– It is a decision which has emerged and I think the timing is good when we find ourselves in a lot of changes. And I think that it’s starting to become time to do something else, ” says Svedman.
Ikea in Malmö was Lena Herders first stop within the company and over the years she has held several different leadership roles, for example as a department store manager in Linköping and country manager in Finland and the Netherlands.
”I am full of energy and humble confidence I have received. Along with all Ikeamedarbetare in Sweden get a lead and build on Ikea’s success in my own country, feels absolutely amazing, after almost ten years abroad,” she says in a press release.
to further notice affects the Ikea employees in Sweden. The ikea group announced in november that the 7,500 services globally, with 650 in Sweden. At the same time is estimated to be 11,500 jobs will be created over the next two years. If the number of employees is also increasing in Sweden is unclear.
Unionenklubbens direction is that several of the proposed new services should go to the existing staff and that Swedish jobs do not disappear.
– as fast As it has to do with the people and decisions that affect individuals, it affects me. So it is clear that it has been a journey for the current year with some tough messages, but at the same time, something that I and the entire organization stands behind it, ” says Håkan Svedman.
before the changes are implemented, he sees several advantages with the.
“When we enter a new period of three years of intense change management so it is good to have a new voice in the room, and Lena (Herder) is quite right for it,” says Svedman.
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