IKEA Hiring for Store HR Manager in Training (39 hours) at Gateshead Full Time

ABOUT THE ROLE:
IKEA UK & Ireland are looking to welcome a new HR Manager in training to their team!

This is an opportunity for candidates who wish to train to become a store HR manager over the next 12 months.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Gateshead People & Culture (HR) team, to learn, grow and develop over the course of a 12-month period, from appointment. Our ambition is that you will then be ready to take up a store HR Manager position across the UK & Ireland.

For this role, you must be willing to relocate nationally upon completion of your training period to fulfil a vacant post.

At IKEA, we strive to be a diverse and inclusive employer, and whilst we are doing great things already, we know we have still some work to do to reach our equality and diversity ambitions around gender and race. But one thing is sure: we are committed to increasing the representation of underrepresented groups throughout our business, especially in leadership positions. Therefore, we want to reach out to you, the many people, who represent and reflect the communities we work in, we warmly welcome your application.

Our work at IKEA never stands still. We’re doing things differently, for that we need HR Managers to lead the way, and this is where you come in. We’re always looking for people who think differently!

ABOUT YOU:
We are looking for a high potential candidate who wants to work towards becoming a Market & Sustainability (Store Manager) Manager in the future.

You have a true passion for home furnishing and retail – you want to make life at home better for many people and bring our omni-channel mindset and ways of working to life. You enjoy a fast pace that retail offers, every day. At IKEA we like to challenge things, and you would love to find better ways together with all of us.

You do so by being learning-oriented and when faced with challenges/dilemmas you tackle it with agility, optimism, and confidence.

You are driven to set and achieve ambitious goals, working with others.

You focus on what really matters and adds value to our customers and our many co-workers.

Inspire and clarify, collaborate, co-create, and developing others makes your everyday wonderful.

Your entrepreneurial mindset enables you to take on responsibility and make decisions without the fear of failure. You always side with the many customers, keeping them at heart.

You are agile, adaptable and thrive leading in the unknown. You are commercially aware and should have some experience in a commercial function or role.

You have a curiosity and energy and full mobility to relocate to a new location in the UK & IE.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:
You should have a minimum of 3 years experience as a HR Business Partner or Senior Retail Manager. You should have experience working in a large-format setting and working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

• knows how to plan, attract, identify, recruit, develop, reward and support both co-workers and leaders and their careers.
• can gather and analyse information and create business-driven actions which prioritize our customers, co-workers and our culture
• have ability to set expectations and provide a clear direction, create and manage long term plans, set budgets, goals, and follow up on KPIs,
• knows how to move from a strategic perspective to specific actions,
• thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and is able to adapt to change.
• act as an IKEA values Ambassador and share them with co-workers by leading by example,
• passionate about people and unlocking their potential to contribute to business results and to a great co-worker experience.
• strong leader, with the capacity to handle multiple priorities, initiatives, interfaces and tasks,
• have excellent networking skills combined with the ability to build trust and long-term relationships.
• engaged & committed to develop & deliver business results by optimizing performance through people.
• apply your business knowledge and leverage digital best practices to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first stage interview W/C: 08.08.2022

Final stage interviews will take place mid-late August.

We anticipate the successful candidate will start in September, 2022.

All interviews for this position will be virtual.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This role is full-time and permanent, working 39 hours per week, over 5 days. This is an in-store role and you will be required to work evenings and alternate weekends.

This is a training opportunity for 12 months, after this period, the expectation is that you are available to relocate nationally to fulfil a vacant role. All applicants must be nationally mobile across the UK and Ireland.

You must be willing to relocate to the Gateshead area (Newcastle) during the training period.

Please include an up-to-date CV and motivational letter with your application.

If you have further questions, please contact: [email protected]