Our team within IKEA
With the customer at the heart of everything we do, team Expansion takes responsibility for developing and implementing the strategic expansion plan for IKEA Netherlands. Expansion acts upon business needs based on insights and optimize accessibility to enable maximum penetration of IKEA Netherlands. Expansion is responsible for implementing our retailing concepts and securing that we fully utilize our assets in the new world of IKEA – all at lowest cost, with economy of scale and sustained profitability.
IKEA continues to look into the future and is currently seeking for a Project Manager – Expansion who will help create and lead the development of the IKEA of tomorrow. This is the opportunity to join us at the very start of the journey and to be core to the future success of IKEA!
To work at IKEA, you need to be yourself. You must also enjoy going the extra mile, be self-driven and work well together with others. As a person, you are able to direct efforts to achieve long-term business objectives; prioritize, delegate and make efficient decisions with speed and simplicity. In addition, we hope that you have:
In this role you will be responsible for:
What else is important?
'- This role is based in our Service Office located in Haarlem and you are flexible in travelling within NL.
Are you interested? Do you see yourself in this role? If so, you can apply through this website. Upload your CV and motivation letter.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the closing date mentioned or to prolong it.
With the customer at the heart of everything we do, team Expansion takes responsibility for developing and implementing the strategic expansion plan for IKEA Netherlands. Expansion acts upon business needs based on insights and optimize accessibility to enable maximum penetration of IKEA Netherlands. Expansion is responsible for implementing our retailing concepts and securing that we fully utilize our assets in the new world of IKEA – all at lowest cost, with economy of scale and sustained profitability.
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Who you areIKEA continues to look into the future and is currently seeking for a Project Manager – Expansion who will help create and lead the development of the IKEA of tomorrow. This is the opportunity to join us at the very start of the journey and to be core to the future success of IKEA!
To work at IKEA, you need to be yourself. You must also enjoy going the extra mile, be self-driven and work well together with others. As a person, you are able to direct efforts to achieve long-term business objectives; prioritize, delegate and make efficient decisions with speed and simplicity. In addition, we hope that you have:
- Proven project management and cost management skills
- Good leadership capabilities and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the IKEA Retail Expansion process (e.g., Business Case, PDI, Project Design phase and Commercial Brief)
- Knowledge of retail/expansion business operations
- History of working and steering through financial tools (e.g., Investment Request (IR) documentation)
- Experience from managing change in a complex business environment, in a result-oriented way with the drive to make things happen.
- Experience in leading and influencing teams and managers
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Delivering the projects’ milestones within agreed timeframe, budget, and quality while following the IKEA Retail Establishment process
- The preparation of projects in the pre-project phase, budget estimation, cost management and implementation of large scale & multi layered retail projects or Store in Shape as New projects (e.g, commercial rebuilds) according to the project directive.
- Manage, lead, develop and motivate local project team
- Identify, mitigate and manage risks
- You are able to prioritize and delegate and keep a good overview on the total process.
- Making decisions while operating good project governance processes and working across multiple organizations & functions, both internal and external, and leading stakeholders on a country level
- Communicating progress to relevant stakeholders, including Country management team & Board
What else is important?
'- This role is based in our Service Office located in Haarlem and you are flexible in travelling within NL.
- English language skills, both written and verbal
Are you interested? Do you see yourself in this role? If so, you can apply through this website. Upload your CV and motivation letter.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the closing date mentioned or to prolong it.
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