Unit People Planning Specialist, 60%

IKEA; Riddes; On-site; CHF 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 vacation days

8 weeks parental leave for fathers

20 weeks parental leave for mothers

15% staff discount

Public transport refund 85–100%

Free parking

LinkedIn Learning access

Affordable staff meals CHF 4.50/CHF 3.

Bonus payments

Job summary

IKEA is seeking a Unit People Planning Specialist for the Riddes unit in Switzerland. The role focuses on implementing the new people planning process to drive efficient and sustainable work practices while supporting the unit and country.

You will work in a matrix organisation, collaborating with HR, recruiting, and department managers to ensure planned hours align with budgets and customer needs, fostering talent development and strong customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience in people planning and HR background.
• Knowledge of scheduling and time keeping systems.
• Leadership experience in a matrix organisation.
• Fluent in English and French; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Implement people planning strategy at unit level.
• Ensure adherence to employment standards, legal and union requirements.
• Post draft schedules and coordinate with department managers.
• Identify improvements and escalate deviations.
• Support talent development and delivery of customer meetings.
• Collaborate with Recruiting and Unit P&C to fill vacancies with appropriate contracts.
• Educate and support co-workers about the planning process.

Skills

People planning

HR background

Leadership (matrix)

Scheduling systems

Time keeping

English (fluent)

French (fluent)

German advantageous

Job description

Who you are

As Unit People Planning Specialist for Riddes you will be supporting the unit and the country in the implementation of the new people planning process with the aim on efficient and sustainable ways of working.

• You have experience in people planning and Human Resources background as well as leadership skills in a matrix organisation.
• You know about rights and obligations of employees and have knowledge of scheduling and time keeping systems.
• You are passionate about people and believe strongly in individuals' potential.
• You are good with numbers and can inspire people.
• You have a good knowledge of how to implement plans, according to set budgets and goals.
• You are capable to develop the business and deliver results.
• You have a proven record of developing people and organizations.
• You accomplish goals, complete tasks and achieve results
• You are fluent in English and French both written and verbal, German is a clear advantage.

Your responsibilities

• Implement people planning strategy at unit level, following principles/guidelines as localized by the Country Human Resources (People & Culture) team.
• Ensuring adherence to IKEA employment standards, legal, and union requirements related to People Planning in the unit.
• Contribute to the unit’s complete people planning process from forecasting to the execution of the schedule by posting draft schedules timely, ensuring scheduled hours include planned absences and liaising on the development of final schedules with department managers in order to respond to coworker, customer and business needs.
• Identify possible improvements in the unit people planning process and elevate any potential deviation to the Unit P&C manager when the scheduled or actual hours exceed the agreed financial framework.
• Ensure that the unit’s people planning process supports developing our talents and enable them to deliver an excellent and personal customer meeting.
• Collaborate with Recruiting manager and Unit P&C generalist to ensure vacancies are filled with the right contract type, to secure the right preconditions for the co-worker to create a great customer meeting.
• Ensure unit co-worker awareness and knowledge of the people planning process and their role in it through education, training and support.
• Identify possible improvements in the people planning process and tools and elevate any potential deviation to the people planning manager.

Our team within IKEA

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.

Do you think this would work for you?

We mentioned ealier that we want our employees to be happy and healthy.

It also means saying 'thank you'!

Our way of saying thank you

• 28 vacation days (based on a 100% workload)
• 8 weeks paid parental leave for fathers; 20 weeks paid parental leave for mothers
• Very attractive social benefits
• 15% staff discount on your purchase - in every Swiss IKEA store
• You would rather travel to work by public transport? We pay between 85% and 100% of your yearly travel ticket
• Free parking facilities
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn learning platform
• Affordable and healthy meals in our staff canteen (CHF 4.50 for meat dishes and CHF 3.50 for veggie dishes)
• Bonus payments for all employees

There are many opportunities for career development at IKEA. We encourage and support our employees to try out different roles, move between functions or even go abroad.