Unit People & Culture Manager, IKEA

IKEA

Location:
India, Hyderabad

Category:
Human Resources

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Job Description:

IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.

Job Responsibility:

Act as an P&C business partner to the unit manager on all People topics
Lead and develop the unit P&C team to provide excellent co-worker experience
Ensure the people strategy, global principles/guidelines as localised by the Country P&C team and relevant business plans are operationally implemented and lived up to
Influence unit mgmt. team to continuously develop local leadership capabilities within their function according to business needs
Support the building of local business competence & performance by setting and working on relevant goals, together with the unit managers
Ensure delivery of learning & training at unit level, supported by the P&C Generalist or Market Area Learning Delivery Specialist
Ensure local employer communication is consistent, well perceived and builds on the IKEA brand
Together with the market area manager, secure an up-to-date succession process and plan by influencing the managers in taking the lead with special focus on developing talents and high performing potentials
Be a good example of IKEA leadership in ways that express the IKEA values within and outside IKEA, and together with the unit managers help to safeguard and promote the IKEA Culture
Responsible for implementation of co-worker relations plan that effectively manages all local interactions with co-workers and ensures that all areas in the unit work with the labour relations principles and uphold local policies, procedures and laws
Together with the Business Navigation Manager responsible for the distribution of budget hours between the unit departments, according to the need of the business and the coworker, enabling an effective and efficient people planning process

Requirements:

Passionate about people, business, IKEA’s purpose and continuously driving better performance
Prior experience in developing people and organisations
Experience from a global matrix organisation and/or participating on global projects
Cross functional understanding of INGKA/IKEA Matrix and operations
Knowledge of implementing long-term plans, according to set budgets and goals
Knowledge of the rights and obligations of workers and employers
Knowledge of mediating the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government
Knowledge of identifying, assessing, encouraging and ensuring co-workers´ performance against organisational and individual goals
Knowledge of introducing a co-worker to IKEA, the team and work activities in an effective and performance enhancing way
Knowledge of using, governing and managing partnership models in a responsible way to build trustful partnership relationships
Knowledge of anticipating, identifying and developing potential successors for key positions in IKEA
Knowledge of different leadership styles and needs as well as appropriate use for different situations
Motivated by being passionate about people and having a strong belief in individuals’ potential
Passionate about creating an engaging co-worker experience
Reflects what IKEA stands for and the IKEA values
Capable of accomplishing goals, completing tasks, and achieving results
Capable of developing virtual and other collaborative relationships to facilitate current and future objectives
Ability to work independently, take own initiatives and responsibility but also a team-player

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employer
Diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills valued
Work environment free of discrimination and harassment
Encouragement of individualism

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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