Service Office People & Culture Business Partner (LWO)

Job description

Job ID

336157BR
Work Area

People & HR
About the job

People & Culture at IKEA
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 have the preconditions to meet our customers in the best possible way.

The purpose of the People and Culture function is to secure the competence and organisation to reach our business ambitions.  

To succeed, we are focusing on three movements:
1. People choose IKEA for what we stand for
2. Engaged IKEA people with customers at heart
3. A modern, lean and agile IKEA fit for growth

LEAD, WORK AND ORGANISE
The Lead, Work & Organise initiative has resulted in a number of new opportunities, and this role is one of them!

ABOUT YOU                           
You are passionate about people and unlocking their potential to contribute to business results. You are dedicated to contributing to a great co-worker experience. You enjoy working in a vibrant and changing multi-cultural environment and appreciate the mix of strategic, tactical and operational tasks.

You have knowledge how to plan, attract, identify, recruit, develop, reward and support co-workers & leaders and their careers in IKEA on country level, also to secure potential successors for key positions in IKEA. You know how to secure proper on-boarding for new co-workers to IKEA, the team and work activities in an effective and performance-enhancing way.

You demonstrate general leadership ability and effectiveness with the capacity to handle multiple priorities, initiatives, interfaces and tasks. You express ideas and opinions effectively - with ability to influence and inspire. You have knowledge about the IKEA corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people, to ensure right representation

For this role we believe you have minimum 3 years of Human Resources experience, proven advanced training in Human Resources Management or equivalent, experience in the development and implementation of strategic plans and experience from an international company or a global matrix organisation.

ABOUT THE JOB
In the role as Local People & Culture Business Partner, you are responsible for efficient, effective and consistent execution of all People activities for the co-workers working in the Service Office.
·  Act as Business partner to the different departments in Service Office
·  Be responsible for supporting with Recruitment & Sourcing in identifying and driving the opportunities to develop the relevant offer of IKEA as an employer
·  Be responsible for ensuring a qualitative and up-to-date succession plan by partnering with different HR Business Partners, making use of global tools and processes for succession planning
·  Act as the contact person for all Service Office co-workers regarding questions related to labour law
·  Support the transfer of new colleagues transferring from a different country
·  Securing the roll out and implementation of the country learning calendar and training offer in Service Office
Location

Tokyo ( Funabashi )
Job Title

Service Office People & Culture Business Partner (LWO)
Country

Japan
Full Time - Part Time

Full Time
Job Type

Permanent
Additional Information :

You have questions about the wording? Here a little help:

- The "People & Culture" department at IKEA is the function that is in most companies referred to as "Human Resources"
- The IKEA Japan "Service Office" is a business unit within IKEA Japan consisting of around 120 colleagues based in Minami-Funabashi on top of the IKEA Tokyo-Bay store building.
- With "Business Partner" we mean an expert in a support function (such as People & Culture) partnering up with managers and co-workers in other functions (such as Sales, Marketing, IKEA Food, etc.).

In order to be a successful People & Culture Business Partner at IKEA Japan Service Office, you will need to have fluent Japanese in speaking and fluent English writing and speaking language skills.

Please apply via our Job vacancy system with your CV and motivation letter.

If you have job-specific questions, please contact

We look forward to getting to know you!