Job ID: 253374
Date posted: 24/08/2024
Who you are

As a Country Legal manager you belong to our Legal function, supporting the IKEA business with expertise in areas such as corporate, agreements, litigations, compliance and governance. Within this position is crucial to partner with the business, guiding and supporting to secure a learning in the above areas.

We see that you bring:

• Swiss university degree in law (licentiate or master's degree) with a Swiss bar license.
• At least five years of professional experience as a corporate lawyer in the industrial or commercial sector or as a lawyer in a law firm.
• Strong customer and service orientation, as well as a high level of commitment, independence and quick thinking.
• Solution-oriented and entrepreneurial personality.
• Excellent German and very good English skills. Fluency in another Swiss national language is positively evaluated.
• Experience of managing legal risks and implementing legal risk mitigation processes.
• Expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and legal documents, as well as providing day-to-day legal advice.
• Know-how in the creation and continuous improvement of guidelines and principles and their implementation through legal training.
• Ability to work independently with all levels of an organization.
• Experience in managing a small legal team is an advantage.

Your responsibilities

• Ensure and maintain a good cooperation with and between core areas, group functions and other function/ areas within the IKEA Group.
• Monitor and secure the legal aspects of the IKEA Switzerland, and give day to day assistance on legal and governance matters to IKEA businesses and operations in Switzerland.
• Actively support the management of IKEA Switzerland in order to secure the rights and assess the obligations in order to reduce exposure to legal risks.
• Be the support in legal matters to the management in Switzerland and implement corporate governance for the companies in Switzerland belonging to the IKEA Group.
• Acting as a link between external lawyers and business units and secure the performance of external lawyers in respect of quality, cost, etc.
• Supporting IKEA Group Legal and Governance on projects and other substantive matters.
• Provide advice to relevant stakeholders in order to reduce exposure to risks and optimize opportunities.
• Secure legal compliance by actively creating awareness and support management to organize for compliance.

Together as a team

When the world is changing we’re the ones who make sure that we are up to date and that local and international laws are harmonised with the best interest of IKEA and our customers. We’re diligent and work together to make sure our business is on top of the legalities and guidelines governance requires. If people were to describe our team they would probably say that we have a lot of integrity, vast capacity and great dedication to detail. Oh, and that we have a lot of fun together.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

This position is open for applications until September 6th, and interviews are planned to start w38.
For questions about the process please reach out to sara.lidvik@ingka.ikea.com

Good to know

At IKEA we pay fixed monthly salaries. That means that whether you are on holiday or take time off in lieu of overtime, your salary will be the same.

There are many ways to say, “thank you”. The benefits from IKEA are part of that and benefit you too!

Besides 15% staff-discount you benefit from 28 holidays (based on 100%), eight weeks paternal leave, four months maternal leave, contributions to public transport tickets or free on-site parking, full access to the Linked In Learning platform, discounted meals in the staff canteen, and the IKEA bonus system.

At IKEA you find endless opportunities to develop yourself. We support our co-workers, who are interested, to change teams or roles and to realise their ideas.

If you feel spoken to, click on “apply now” and let us know through your documents why you are motivated to fill this role. We look forward to hearing from you!

After a first selection we will contact you and – if we think there might be a match – discuss the next steps.

We continuously examine all applications and discontinue the hiring process as soon as we have found the right candidate. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.