Legal Counsel

Company Description

Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. IKEA Supply is responsible for sourcing, manufacturing, transporting, storing, and supplying the global IKEA range of furniture, furnishings as well as food. The Legal & Governance function of core business IKEA Supply provides business minded legal advice within a wide spectrum of areas.

Job Description

We are looking to strengthen our support to the Supply part of our business, with focus on Sustainability, by recruiting a Legal Counsel who has a business minded approach. Within your assignment, you will be pro-actively advising or be consulted on various Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSR) topics. Together with the sustainability teams, you will keep the IKEA business abreast of important ESG risks that could affect the Supply business in respect of global laws and regulations and case-law implications.

In this role you will:

• Provide practical, business oriented legal advice on and to sustainability legal topics, projects and initiatives (in a second line of advice set-up) to various stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise on/be consulted in national level reporting on ESG/Human Rights/CSRD reporting topics or in case of a need to connect with regulators, authorities and in case of litigation. (in a second line of advice set-up).
• Provide specialist legal advice on risks and opportunities arising from the operationalization of sustainability targets, including the embedding thereof in (template) contractual arrangements.
• Be part of a small team of sustainability legal counsels and support the topic across, and provide support to, the legal teams of Inter IKEA Group with specialist knowledge where needed. You will be closely connected to the IP lawyers in respect of their advisory work around marketing claims /greenwashing.
• Participate in a legal network of expertise around ESG related topics.
• Advise on legal risk related to IKEA Supply publications/communications on energy transition & climate change.
• Support in the development and delivery of long-term plans for the Legal & Governance function as well to an effective and efficient Inter IKEA Group governance structure that embeds ESG requirements.
• Together with the sustainability teams, keep IIG abreast of important legal ESG risks that could affect the IIG and its operations in respect of global sustainability laws and regulations and case law implications.

Qualifications

In order to successfully fill this position, the IKEA values reflect upon your values, you share the IKEA Vision and Business Idea and you bring/are:

• In depth knowledge in the supply and ideally sustainability legal area and proven experience from working with this in a global organization (plus 5 years’ experience as an in-house legal counsel or lawyer)
• Excellent leadership and communication capabilities - being able to cooperate and communicate with different stakeholders
• Ability to share specialist knowledge with others in an easy, understandable and uncomplicated way
• Successful in building trustful relations in multicultural environments and high level of integrity
• Driven team player who can work independently as well
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented, hands-on and cost-conscious

Additional Information

At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward and inclusive. If this sounds like an environment you could enjoy working in, we are looking forward receiving your CV and Cover Letter (in English) online by November 26, 2023.

For further information about the role please contact the recruiting manager Magnus Holmquist (magnus.holmquist@inter.ikea.com). For questions about the the recruitment process please contact the People & Culture Manager Gabriela Zürcher (gabriela.zuercher@inter.ikea.com).

About IKEA

At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think, differently. Act, differently. And work differently as well. We like to break things. Like rules. And then make things. Like music-playing lamps. And beds disguised as sofas. Even plantballs that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. And it’s been keeping our co-workers going for over 75 years. By 2030, we hope to help millions more look forward to going home. Maybe you can help us.

IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

At IKEA we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend most of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant.

Another thing fueling our success is our values-based culture. While we are unique individuals with endless differences, something we share is our commitment to lead by example, work together, find better ways and to get things done. We believe in life-long learning, where we all play a part in helping each other (and our business) grow.

To Apply

Please visit the Inter IKEA Group careers website.