Who you are
As a Safety & Security Leader, you bring extensive experience in health & safety, fire safety, and security. With a strong sense of integrity and ethical standards, you can make well-balanced decisions while considering business, people, and ethical perspectives. You are energized by contributing to success through collaboration, driving change, and fostering a risk-aware culture. Your passion for safety, compliance, and risk management aligns with IKEA’s vision of creating a better everyday life for many people.
• University degree and/or relevant experience in health & safety, fire safety, or security. • Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role, with a strong understanding of Fire safety standards, regulations, and risk mitigation strategies. • Ability to drive change and champion new processes and digital systems to improve performance. • Ability to manage conflict by communicating requirements in a clear and simple manner. • Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships and work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. • High ethical standards and integrity, ensuring compliance and business continuity.
Your responsibilities
In this role, you will: Ensure a safe and secure environment for customers, co-workers, and assets by implementing global safety and security frameworks adapted to local regulations and business needs. • Facilitate risk assessments and help risk owners develop risk treatment strategies to proactively manage safety and security risks. • Support incident and crisis management, ensuring proper registration, root cause analysis, and risk mitigation in the projects. • Coordinate Country Critical Information Flow to keep stakeholders informed during potential crises. • Perform internal investigations to identify and prevent misconduct, fraud, and internal crime. • Provide subject matter expertise in health & safety, fire safety, and security to support business operations. • Develop and facilitate learning programs to ensure the right competence and awareness in the organization. • Promote a strong risk and compliance culture, raising awareness and driving a safety-first mindset across all business areas.
Together as a team
You could think that we have supernatural powers, but the truth is that our team is really great at putting our insights together to detect potential risks early on. We’re a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. Thanks to us our assets, co-workers, visitors and customers can feel safe. At least we think that’s pretty cool!
At IKEA, we believe in empowering our people and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning. As part of the Business Risk & Compliance team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a safe and secure environment, contributing to IKEA’s mission of creating a better everyday life for the many people. If you are passionate about safety, security, and risk management, and want to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
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.
