JYSK spotlights career opportunities in logistics

Even more focus on career opportunities in logistics is needed. Rikke Lisberg has made a career in JYSK herself and is the latest addition to the HR team in logistics.

Employer Branding, recruitment, training, development. Four important elements when JYSK's vision is to be employees' first choice in retail, regardless of whether it is for an administrative position, logistics, customer service or store.

Therefore, the HR team in logistics has also grown over the past few years. Usually, a single HR employee was employed at each distribution centre (DC), today there are a minimum of two, and therefore, there has also been a need for even more support from the central team. First, a Learning & Development Manager was added, and most recently, a Talent Acquisition Manager.

In particular, they have seen a big chance to tell even more both internally and externally about all the career opportunities in logistics. A unique working environment where knowing the local language is not essential, and where 37 different nationalities make it work together.

"We must help create the framework and concepts, and then they must be able to be adapted locally at the DCs rather than everyone having to create everything from scratch. And fortunately, this has been very well received in the countries," says Rikke Lisberg, Talent Acquisition Manager.

From retail to logistics

Rikke has made a career in JYSK herself. She joined JYSK in February 2021, where she became HR Business Partner in JYSK Denmark. As HR Business Partner in Denmark, her role was, among other things, to support recruitment, onboarding and development of employees in the stores.

From 1 June 2024, a new opportunity arose in logistics, where Rikke could challenge herself again. Here, she would not only work with Denmark, but across 10 distribution centres in different countries and cultures.

"I think it's really exciting to work with HR on a more strategic level. There is so much potential in looking at how we can strengthen the DCs by doing more things across. They are really good at the DCs, so we need to look into how we take all the knowledge they have and maybe turn it into something more generic, so that everyone can benefit from it," says Rikke.