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LocationOttawa
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Employment typeFull Time Permanent
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DepartmentProperty & Facility Management
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Deadline2025-08-27
Unit Facility Management Manager
"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."
Candidate profile (title)
What you'll need to have
Candidate profile (text) - Default language
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a managerial position.
• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience managing and coordinating with external service providers.
• You have proven skills in developing people, providing support, coaching, training, and career direction to others.
• You have the ability to communicate confidently and clearly in the local language in the unit as well as basic English.
• You have experience in a facilities management organization, preferably in a high-volume retail sector.
• You have an academic degree or professional qualification in Facilities Management (or equivalent) (an asset).
• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience managing and coordinating with external service providers.
• You have proven skills in developing people, providing support, coaching, training, and career direction to others.
• You have the ability to communicate confidently and clearly in the local language in the unit as well as basic English.
• You have experience in a facilities management organization, preferably in a high-volume retail sector.
• You have an academic degree or professional qualification in Facilities Management (or equivalent) (an asset).
Key responsibilities (title)
What you'll be doing day to day
Key responsibilities (text)
• Be responsible to make sure that each property is managed throughout its lifetime including safety, compliance, maintenance, and improvement to ensure a safe and operational environment for the business, co-workers, customers and other stakeholders
• Develop your team’s competence and performance, ensuring a succession plan in the unit
• Be responsible for all activities related to long term planning, budget estimation, execution, follow up, forecasting and reporting within the FM scope within the unit
• Implement and evaluate supplier contracts at unit level in alignment with internal governance structure for supplier contracts to improve efficiencies/costs/equipment and quality
• Manage relationships with Business owners within the unit to ensure business needs are met by collecting requirements, setting annual goals and periodic follow ups
• Develop your team’s competence and performance, ensuring a succession plan in the unit
• Be responsible for all activities related to long term planning, budget estimation, execution, follow up, forecasting and reporting within the FM scope within the unit
• Implement and evaluate supplier contracts at unit level in alignment with internal governance structure for supplier contracts to improve efficiencies/costs/equipment and quality
• Manage relationships with Business owners within the unit to ensure business needs are met by collecting requirements, setting annual goals and periodic follow ups
Team vision ( title)
Together as a team
Team vision (text)
Without us our many co-workers and customers wouldn’t have an IKEA to go to. We make sure to secure, build and maintain our physical locations - from stores to offices to factories – to meet the needs of the many people. Together we lead the way in delivering safe, compliant, sustainable, and innovative solutions for every property. And we feel a great sense of pride in seeing everything working smoothly!
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WHY YOU WILL LOVE US
Local section (text)
Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:
• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)
The starting salary for this position ranges from $70000 to $ 90000 and will be based on relevant work experience.
P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit Facility Management Manager
• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)
The starting salary for this position ranges from $70000 to $ 90000 and will be based on relevant work experience.
P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Unit Facility Management Manager
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!
Your uniqueness makes Ikea better
We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.
We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact HR.Canada@ingka.ikea.com
Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.