Recruitment Partner | Range, Design and Engineering

Inter IKEA Group connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and ensures alignment of the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. 

This role is positioned in People & Culture, Enabling Functions. You will belong to the Recruitment team and report to the Recruitment Manager. The team supports the business with high quality, values-based recruitment and strongly contributes to competence supply across Inter IKEA Group. 

Our team is based in Älmhult, and this role may also spend time in other locations to stay close to the business. We believe that your presence with the team and the business will require physical presence at least 4 days a week. 

As a Recruitment Partner, you will play an important part in connecting business needs with talent outcomes. You will support business areas and competence families through the full recruitment lifecycle, combining operational delivery with a broader view on workforce needs, talent insights and continuous improvement. 

A key focus for this role will be within the areas Range, Design and Engineering, where you will partner with leaders and teams involved in developing the IKEA product range for the many people. You will support recruitment across several different competence families, including areas such as Design, Product and Range Development, Engineering and Supply Chain. By helping attract and hire key competence, you will contribute to creating better products and solutions that are functional, affordable, sustainable, and relevant for life at home. 

Your primary focus will be to enable quality recruitment in close partnership with leaders, recruitment and People & Culture colleagues, and other stakeholders. You will help translate business direction into recruitment priorities, continuously develop sustainable, data-driven, and inclusive recruitment practices and help shape how we attract and hire talent across the organization.  

On a typical working day, you will: 

• Lead and coordinate recruitment activities within the assigned competence areas, securing clear priorities, efficient flow and quality delivery. 
• Partner with business leaders and P&C colleagues to understand hiring needs and translate them into recruitment strategies and talent actions. 
• Drive end-to-end recruitment processes, including sourcing, selection, assessment guidance, candidate experience and stakeholder alignment. 
• Use recruitment data, market insights and dashboards to identify trends, forecast needs and support better decision-making. 
• Contribute to continuous improvement of recruitment ways of working, tools and processes across Inter IKEA Group  

The role as Recruitment Partner requires you to: 

• Have experience from recruitment, talent acquisition, HR or a related business area. 
• Bring solid understanding of recruitment processes, sourcing methods, selection techniques and candidate assessment. 
• Be confident in driving end-to-end recruitment processes and supporting leaders with clear guidance and recommendations. 
• Use data, insights and recruitment tools to understand trends, improve ways of working and support decision-making. 
• Build strong relationships with leaders, co-workers and stakeholders across a changing, multicultural environment. 
• Communicate clearly in English, both written and verbal, and adapt your message to different audiences. 
• Work in a structured way, prioritising several recruitment processes and stakeholders with clarity and confidence. 

It’s a plus if you also have: 

• Experience leading others formally or informally, or a strong readiness to take on operational leadership responsibility. 
• Experience working with talent pipelines, market insights, workforce planning or competence-based recruitment. 
• Knowledge of ED&I principles and how to integrate them throughout the recruitment process. 

We look forward to receiving your application by  25th of November at the latest. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, or if you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, feel free to contact the Recruiter Jas Garcha ([email protected]) or the Hiring Manager, Deborah Eckerby. 

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. Once competence requirements are met, we will first consider impacted co-workers employed in Inter IKEA Group.