"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

- Location Bengaluru
- Employment type Full Time Permanent
- Department People & HR
- Deadline 2026-10-12

Candidate profile (title) Who you are Candidate profile (text) - Default language We believe you are a strong leader with a passion for delivering high-quality services and creating an excellent customer experience. You build trusted relationships with stakeholders across countries, functions, and cultures, and influence through collaboration and partnership.

You have experience leading and developing high-performing teams, creating an environment where co-workers can grow, perform, and succeed. You are results-oriented, data-driven, and confident making decisions in a quick-changing environment while balancing operational excellence with people development.

You have a strong understanding of service delivery, process optimization, and continuous improvement. You are motivated by driving efficiency, simplifying ways of working, and delivering measurable business results.

Most importantly, you are inspired by IKEA values and enjoy creating value for co-workers, managers, and the business through collaboration and service excellence. Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us Key responsibilities (text)



• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned countries and own the delivery and performance of P&C; services within agreed service levels,

- Build and maintain long-term relationships with business partners, understand country needs and identify opportunities for service development and improvement,
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, securing competence development, engagement and succession planning,
- Ensure accurate, timely, compliant and consistent delivery of P&C; services across countries and hubs,
- Drive a customer-focused service culture by monitoring KPIs and SLA performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and leading continuous improvement and automation initiatives.
- Coordinate with other Global Business Operations Specialists and P&C; Services Team Leaders within the hub to ensure a consistent service delivery,
- Collaborate closely with Location Operational Services and Centres of Expertise to ensure aligned and standardized ways of working,
- Secure compliance with global processes, policies, legal requirements and internal controls,
- Create and maintain service delivery models and self-service resources that enable managers and co-workers to efficiently access People & Culture services.
- Manage escalations and support performance management, career development and the annual people cycle within the team.

As a GBO People Services Delivery Manager,



you will lead a team of specialists and work closely with business partners, Centers of Expertise and People & Culture colleagues to secure operational excellence, service performance and an outstanding co-worker experience. You will play a key role in driving continuous improvement, developing people and creating value for the business through excellent service delivery. Team vision ( title) Together as a team Team vision (text) The People & Culture Services teams support IKEA co-workers across the United States, China, India, and Europe by delivering HR administration and payroll services through a global service delivery model.

We focus on providing reliable, compliant, and customer-focused services while continuously improving processes, leveraging automation, and enhancing the co-worker experience.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

- Living our values
- Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
- A passion for home furnishing
- Performing & delivering while learning & developing
- Having fun!

📌 GBO People Services Delivery Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Ikea
📍 Bengaluru