SASA-IND-Project Controller

Located in India, Development Centre South Asia belongs to Core Business Range. Our assignment is to lead product development capabilities close to people and partners in strategic locations to deliver IKEA product range with simplicity, speed and low cost. Through Democratic Design we ensure a relevant product range on IKEA markets with a strong IKEA identity and uniqueness.

We are now looking for Project Controller, come to join us!

As Project Controller, you will be responsible to lead project planning, tracking, following up and the product development process to ensure team delivers the project goals according to plan, you will be the important role of the product development team, your common goal is to develop the products with speed, low cost, quality, IKEA identity.

• Project planning, tracking of compliance to time plans, working methods and business rules.
• Lead fact-based decision making with scenarios and recommendations in the product development projects.
• Responsible for capturing and communicating project risks and interdependencies, Reports risks and deviations in connection to the project towards the Range & Project team
• Responsible for capturing and documenting project lessons learned and secure these learnings in new projects
• Responsible for range management, product information, range administration and range change execution for news development, in assigned projects
• Ensure a strong performance culture where project deviations are detected early and acted upon
• Communicate project results in a clear and inspiring way.
• Leads and secures that the time plan connected to the process is kept and that all stakeholders are involved in the right time and with the right preconditions
• Secures that the budget is kept and that all documentation is in place.
• Leads and secures that the milestones and mandatory actions in relation to the process as well as process improvements

We are looking for the people with:

• Interest of people’s life at home and energy, drive and commitment to deliver better products
• Experience in project management (planning, execution, risk management)
• Ability to facilitate effective meetings and reaching decisions, ability to put potentials and risks in projects on table, lead team acting on deviations and seek improvements
• Humble and willpower, result oriented with passion to lead things happen through people. Hands on with big project ambition and plan in mind. Detail oriented and excellent in both tactical and operation.
• Logical thinking and structured way of working, ability to simplifying complex issues, sharp in the communication.
• Openness, authenticity with clear self-awareness, ability to build strong relation and collaboration with development team and stakeholders.
• Proactive attitude, having the courage to question and challenge across topics, always find the better way and improve the effectiveness.
• Knowledge in business navigation is a plus

This position will be based in Bangalore, India.

Sounds interesting?

Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation by 21st May 2025. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates. So, don’t delay, please send us your application today. All CVs/cover letter to be submitted via portal only. No email applications considered.

If you have questions about the position, please write to Recruitment India.

We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.