus at very low prices in staff restaurants
• One IKEA Bonus