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Claudio Valente

Global Head of Talent Management , Ingka Group, IKEA
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Cláudio Valente, strongly focused on ensuring a workplace where co-workers can thrive, feel included, learn and develop themselves to their full potential, creating a real impact on customers and communities. Started his career in the automotive industry, where he served in different roles, such as Strategy Development, Country HR and later, People & Culture manager for Europe, based in Germany. In 2011, Claudio started at IKEA Industry, as People and Culture manager for the Flatline division, which integrates 9200 co-workers, 23 production units with representation in Europe, China, Russia and US. Before taking his current role as Head of Talent Management for Ingka group, Claudio also led the roles of People & Culture manager and Business development at IKEA Retail Portugal. Ingka consists of 170.000+ co-workers, 392 IKEA stores across 32 markets. Each year, Ingka welcomes 657 million visitors to these stores, and we have more than 4.3 billion visits to IKEA.com. 

    Talent and Recruitment