IKEA Management Trainee Programme in Sweden

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IKEA Management Trainee Programme in Sweden

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Do you have passion for home furnishing? Then this could be the right challenge for you! IKEA in Sweden is looking for future IKEA managers.

Our goal is to find talented, passionate and natural leaders who share our values and can lead us now and in the future. You will be offered a unique chance to experience and develop at IKEA.

During the 13 months IKEA Management Trainee Programme you will get to know IKEA through training and hands-on involvement. You will start your training in one of our IKEA stores for one month (August 2017). From September onwards you will be given your assignment at one of our IKEA companies in Sweden. Together with your Management Trainee team and within your assignment you will learn about the business and leadership at IKEA and work on your personal development. Maybe you are a future manager within technique/quality, purchasing, product development, sustainability, HR, communication or another field! Throughout the programme you will have a manager to guide you through your assignment and a mentor who will support, advice and challenge you. You will at the end of the programme have access to a professional coach.

Is this your next challenge?
To be a successful candidate you need:
·  a strong interest in making a leadership career at IKEA
·  to be willing to relocate within Sweden, and possibly abroad in the future
·  at least 1 year of coherent working experience
·  to have started your career as a leader in some way. Maybe you have already worked as a manager for a couple of years, or you have practised leadership through e.g. voluntary commitments or in student organisations.
·  fluency in English We believe that you have the leadership capabilities that are necessary to lead both business and people . As a leader at IKEA you are driven, have lots of energy and the desire to constantly find new ways to develop yourself and the business. Furthermore, you find it easy to communicate and build relationships. Change is a constant part of our lifecycle at IKEA, therefore it is important that you can handle change in a good way, feel confident during change and hopefully it even tickles you. Most important of all is that your desire to succeed is greater than your fear of failure . You have a passion for life at home and share the IKEA values.

Our offer
We offer the opportunity to work in an environment where people and a strong team spirit are acknowledged as central values. As an IKEA co-worker, you are given a great deal of freedom in the way you work and plenty of opportunities to make your own mark on the business. We offer a permanent contract of employment, the first 13 months of which are spent in the IKEA Management Trainee Programme.

Diversity in the workplace is not just a fancy word at IKEA. It is part of everyday working life. We know that a mix of people leads to better ideas, wiser decisions and a better working environment. At IKEA we believe in Life Balance. That means that it's important to work thoughtfully in a sustainable way, but it also means that you can be a leader at IKEA at any stage in your life.

The Recruitment process
For the first part of the recruitment process we would like you to answer a few important questions. Please write your answers to these questions (together with the number of the question) in your cover letter (max 4000 characters in total).
·  Why do you want to be a leader in IKEA and make a career within leadership in IKEA?
·  Do you have 1 year of coherent working experience? If yes, please describe shortly.
·  What does leadership mean to you?
·  What experience do you have when it comes to leadership?
·  Please give us an example of how your leadership gave a positive effect on a situation/person/group. Are you eager to be inspired by your future colleagues? Click here!

Please send us your application in English today. Please note that we do NOT accept applications via e-mail.

If you have any questions regarding this position and the recruitment process, please contact our HR Service Centre, ************@*******.** .

If you want to be part of something big, this could be the right challenge for you!

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer a wide range of home furnishings with good design and function at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

Job ID

263174BR

Removal Date

31/12/2016