Communication Manager | Range Strategy & Identity
Communication Manager | Range Strategy & Identity
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Job Description
As Communication Manager in Range you are a crucial contributor to moving our most important strategic and business questions through the power of communication. In this role and context you will support enable and create clarity and engagement in our strategic directions and range identity movements. The topics stretch across:
- The IKEA Range & Communication Strategy and strategic directions such as Timeless & Timely and Home Furnishing Accessories (HFA) direction
- Strategic as well as ongoing work with the Collections portfolio and Complete & Coordinated agenda
- Leading the input to the different plans in creating clarity in how we lead from the strategy with biggies callouts and amplify it through the IKEA Growth plan
- The work with IKEAs design agenda which is both about positioning and design as a bigger question.
An important part of your assignment is how we make it happen throughout Range in tight collaboration with Range Areas and Range Operations through further developing communication structures and flows and creating clear and inspirational communication.
You will represent many of the big IKEA topics that are led from Range and will be an essential contributor to the Communication plan for Range and other contexts that is part of the bigger IKEA communication agenda.
You will be a member of both the Communication Managers team and the Range Strategy & Identity management team. You will work in close partnership with the Communication Manager in Range and the Range Strategy & Identity Manager. You will play an important part in creating coworker engagement in the Range Strategy & Identity function. You will lead communication together with a team of 5 direct reporting communicators and in collaboration with the network of communicators across Range.
You will report to the Communication Manager in Range and you will be a member of the Communication Managers team in Range.
Qualifications :
As our new Communication Manager you have high seniority and:
- are an experienced leader and can engage delegate and lead through others both network based and direct leadership
- have extensive experience in planning creating and executing impactful communication.
- have proven communication competence and crossfunctional understanding of the IKEA strategic landscape network and value chain.
- have deep understanding of the core of the Range assignment as well as business and communication needs
- are very curious and solutionoriented with ability to create engagement and build trustful relationships with various stakeholders a strong networker and collaborator.
- are a selfstarter actionoriented and capable of navigating and leading questions forward in a complex and fast paced environment and positively influence ideas that will grow IKEA.
- enjoy working at a fast pace in an optimistic and futureoriented continuously developing organization having a strong ability to adapt to change and navigate complexities.
- have a large capacity and ability to move between and act on strategic tactical and operational tasks and contexts.
- are a very strong and creative communicator with the ability to move business questions and create impact through communication simplify complexities and represent IKEA in all have a deep connection to what is typically IKEA and a strong sense for IKEA visual identity tone of voice and what good looks like.
Additional Information :
Application and practicalities
Please apply for the role by uploading the below documents in English:
- Your CV;
- A separate document including your answers to these questions:
- What do you believe is your biggest contributions to this position
- Whats your approach to creating clear and engaging communication when dealing with complex or abstract topics (e.g. strategy identity vision)
- How have you led and influenced communication across a complex organization or matrix network especially in a role where you were not the formal decisionmaker
- What comes through in your leadership
Please keep your answers short and sharp.
The last application date is 2 June 2025. We will interview continuously and may close the recruitment when we have found the right candidate so please dont wait with your application!
Questions about the recruitment process can be answered by Bence Dnes and for questions with regards to the role please contact Emma Dafns Range Strategy & Identity Manager and Karin Wells Communication Manager IKEA of Sweden.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
