IKEA Industry is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of Inter IKEA Group. IKEA Industry has 41 production units in 10 countries with about 19 500 co-workers. Every year, IKEA Industry produces more than 100 million pieces of furniture for IKEA customers.

IKEA Industry AB is the parent company and service office of the IKEA Industry Group, located at Hyllie, outside Malmö in Sweden. You will be the third member of a small team of lawyers who work closely together as well as independently to meet the needs of the company.

The assignment

You will be engaged in traditional legal work as in-house counsel, to:

• Provide high quality and efficient legal advice

• Advise stakeholders on legal and business risks

• Negotiate, write and review local and international agreements 

• Help to develop and implement policies, processes, template agreements, checklists and other tools

• Manage legal disputes with or without external counsel

• Prepare and provide legal training to non-lawyers

Additionally the role will support in data privacy issues and be responsible for:

• Development of steering and guiding documents, including policies
• Training on Data Privacy
• Continue to support GDPR compliance activities, including processes and solutions
• Compliance monitoring

• You have worked at least five years either at a law firm or for an international company and have an University Degree in Law

• Previous experience of legal work within Technology and/or IT sectors will be an advantage

  You are fluent in English

As a person
 

• You have a down to earth attitude with values corresponding to the IKEA values

• You have a good analytical capability and pay attention to detail, at the same time you are pragmatic and have a good deal of common sense

• You independently take responsibility and are self-motivated

• You choose the simplest way to solutions without jeopardizing quality 

• You communicate in a clear and easily understandable way

• You are knowledgeable and reliable and act with integrity 

• You maintain perspective and resilience in a sometimes hectic working environment 

• Last, but not least, you have the ability to work as part of a team and build trustful relations with colleagues

At IKEA you will be part of an open and inclusive culture in which you can be yourself. We believe in mutual respect and want everyone to feel welcome to contribute with his or her unique experiences and ideas. At IKEA we always do our jobs knowing that we can achieve great things when many people work together.

The position is located in the Hyllie office outside Malmö. Some international business travelling will be required.

Send us your application as soon as possible, but no later than September 24th , 2018.