WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU
**We are looking to fill this role within our LA Market, the candidate will need to be located near one of our LA store locations (Burbank, Carson, Costa Mesa, or Covina) or located within the Centennial, CO location**
You are innovative and open to new solutions with a passion for doing business, always keeping sustainability in mind.
You are experienced in leading business and people together.
You have a strong ability to deliver results within a given framework and contribute to an environment where the IKEA culture is a strong and living reality that embraces the diversity of co-workers and customers.
You are a service minded and customer driven individual.
You have the following experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in law/urban planning/business administration/architecture
• Previous experience in contract negotiations with landowners, landlords and other parties.
• Ability to negotiate with Public Authorities at the highest levels
• Previous experience at management level
• Proven multi-year experience and background in large and complex retail real estate land development, zoning, planning and permitting
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As the Real Estate Development Leader, you will enable INGKA to deliver safe, compliant, sustainable and innovative property solutions according to the real estate scope by providing expert knowledge, deliver strategies, standards, guidelines, methods and tools related to real estate development.
• Within the area of real estate development, develop and implement standards, guidelines, methods, tools, sustainability best practice and innovation to ensure delivery of safe, compliant, sustainable and innovative property solutions that meet the needs of the business and the many people.
• Develop the real estate development competence in Ingka in cooperation with relevant stakeholders and supporting functions.
• Deliver support and guidance to the clusters and countries related to real estate development.
• Review & support cluster organization projects, as needed and in line with approval processes.
• Support to assess risks in the real estate and development process and help to elaborate tools and strategies to minimize them.
• Investigate and suggest different real estate and development methods to advance the Ingka business in restrictive planning environments.
• Collect and share “best practices” and good solutions as well as connecting countries with similar challenges and situations during their real estate development, planning and permitting processes.
TOGETHER AS A TEAM
As engaged, open minded and curious experts in all parts of the real estate business we take responsibility for the real estate business at Ingka Group as a trustworthy, appreciated and wanted business partner.
We secure new and maintain existing physical locations in order to meet the needs of the many people.
We provide strategic insight based on our knowledge and understanding of the real estate portfolio in Ingka.
We take the lead in delivering safe, compliant, sustainable and innovative property solutions
– with Democratic design and life cycle cost on top of our mind.
We actively maintain and secure that our properties are kept in relevant shape for the business.
WORKING WITH US HAS ITS REWARDS
Our benefits package is just one way that we aim to make IKEA a great place to work.
We want to make sure that you can enhance your life both at work and at home by providing access to a great range of benefits.
· Competitive medical and prescription plan including Autism coverage
· Generous 401(k), dental and vision plans
· Retirement plan called “Tack” (the Swedish word for “thank you”)
· Tuition assistance
· Co-worker discount and meal deal
· Pet insurance
· Generous parental and paid-time off package
· And more!