Unit People & Culture Business Partner Job at IKEA

Unit People & Culture Business Partner

IKEA

Location:
India

Category:
Human Resources

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

To support the management of the organization’s people and culture. Activities include developing people and culture management strategies and policies to meet business needs; planning, administering, and reviewing activities concerned with recruitment, training and development, compensation and benefits, mobility, talent acquisition, diversity, talent management & organisation development and co-worker relations. The activities of this family also include payroll.

Job Responsibility:

Execute operational requirements, delivering people and culture solutions in assigned units to achieve operational goals and objectives in a small/medium size unit
Execute work, collaborating with stakeholders to implement a comprehensive range of people and culture solutions and activities in assigned units
Execute work, representing people and culture in the development of strategic and business plans by providing relevant subject matter expertise to support decision making
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure consistency in application of reward structures
Execute work, collaborating with stakeholders to manage performance reviews and onboarding and off boarding activities
Participates and represents P&C in strategic business plan development and ongoing business decisions
Engage with business on workforce, talent, co-worker engagement, organizational effectiveness and change management
Support Managers about talent issues, including P&C onboarding requests, coaching on performance management, and other issues (e.g., multi-generational workforce)
Responsible for implementing people approaches and all aspects of the people within the respective units
Responsible for ensuring that the talent and succession goals and performance management for the assigned business areas are being consciously achieved, providing advice and expertise to line managers to secure a quality and timely process
Identify, evaluate and monitor actual and potential labor issues evolving internally or externally that could create significant risks for IKEA
Participate and represent People & Culture in strategic business plan development and ongoing business meetings and decisions
Identify, gather, and provide requirements to help with the development of P&C initiatives, to participate in the implementation of local P&C initiatives, and to support data entry and documentation handling at a local level to ensure compliance
Implement a common way of managing co-worker relations issues on country level, delivering consistency and fairness in all our processes and actively performing an analysis of root causes in coordination with the Unit P&C Business Partner Managers
Ensure budget approval for any personal data and mass data changes within the country
Provide approval for contract extensions within the country
Review benefits metrics and targets proposed by CoE Specialist and inputs
Approve any changes to off-cycle compensation and pay equality scenarios
Determine if the job and salary level will impact co-workers or other country level stakeholders, and creates an action plan to address the impacts
Manage involuntary and voluntary exits for co-workers based on guidelines and any legal requirements
Participate in performance reviews and calibration sessions and PIP programs as needed
Prepare report on industry trends and other data for key positions conversation with business and for Talent for Growth conversations
Review analysis, discuss list of priorities and finalize to proceed with capability gap assessment for learning priorities
Localize global principles and guidelines and ensure they are implemented in the people planning process and they are reflected in utilization of staffing systems and tools, optimized people planning practices, and co-workers schedules and timecard
Ensure the availability of accurate and updated market level information in order to support the units execute an effective and efficient people planning process.

Requirements:

University degree and 2 years of related experience, or minimum 5 years of related experience
Business Acumen
Stakeholder Relations
Operational, tactical and strategic decision-making
Business Model Guidance
Strategy Development
HR Issue Resolution and Policy Management
Talent Sourcing and Acquisition
Performance Management
Solution Design and Development

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Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

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