Range Manager - Range Area Bedroom Furniture

We are on an exciting journey the years to come where we will strengthen the core of what we do in Range. We focus, simplify and concentrate, our business is about developing products and we put the product in the center of everything we do. 

Are you ready to put in the next gear of moving IKEA and making us better together? Do you have a passion for people, life at home and for helping our customers solve their storage needs – especially for their clothes, shoes and accessories? Here is your chance to take on a new challenge and join us on the journey! 

We are looking for a Range Manager in Range Area Bedroom Furniture!

Job description

As our current Range manager is moving on, we are now looking for you who is excited to continue to develop our Bedroom Furniture business and wants to join our team of passionate storage enthusiasts. In this role you are responsible to build a complete and coordinated, relevant and commercial product range offer for the Range Area, with IKEA unique identity that enables a better life at home for the many people. You lead the range function in the Range area with vision and inspiration and work closely with our development teams and support and coach in the product development. Together with your colleagues you create preconditions to deliver better homes, better products with all five dimensions of Democratic Design and optimal IKEA value chain. You are a part of the Range area Management team.  

You are passionate about home furnishing and the business we’re in, and enthusiastic about solving real needs in people’s homes. You will be a key player securing that we optimize for relevance and have the best possible products at lowest possible price. 
You are also a natural leader who works actively with developing yourself, your leadership and the team that you lead and you communicate and express yourself in a simple way. You have strong communication skills, verbal and written, and have the ability to inspire and share our range direction at any given moment. 

To step into this position, we believe that you have;

• experience in leading and working in the range and product development process and in leading the creation of Range plans
• knowledge, experience and passion for home furnishing, Democratic design, style, materials, expressions, and trends. 
• drive to create the best, most affordable IKEA product range offer for an optimal IKEA value chain. 
• a development mindset, and you are comfortable exploring and not having all the answers. 
• the ability to easily connect with people, have a collaborative and engaging way of working through creative processes and across organizations. 

The Range Manager is crucial for the development of our business, and we believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important.?This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. 

Additional information

Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation in English, latest September 10.  Apply as soon as possible, we will close the opportunity to apply as soon as we consider us done with the recruitment.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Maria Fridh Write an email P&C manager Furniture Range Areas or Marie Klaesson Write an email , Range Area Manager Bedroom Furniture. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Write an email 

We welcome your application!