Are you ready to lead the global IKEA climate and air pollution agenda and continue our journey to contribute to limit global warming to 1.5ºC, while enabling a world with clean air for the many people?
We are looking for a new Head of Climate & Air Pollution | Strategic Topic Leader in Sustainability for the total IKEA value chain, located in Inter IKEA Group.
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers and suppliers. By 2030, we are committed to become climate positive by reducing more greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) than the IKEA value chain emits, while growing the IKEA business and without using carbon offsets. We have big responsibility – and opportunity – to make a difference and contribute towards limiting global warming to 1.5°C by positively impacting people, planet and society through our size and full value chain approach.
We have come a long way already, having reduced our absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 12% since baseline 2016 and have plans in place to achieve significant reductions going forward, but are humble that a lot remains to be done in order to do our part to limit global warming to 1.5ºC.
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With your value-driven approach, subject-matter expertise and leadership, you will create real impacts in our business and the world, and enable us to reach even higher heights in our climate & air pollution agenda and needed business integration.Job Description
As a Sustainability Strategic Topic Leader: Climate & Air Pollution, you will lead and continually develop the overall IKEA strategic agenda for climate and air pollution agenda for the total IKEA value chain. You will report to the Global Sustainability Strategic Topic Manager.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop and continually improve needed strategic content to lead the agenda, such as strategic messaging, policies, definitions, position statements, etc., and secure it’s aligned with the latest science and external requirements.
- Together in the Strategic Topic team ensure a holistic strategic sustainability agenda.
- Provide subject-matter expertise and advice on a holistic and strategic level towards the business.
- Support the double-materiality assessment and the governance and requirements it sets.
- Develop and continually improve strategic commitments and goals, and identify needed strategic and tactical movements to reach commitments and goals, and act as input to core IKEA strategies and Business Plans in Range, Supply and Retail.
- Develop and continually improve connected performance frameworks and KPIs to enable the organization to measure progress versus these.
- Support in building necessary business capabilities and secure compliance towards global agreements, standards, and legislation by working together with stakeholders across the IKEA business.
- Act as the business owner for climate-related data products, incl. connected reference data and visualisation solutions.
- Act as the main external and internal spokesperson on climate & air pollution, incl. participating in relevant external events and handle media interviews and scrutiny.
- Engage with external partners and IKEA public affairs function to drive and influence a broader climate & air pollution agenda.
- Contribute with content to the annual IKEA Sustainability Report and IKEA Climate Report and connected external assurance.
You will report to the Global Sustainability Strategic Topic Manager.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role we believe that you are able to:
- Lead in a fact- and value-based approach, where analytics and a people-centred approach are at the heart.
- Make the complex simple for the many in order to enable the business to take necessary actions to reach set strategic commitments and goals.
- Understand the science of climate change and air pollution and translate into what it means from a business context.
- Understand how climate change and air pollution connects to other sustainability topics and contribute to avoid a siloed approach.
- Work together with stakeholders across the IKEA business on different levels to ensure necessary movements happen and needed business capabilities are developed.
- Find new solutions to new problems, and dare to be different in a constructive manner
- Engage with external partners and together drive and influence agendas key to contribute to limit global warming to 1.5ºC and contribute to a world of clean air.
- Contribute with strategic messaging and written content to the IKEA Sustainability Report and IKEA Climate Report, as well as ensure clear and up-to-date strategic messaging for climate and air pollution.
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, working on behalf of entire Inter IKEA Group and the total IKEA value chain, including Range, Supply and Retail.
Application and practicalities
To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading your CV and personal letter in Smart Recruiters, as well as your answers to the following three questions:
- What are the biggest challenges and opportunities you see for IKEA in order to successfully contribute to limit global warming to 1.5ºC?
- What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?
- What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
Please keep your answers to these three questions short and concise.
Additional information
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact the hiring manager Andreas Rangel Ahrens (andreas.ahrens@inter.ikea.com). For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact recruiter Zuzana Vackova (Zuzana.vackova1@inter.ikea.com).
This role will be open for applications until 30th of July. Please not that due to the upcoming vacation period, the interviews will start in August.
