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Hello Customs Operations Specialist,

Do you want to go to work and help create a better life at home?

With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Customs Operations Specialist, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job

As a Customs Operations Specialist, you’ll play an important part in the team and contribute to a better everyday life for the many. Your primary focus will be to send correctly compiled import declarations using a digital solution in direct contact with Customs Authorities in each country. The impact of our work will resonate in homes and hearts across the world. On a typical working day, you will:

• Control and investigate various issues to secure compliance in securing every customs declaration according to countries legislations.
• Secure good communication and support to and from other IKEA units, external service providers and authorities within Europe to ensure timely, accurate and compliant entries according to customs rules and regulations.
• Contribute to the development of how we work and reach our goals within the department.

What we’d like you to bring to the table

To be successful in the role as a Customs Operations Specialist we believe you are:

• Experienced in or hold an education within the field of customs and import operation, logistics or supply chain.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
• Comfortable with working and navigating in digital IT solutions.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.

It’s a plus if you also:

• Are service-minded with a clear and respectful way of communicating.
• Work in a structured way both on your own, in a team and with relevant stakeholders.
• Find motivation in routine-based work and a process driven environment with a high pace.

Be yourself, a Customs Operations Specialist, and more!

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.

Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

Customs Operations Europe & Africa in Älmhult, Sweden consists of approx. 35 co-workers, divided into 3 Support teams. Our assignment is to secure a well-functioning import and/or export process for more than 30 countries in the region, on different levels of detail. We give daily support and coordination in customs related topics within legal matters, goods flow and IT-knowledge to secure availability, affordability and ensure compliance.

We welcome your application

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by the 25th of June, 2026.

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Core Business Supply provided competence requirements are met for the role.

If you have any questions about the position, send an email to Customs Team Manager Josefin Thulin at [email protected] and if you need to know anything about the recruitment process, please reach out to People & Culture Specialist Samuel Karlsson at [email protected].

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA we’re all on the same project.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.