Better Homes Leader RA Bathroom & Water - IKEA of Sweden

Are you interested in joining us on our journey to create the best complete bathrooms for the many people?  

In Range Area Bathroom & Water everything we do is driven by our curiosity, togetherness and creativity. For us bathrooms are small but mighty – it is the most important room of the home - the only one where we can truly be ourselves, a private haven despite being shared with every members of the family. It requires creative minds to solve the many tensions present in the bathroom!  

We are on the look for someone who will help us in building the position of IKEA Bathroom as a core area of the home from a life at home perspective. We are therefore looking for a person with a high level of home furnishing competence and the capability of creating coordinated solutions, from the start as well as adding to existing solutions, utilizing the IKEA styles and CMFs as a base. You are creative, knows what good looks like, can inspire and visualize, as well as organize your own time and schedule as well. You are excellent at communicating the range to different stakeholders across IKEA; within IoS, for media & communication purposes, towards Retail etc. In addition, you have competence in color, materials, and IKEA style groups. And most importantly, you have a strong feeling for what people LOVE around the globe and the desire to inspire people around you. 

As a Better Homes Leader you will lead the creation of home furnishing solutions with focus on activities around the bathroom and collaborate with other Range Areas for the completeness. You will work closely with the Range manager, Product Developers, Commercial Offer Leader, and other Better Homes Leaders. 

As a Better Homes Leader you will: 

• Identify opportunities based on life at home activities and work across RAs to create range coordination recipes to serve as the foundation for communication and media briefing.​ 
• Facilitate coordination across different Home Furnishing Businesses for the Growth Plan agenda 
• Create coordination and style guides to visualize and communicate the range offer towards internal and external stakeholders 
• Contribute to the development of material expression guides within Range and Product Development  
• Support other roles with a high level of home furnishing competence 
• Support and advice in matters covering style coordination, home-furnishing knowledge, consumer needs and long-term priorities 
• Support Product Developers and Range Manager in identifying range gaps and new opportunities 
• Gather insights in Life at Home and Home furnishing trends to share with the range team 

The Better Homes Leader is a position that requires deep knowledge of the IKEA range, home furnishing & interior design, global market home furnishings and social demographics.  

To be successful in this role, we believe that you have a broad understanding of the IKEA media landscape and what works best in each media. You have senior interior design experience from work on a global or national level with a commercial perspective. We think you have a degree in Visual Merchandising, Interior Design or Fine/Applied arts or working experience of the same value. 

As a person, you are the go-to person of the team. You should have the ability to build good and strong relations with people, creating a positive and creative working environment based on the IKEA values: You are organized and a self-starter and ensure that your deadlines are met. You are also a great team player enjoying connecting and collaborating with others. 

• Passion & knowledge about life at home and customer needs 
• An eye for styles, design, aesthetically combining materials, color, form, function and price 
• Able to form your own opinions and be firm with them 
• Structured and well-organized 
• Able to work under pressure and with many tasks ongoing simultaneously 
• Great communication skills (visual, verbal & written) and networking capabilities 
• Ability to lead without formal mandate 
• Independent and proactive 
• Knowledge about how to set a visual direction, identifying “the next thing” 
• Knowledge and experience in using digital tools like the DPD tool is nice to have 

This is a full-time position, located in Älmhult (Sweden). 

Does this sound like your next challenge?  

We look forward to receiving your application. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than June 11. Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:  

• What do you think you would bring to this role and makes you an ideal candidate?  
• What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?  

If you have questions about the positions, please contact Hiring Manager Nicolas Trudel, nicolas.trudel@inter.ikea.com   

If you have questions related to the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Jonas Levin at jonas.levin@inter.ikea.com 

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.