Company Description
IKEA Industry, part of the Inter IKEA Group, is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of the IKEA value chain. As IKEA’s own furniture manufacturer our role is to offer a unique advantage for IKEA as a world leader in home furnishing.
IKEA Industry has 32 production units, across 16 sites in 7 countries: Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Sweden, Lithuania, China and Hungary.
Our operations include forestry, sawmills, boards, component and furniture production. IKEA culture and values shape everything we do. Not only do the IKEA values bring us together, they also help us to do business successfully.
Project Management (PMO) is part of Manufacturing Development at IKEA Industry. Manufacturing Development leads and supports new products, new materials and business development activities, furniture- & board-technology. Together with our IKEA colleagues we lead and develop business development within IKEA Industry units as well as offering support and services including project management, product development for IKEA Suppliers, automation & robotics and the development of manufacturing concepts benefitting IKEA today and tomorrow.
Job Description
We are looking for a Project Leader for expansion projects in Poland. The projects are major investments in the region, and the first assignment is at our factory in Stepnica.
As Project Leader you will lead expansion projects within IKEA Industry, Poland, and you will be part of a team of project leaders all reporting to PMO Manager located in Malmö, Sweden. The project will report to the Project Steering group/ Project Owner and deliver the result to the receiving organization in Stepnica. You will lead a project team of 5-6 members with different competences that are vital for success.
The project at our furniture factory in Stepnica includes building an extension of the factory and automation of the repair process. This include installation of machines, start-up, ramp-up and hand over to the local organization.
As Project Leader you are responsible for:
- Delivering the project within set frames for scope, time and budget, applying relevant project management methods and tools
- Secure regular project follow-up and report to the steering group to enable change
- Plan and perform handover to the line organization which include involvement in early stage and change management
- Ensure that lessons learned have been documented
- Lead, coach and develop a high performing project team that will make sure to reach project objectives and goals
- Take lead in working across functions within the site organization, common support functions and across IKEA Supply.
- Enable all team members to share best practices with and across the organization
- Take lead in driving an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values where our co-workers are informed, engaged and empowered
Qualifications
To be successful in the role, you have;
- Inspiration and leadership in line with IKEA values. An authentic leader with strong self-awareness and ability to lead people situationally.
- Passion and ability to lead a project team
- Passion to develop and engage the relevant competencies on different levels
- Proven similar cases of Project Management in a manufacturing environment
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to coordinate and analyze multiple workstreams with connection to running processes
- Experience from furniture production is an advantage
- Very good in English (C1/C2 level)
- Good in Polish (min B2 level)
Additional Information
Our Values
At IKEA, we believe in leading by example, simplicity, continuous improvement, and the courage to be different. We value community, enthusiasm, and responsibility. We want each of our employees to develop and inspire others to act.
Join Us!
If you share our values and want to grow with us, apply for the position of Project Leader at IKEA Industry. We look forward to your application!
Possible locations for this position is Stepnica, Resko or Goleniow in Poland. This position will require travelling mainly within Poland.
Do you feel challenged and inspired by what you have seen in this job ad? If “yes!” we would love to know more about you and your motivation for this job! Please send us your application as soon as possible, but no later than 17.04.2025
Curious to know more? Let´s connect!
For more information or any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Lena Vollbrecht ([email protected])
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What We Do
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers. The IKEA retail business is operated through a franchise system. Today, 12 different groups of companies market and sell the IKEA product range under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Any jobs published on this page are offered by different companies operating under the IKEA Trademark. IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943.
