Inspire people, develop capabilities, and bring our distinctive culture to life. Join IKEA Dublin as our People & Culture Manager.
At IKEA, our People & Culture Manager is the driving force behind creating a workplace where co-workers feel inspired, valued, and empowered to be their best every day.
WHAT WE OFFER
• Starting salary of €70,000 per annum, based on competence and experience. • 39 Hours working 5 days over 7 and one weekend in 3 • We can discuss flexibility to match your life and our business needs during the interview.
WORKING WITH US HAS ITS REWARDS
Our co-workers bring unique ideas and skills to work every day, and we offer a variety of benefits that suit their and their family's everyday needs.
• 15% IKEA co-worker discount, plus access to a discount portal offering savings at hundreds of popular high street retailers. • Financial wellbeing support, including life assurance at four times your salary, enhanced pension contributions, and access to interest-free loans. • Free healthy meal options in our co-worker restaurant, including a salad bar, fresh fruit, and hot and cold drinks. • We support you through life's important moments, offering paid leave for your child's first day at school and your wedding or civil partnership day.
..as well so much more! Full Benefit List: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/this-is-ikea/work-with-us/why-work-with-us-because-a-job-with-us-is-so-much-more-than-a-job-pub1969c310/
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE
• Relevant experience in People & Culture within the retail sector or a similarly complex, customer-focused environment. • Able to build positive relationships, engage stakeholders and create a culture where everyone is valued, developed and empowered to perform at their best. • Experience of the following is beneficial: - Strategy development and stakeholder management - Performance Management and organisational effectiveness - Talent management, succession planning and leadership development - HR issue resolution, employee relations and policy management - Business partnering and organisational change - Workforce planning and capability development • Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively, balancing operational requirements with long-term business priorities while meeting agreed goals and deadlines. • Ability to share ideas and opinions clearly, communicate effectively, and coach leaders at all levels to support business and people outcomes. • Solid problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with the capability to navigate ambiguity, manage organisational risk and address complex people and business challenges. • Experience partnering with senior leaders to translate business objectives into people priorities that support engagement, leadership capability and business performance. • Skill in guiding people through organisational change, assisting leaders and colleagues as they manage transformation and maintain trust, engagement, and operational effectiveness.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As part of the store senior management group you will: • Guide and implement operational requirements, collaborating with stakeholders to support the implementation of the full range of People and Culture (P&C) strategy, solutions and activities. • Ensure the consistent application of the full range of people and culture strategy, solutions and activities. • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure people and culture priorities are included in business plans. • Guide and implement operational requirements to coach, support and build the competency of stakeholders to improve the application of people and culture solutions. • Manage P&C Business Partners, coordinators and people planners within the unit to provide adequate support to the business. • Oversee investigations into co-worker claims of unfair treatment or management charges of misconduct or non compliance, and communicate findings to manager, P&C Business Partner, and Legal as appropriate. • Monitor and resolve discipline issues, if appropriate, and if Union-represented, refer to union disciplinary process. • Coach Managers on solutions related to workforce, co-worker engagement, organisational effectiveness, change management and Ingka Total Rewards. • Identify, evaluate and monitor actual and potential labour issues evolving internally or externally that could create significant risks for IKEA. • Supervise the implementation and follow up on the IKEA Employment standards and compliance in your unit. • Ensure Ingka Total Rewards strategy is followed. • Shape and develop People strategy with a business perspective. • Participate and represent People & Culture in strategic business plan development and ongoing business meetings and decisions. • Ensure that Line managers develop business and leadership competence, and Performance Management for today & tomorrow by using the relevant competence building tools and methods to secure the wonderful customer experience in a multi-channel environment. • Consistently maintain an ongoing open dialogue with co-workers, their associations and other organisations, contributing to partnership with co-worker committees/trade unions to secure social partner commitment and alignment to contribute to the business needs, strategic goals and implementation of the business transformations. • Responsible for ensuring that the talent and succession goals for the assigned business areas are being fulfilled, providing advice and guidance to line managers to secure a quality and timely process. • Provide co-worker relations knowledge, co-worker insights and advice to the business functions, Unit P&C Business Partners in collaboration with Co-worker Relations Specialists • Support the leadership development of P&C Business Partners to help ensure succession planning within the country. • Ensure Ingka Total Rewards framework and processes implementation and compliance in the Unit.
WE CARE FOR THE PEOPLE
It takes the diversity of thought, background, and culture to make great ideas a reality. We welcome candidates from all walks of life, including those with disabilities, to join us, and feel valued in the workplace.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS INFORMATION –
Let us know if you require any adjustments to be made during the interview process as soon as possible.
• Please attach an updated CV and cover letter with your application so we can get to know you better. • Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete and submit a pre-work task / PI prior to interview. • Shortlisted candidates will be invited by email to attend a face-to- face interview. • Domestic Mobility Support will be offered.
For any advice or support, email Recruiter fiona.currie@Ingka.ikea.com and I will be happy to help!
