Who you are
We think that you are passionate about people, business and the IKEA vision and you thrive by continuously driving better performance. You are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people as well as motivated by leading and developing people. To be successful in this role we believe you:
• University level education or proven knowledge in the area of risk management • Minimum 5 years of experience, preferably in the field of risk management and/or business operations • Excellent stakeholder management skills: good communication, listening and influencing skills • Ability to make well balanced decisions taking different business, people and ethical perspectives into consideration • Strong sense of integrity and high ethical standards • Good understanding of IKEA’s corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people • Good knowledge of how to profile, model, analyse and report on all data, cross-channel, to gain insights for business purposes and decision making • Good understanding of IKEA’s corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people • Good knowledge of how to profile, model, analyse and report on all data, cross-channel, to gain insights for business purposes and decision making • Energized by driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through collaboration • Inspired by working together in an ever changing multi-dimensional Environment • Networking- Builds and maintains a system of business connections • Dealing with ambiguity- Comfortably handles unclear or unpredictable situations • Driving change- Champions new methods, digital systems and processes to improve performance • Driving Performance- Provides guidance and feedback to maximise performance of individuals and/or groups • Integrity- Acts honestly in accordance with moral or ethical principles • Anticipating problems- Use digital data and other insights to forecast and detect errors, gaps, and potential flaws
Your responsibilities
To ensure a holistic and proactive risk handling for respective country. Making sure priorities are well accepted and understood by the business stakeholders, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and treated and by doing so, safeguarding our co-workers, customer, assets and the IKEA brand.
• Create country specific operational risk and compliance insights in order to identify and act on risks and business opportunities • Create and maintain Country Risk Register in order to identify, assess and manage risks at country level. Document and report findings to Country Management and Country Matrix Leader • Operate and validate integrated global Risk & Compliance frameworks and adapt if needed due to local regulation and legislation • Conduct and facilitate tactical and operational risk assessment, develop and monitor risk mitigation • Define and conduct compliance verification activities, monitor control effectiveness and efficiency and feedback deviations to risk and control owner • Secure and improve risk and compliance data quality to support informed decision making • Monitor and analyse risk and compliance data to identify, act and follow up on insights • Partner up with the business to deliver subject matter expertise and guidance in order to provide support and secure operational excellence throughout the country • Implement standardised and automated ways of working to create efficiency and alignment throughout the country. • Secure the right competence and knowledge in units and country organisation by facilitating learning activities and competence networks • Lead and inspire a risk and compliance performance mind-set, raise risk awareness and promote a risk culture and thereby supporting growth and maximization of business value
Together as a team
By integrating and applying risk and compliance frameworks into our processes, not only do we do it right from the start, we also secure a more efficient and risk aware organisation resulting in a better performance. We aim to empower people and business to grasp the many opportunities and take responsible risks everyday while safeguarding and strengthening our people, customer relationships, our assets and the IKEA brand. 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.
