Sustainability Specialist (Polish & English)

Inter IKEA Group • Full-time • Warszawa • 1w ago

Company Description

The IKEA brand is one of the most successful home furnishing brands in the world. We are a value-driven company with a passion for life at home and where our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. 

Who are we? We are IKEA - Supply Area (SA) and the home for all Supply Business units. We have seven different Supply Areas which consist of more than twenty different sites. We have around 2600 co-workers, and our responsibility is to lead with IKEA Culture & Values, secure compliance and empower an entrepreneurial spirit among all IKEA business functions.  

You will belong to Supply Area Central Europe in Warsaw office. 

Job Description

At IKEA we want to have a positive impact on people, society, and the planet. As a Sustainability Specialist you will be the regional expert in specific sustainability areas, where you will lead and contribute to both regional and global projects, to move the sustainability agenda forward. It is your responsibility to understand the local preconditions in different markets and execute the sustainability agenda of IKEA. You will be supporting the business by implementing and verifying sustainability related requirements. As a Sustainability Specialist you will work in close cooperation with our stakeholders, where you will have the responsibility to ensure that the sustainability agenda is an integrated part of our stakeholders’ development. It is your obligation to secure onboarding, training, and support both suppliers and business units in sustainability related topics, as well as IWAY and associated agenda.

As a Sustainability Specialist you will also: 

Be responsible for planning and perform verification activities, secure timely and accurate verification information in the planning and reporting tools

Together with business teams participate in opening new IKEA suppliers, perform sustainability risk assessments and support new suppliers during onboarding

Train and support suppliers, business units' teams in Sustainability related topics, as well as IWAY and associated agenda

Contribute to creating action plan related to (IWAY, supply chain security and other compliance topics) of IKEA suppliers

Be a part of global and local sustainability projects

Qualifications

As a Sustainability specialist you will contribute to a more sustainable life and better IKEA products for the many people. This by supporting various stakeholders and secure that IKEA products meet the highest possible standards in the area of environment and sustainability, which also includes working and social conditions. Therefore, we see that you have the curiosity and are eager to actively search for new information and find new ways to improve our ways of working with sustainability at IKEA. You will work in close cooperation with various stakeholders across IKEA and we see that you are keen to inspire both business teams and suppliers to continuously maintain and improve compliance performance. As a person you never compromise when it comes to compliance and you always have sustainability, and the end customer, in mind when making decisions.   