People & Culture Generalist – IKEA Korea Gangdong store

We dream about creating our future together. Our direction is clear, to become more affordable, accessible, and sustainable for more of the many people. We are now strengthening our position in Korea by opening the first store inside of Seoul city (the 4th store in Greater Seoul). The Seoul Gangdong store is our first store in Seoul city. It is in a mixed-use environment with office towers and a magnificent shopping centre. The scheduled opening is March 2025.

In this role we prefer
- 5-7 years' experience in HR as Business Parter/ Generalist
- Working experience in Retail / Hospitality industry is preferrable
- Experience of executing people operation full cycle at least 2 years
- Has knowledge in Labour law and HR guidelines, policies.

WHO YOU ARE

Support the unit manager, the managers and co-workers for them to be able to deliver them result and create an excellent customer meeting. Provide People subject matter expertise, process, People operation matters and ensure that the localized People strategies are put into practice in the most effective and efficient way. Contribute to a constructive cooperation with workers council/unions where applicable.

- Knowledge of how to implement long-term plans, according to set budgets and goals.
- Knowledge of how to engage co-workers throughout the co-worker journey and the year cycle.
- Knowledge about the rights and obligations of workers and employers, and how to mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government.
- Knowledge of identifying, assessing, encouraging and ensuring co-workers´ performance against organizational and individual goals.
- Knowledge of introducing a co-worker to IKEA, the team and work activities in an effective and performance-enhancing way.
- Knowledge of how to use, govern and manage partnership models in a responsible way to build trustful partnership relationships.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

- Execute all operational People tasks related to P&C at unit level to deliver an excellent co-worker Experience.
- Support the building of local business competence & performance by setting and working on relevant People goals.
- Ensure recruitment and on-boarding of the right talents with the right contracts in close collaboration with the Market area and the unit People Planning specialist.
- Ensure and execute delivery of learning & training at unit level, unless provided by the Market Area.
- Securing engagement and retention by understanding the conditions of our co-workers.
- Implement Health and Wellbeing initiatives at unit level.
- Ensure local employer communication is consistent, well perceived and builds on the IKEA brand.
- Implement a co-worker relations plan that effectively manages all local interactions with coworkers and ensures that all areas in the unit work with the labor relations principles and uphold local policies, procedures and laws.

IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.