Job Description

Expansion Project Leader -3 Years Fixed Term contract
"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."
Location
Gurgaon
Employment type
Full Time Fixed term co-worker
Department
Expansion
Deadline
2025-07-25
Mobility support
Domestic
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Candidate profile (title) Who you are
Candidate profile (text) - Default language You bring a high affinity for and proven advanced experience in project management or equivalent. You have experience from managing change in a complex business environment and proven advanced training in PPS (Practical Project Steering) for project leaders.
Note :- Number of Position - 2 (1- Gurgaon and 1 - Bangalore)
You have knowledge in following areas:
Proven and strong project management and cost management skills
How to improve existing ways of working
Retailing experience and standards
About governance process and elaboration of investment requests
Retail Establishment and connected processes
Local market strategies, priorities and expansion planning process
How to create and implement change initiatives and manage stakeholders
Multichannel shopping experience
Key responsibilities (title) Your responsibilities
Key responsibilities (text) You will be responsible for the realization of the project objectives according to the specific project brief of one or several Retail Establishment Projects and contribute to development and continuous improvement of the way of working in Retail Establishment.
Note:- This role is on three years fixed term contract
Be accountable for the project budget
Be responsible to deliver a project within time, budget and quality
Be responsible to make final decisions in a project
Take a leading role in the commercial planning and build up activities for the pre-projects
Be responsible to ensure a proper handover of projects to the line organisation
Document lessons learned through the project phases as well as a secure final report after the customer meeting point opening
Be responsible for steering group reporting
Work across different functions and lead people in different projects
Coordinate the planning process with Group Expansion
Take lead in working across functions within Ingka Group and collaborate with other IKEA units
In addition you have the ability to take responsibility from start to end, achieve goals, prioritise and make decisions with speed and simplicity and keep deadlines
Your English is excellent
Team vision ( title) Together as a team
Team vision (text) In our team we take pride in seeing everyone around us grow and develop, and we encourage people to experiment, test, try - and sometimes fail. As long as they learn along the way! We know that everything is changing more rapidly today and that we sometimes need to lead in the unknown. So we throw ourselves out there to explore new possibilities and ways of doing things to make both our people and our business prosper.
To support the management of the organization's people and culture. Activities include developing people and culture management strategies and policies to meet business needs; planning, administering, and reviewing activities concerned with recruitment, training and development, compensation and benefits, mobility, talent acquisition, diversity, talent management & organization development and co-worker relations. The activities of this family also include payroll.
We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
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!