People & Culture Manager: National Office

Job description

Job ID

340554BR
Work Area

People & HR
About the job

People & Culture Manager: National Office
(14 Month Maternity Leave Assignment)
IKEA Canada, Burlington, Ontario 

People & Culture

At the heart of our business are people. We create a better everyday life together by living our shared values and safeguarding our unique culture. To create an inspiring IKEA experience we need to make sure our co-workers are able to meet our customers in the best possible way.

The purpose of the People and Culture function is to help provide our co-workers with the competence, knowledge and motivation to reach our business ambitions.  We are also responsible for ensuring that we always strive to be a Great Place to Work for everyone at IKEA.  

We look for people who choose IKEA for what we stand for. 
We look for people who are customer focused and wish to work for a modern, progressive and agile company built for growth! 

ABOUT YOU 
                          
·  You are passionate about people and the unlocking of their potential to optimize business results.
·  You are dedicated to providing our co-worker’s with a Great Place to Work.
·  You enjoy working in a vibrant, ever-changing multi-dimensional environment.  You appreciate a mix of strategic, tactical and operational tasks.
·  You have knowledge of how to plan, source, recruit,  select, develop, reward and support co-workers & leaders in their career journey at a country level.
·  You help secure potential successors for key positions.
·  You know how to properly on-board new co-workers to a company, their team and their work activities in an effective and performance-enhancing way
·  You demonstrate strong leadership abilities and can effectively handle multiple priorities.
·  You express ideas and opinions effectively and confidently - with the ability to influence and inspire.
·  You have some knowledge of the IKEA corporate identity, our core values and you connect with our vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.
·  You can work with digital best practices to achieve organizational goals and objectives.  
Ideally you have a minimum of 3 years of Human Resources Management experience, an educational background in Human Resources, and been involved in projects and/or have worked in a global matrix organization.

ABOUT THE JOB

In the role as National (Service) Office People & Culture Manager, you are responsible forefficient, effective and consistent implementation of, and participation in, all People & Culture activities in our Canadian Service Office.  You will achieve this by being a business partner to the leaders in the office. You will also ensure that our IKEA values and culture are a living reality there as well.

You will:

·  Be a Business partner to all leaders in the Service Office. You are responsible for the implementation and consistent use of all People processes and activities for the entire office in collaboration with your Business partners.
·  Ensure that our People strategy, global principles/guidelines and relevant business plans are reflected in a local/unit People action plan that is operationally implemented and consistently lived up to.
·  Influence managers in the office to continuously develop the local leadership capabilities of their teams and to enhance the business competence within their functions according to our business needs
·  Be responsible for working with the Recruitment & Sourcing team and the Burlington store to develop and drive our local Employer Brand in the Burlington market. 
·  Be responsible for ensuring that a comprehensive and up-to-date succession plan is maintained by each function manager with a focus on High Potentials.  You will use IKEA global strategies, processes and tools to make this happen.
·  Together with the finance team deliver a local staff cost budget which emphasizes a diverse, competent and optimized staff structure which meets our goals. 
·  Be responsible for implementing and using a responsive co-worker/employee relations plan  
In this role you will report to the People & Culture Manager for our Central Market. This is a 14 month assignment beginning in May, 2019.

This role is located in the IKEA Canada Service Office in Burlington, Ontario and will require up to 30% travel: internationally and domestically.  
 

Location

Burlington
Job Title

People & Culture Manager: National Office
Country

Canada
Full Time - Part Time

Full Time
Job Type

Regular