Unit Health, Safety & Compliance Leader

Inter IKEA Systems B.V.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness days

Extended health, dental, and vision

RRSP with IKEA matching

Annual IKEA bonus incentive plan

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Merchandise and restaurant discounts

Parental leave

Bereavement leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Inter IKEA Systems B.V. in Toronto seeks a Unit Business Risk & Compliance Leader to champion risk and compliance across diverse teams.

You will promote risk awareness, lead investigations, and coordinate crisis management to protect the IKEA brand. You will build relationships with unit leaders, authorities, and external partners, driving governance, training, and continuous improvement to ensure adherence to Ingka Rules and local laws.

Qualifications

• Default language - Minimum 2-3 years of related experience.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to influence and coach stakeholders.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships across functions and with external partners.
• Experience in risk management, compliance, investigations, and crisis management.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to drive a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Promote Risk & Compliance awareness and support leaders in making risk-informed business decisions.
• Build strong relationships with unit leaders, co-workers, authorities, and external partners to drive a culture of compliance and risk management.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams in implementing Ingka Rules and local legislation to ensure a safe, secure, and compliant environment.
• Conduct investigations, compliance reviews, and training to identify, assess, and mitigate business risks.
• Coordinate the Unit Crisis Management Team and ensure emergency response plans, training, and protocols are effectively maintained.
• Act as the key contact for Risk & Compliance matters with authorities and regulatory bodies, where applicable.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure effective risk mitigation through strong governance and collaboration.
• Coach and develop stakeholders to strengthen compliance, accountability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk awareness

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Crisis management

Job description

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you."

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself.

Candidate profile (title) What you'll need to have

• Default language - Minimum 2-3 years of related experience.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to influence and coach stakeholders.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships across functions and with external partners.
• Experience in risk management, compliance, investigations, and crisis management.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to drive a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

• Promote Risk & Compliance awareness and support leaders in making risk-informed business decisions.
• Build strong relationships with unit leaders, co-workers, authorities, and external partners to drive a culture of compliance and risk management.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams in implementing Ingka Rules and local legislation to ensure a safe, secure, and compliant environment.
• Conduct investigations, compliance reviews, and training to identify, assess, and mitigate business risks.
• Coordinate the Unit Crisis Management Team and ensure emergency response plans, training, and protocols are effectively maintained.
• Act as the key contact for Risk & Compliance matters with authorities and regulatory bodies, where applicable.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure effective risk mitigation through strong governance and collaboration.
• Coach and develop stakeholders to strengthen compliance, accountability, and operational excellence.

Team vision ( title) About this work area

You could think that we have supernatural powers, but the truth is that our team is really great at putting our insights together to detect potential risks early on. We’re a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. Thanks to us our assets, co-workers, visitors and customers can feel safe. At least we think that’s pretty cool!

Local section (title) Why you will love us

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit Business Risk & Compliance Leader

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact [e-mail]

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.