SASA-IND-People & Culture Generalist

IKEA Services India is one of the Supply Areas for IKEA which represent South Asia Region comprising of India Sri Lanka Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates (Supply Area South Asia-SASA). SASA has a rich history of sourcing from the South Asia region for more than four decades. Over these years we have brought in many processes and best practices that have improved the way we work with our business partners. Transformation of textile carpet industry and recycle plastic industry are a few such examples. This partnership with suppliers has helped to continuously grow our sourcing operations.

As a People & Culture Generalist your role will be to establish IKEA as the preferred employer by attracting those who share the IKEA values ensuring development for all co-workers inspiring them to perform and grow with IKEA by:

• Working in partnership with the business staff functions
• Ensuring the appropriate HR processes and tools are implemented
• Actively contributing to the growth of business through people

In this role as a P&C Generalist you will mainly contribute to: Mobility and Business Partnering in addition to other people topics. 

As P&C Generalist your main tasks are:

• Support in attracting recruiting and maintaining talents based on business needs and facilitating competence flow inside and cross business units
• Contribute to build business competence and leadership development by supporting managers and co-workers according to agreed development plans
• Provide support to co-workers and managers that helps building competence and facilitate career paths and succession planning
• Manage all aspects of relocation and immigration including visas assignments and family support to ensure smooth global transitions.
• To be the local HR speaking partner for one or more business units and work in partnership with relevant global HR partners supporting implementation of competence part of the relevant global plans.
  Contribute to the creation and operational implementation of the HR action plan
• Contribute to the positioning of IKEA as an attractive place to work and the preferred employer in the relevant market
• Responsible for execution of administration connected to People & HR digital tools.
• Act as a cultural role model in ways that demonstrate the IKEA values

Qualifications :

What wed like you to bring to the table 

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-dimensional environment and appreciate the mix of tactical and operational tasks. 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. 

To be successful in this role you need to have/be:

• 5-10 years experience with HR knowledge in one or several HR topics preferably who has worked as HR Generalist Specialist or Business Partner
• 2 years of experience in mobility & immigration processes
• Knowledge of global immigration laws and relocation practices
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences in English both verbally and in writing.
• Sound knowledge in leading on an operational level and contributing on a tactical level.
• Ability to build trust and relationships through good
• Communication and documentation skills
• Ability to coach and transfer knowledge
• Ability to support and enable change

In addition to Mobility its a plus if you also have core experience in any/both of the areas below: 

• Recruitment & Sourcing Employer Branding 
• Learning and development
• Compliance with Office policy Labour law and Regulations

Additional Information :

We welcome your application 

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 12-August-2025. 

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So dont delay please send us your application today.

This is a permanent position located in Bengaluru India. If you have questions about the position please write to Recruitment India.

We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA we value diverse backgrounds perspectives and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability status or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications merit and business need.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process just let us know.