Production Responsible Digital Publications, IKEA Communications

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Production Responsible Digital Publications, IKEA Communications, Älmhult, Sweden

Can you really reach out to the whole world, while working in a tranquil idyll in the middle of nowhere? In Älmhult you can. Älmhult, Sweden is home to IKEA Communications AB, aka ICOM. ICOM produces IKEA.com, which is visited around 1.6 billion times a year. We're also behind the IKEA catalogue with a yearly circulation of around 200 millioncopies. On top of that, we churn out a ton of content for social media, not to mention motion media and 3D work so cutting edge that it makes the folks in California sit up and take notice. So what happens in Älmhult definitely doesn't stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

The Business Area Media Production supports IKEA retailers in producing efficient and effective marketing communication. To do this, we provide production management service, production platforms and know-how for both printed and digital publications. Together with IKEA business partners, IKEA retailers and suppliers, we continuously develop and improve our publications, platforms and production processes.

The IKEA catalogue is our main production. Our experience with the IKEA catalogue helps us deliver related publications. We produce global in-store range brochures, the IKEA FAMILY MAGAZINE and other publications, in both print and digital versions.

As Production Responsible Digital you manage the planning, monitoring and execution and follow up of the production. In addition you are responsible forretailer and supplier relation and the whole media business process, including validating orders in internal system, capturing and managing order changes, create purchase orders, invoicing and closure.We are now searching for a Production Responsible Digital for digital publications such as the IKEA Catalogue, In Store Range Brochures, Family Magazine and local productions.

Your main areas of responsibilities will be:
·  Responsible for daily service and support towards Business Partners, Retailers and Suppliers, main interface during production, account management
·  Responsible for business documentation/process compliancy
·  Create production plan in co-operation with business partners and monitor delivery according to plan and agreement to IKEA Retailers (sales order confirmation) and suppliers (purchase order)
·  Assign Purchase agreements to Sales orders (create purchase orders)
·  Follow-up productions, process invoices, process additional costs and support product manager with production closure
·  Manage change request process, update Sales orders and Purchase orders
·  Facilitate meetings with IKEA Business partners, IKEA retailers, stakeholders and suppliers with the purpose to secure all production details and guidelines.
·  Maintain, update and communicate routines and specifications towards IKEA business partners, IKEA Retailers, stakeholders and suppliers
·  Follow up and close defined IWAY audits action plan
·  Responsible to maintain relevant tools as support the production process: e.g. Business & planning System and communication tools. To be successful in the role, we think you have:
·  Good knowledge and experience of large and complex digital media products and process. Production planning, monitoring and execution experience
·  Business administration and or Media degree
·  Strong knowledge and experience of customer service, business administrative routines
·  Good knowledge of communications. Fluent in English, both spoken and written
·  Good knowledge in accounting process and purchase procedures
·  Good knowledge of IT systems
·  Good knowledge and experience of project management Application
We look forward to receiving your application as soon as you have decided that this could be your next step. Notice that the advertised position is in placed in Älmhult, Sweden.

This position was posted2017-04-25and may be online up to threeweeksfollowing this date. We do not have an application deadline for this position. We take candidates into the recruitment process continuously and close the position down once we have found the right candidate.

If you have questions regarding this position, please contactNiklas Petersson,at .

If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact our HR Service Centre, In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. +46 (0) 476-5 87500.

What is IKEA Communications?
The mission of IKEA Communications (ICOM) is to create and produce excellent communication that positions IKEA as a strong, unique and meaningful brand. We contribute to IKEA with global consumer centric and content driven communication. We strive for an agile way of working in an everlasting journey of developing the business. At ICOM we believe that our workplaces should be about people. They should be sustainable and reflect our values and needs, both in the physical and the virtual working environment. We believe that we perform, innovate, collaborate and meet our business goals in the best way when we are able to choose where, when and how we work.

Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund, and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg several times per day.

Job ID

263768BR

Removal Date

16/05/2017