Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy. 
 
It's the soft, beautiful textiles that make a place your own – with a rug or curtains in your favourite colour. Where getting a new look is as easy as changing your bed linens. A place that invites you to get comfy and stay a while. All of the things that bring a home to life.

Right now were looking for our next Business Navigator to join us at Business Area Textiles at IKEA of Sweden.

The Business Navigator position requires passion for, and ability to spot, the business opportunities behind the data. This paired with an analytical and business driven mind-set with the responsibility of creating insights, translating figures into opportunities and validating and enabling fact based decision making within the Business Area. The Business Navigator leads performance management in all performance areas, in all dimensions and project portfolio management from business planning to execution in order to ensure goal achievement. The Business Navigator is an active Business partner to teams and decision makers and leads with fact based insights and active risk management as well as scenario planning and modelling.
 
The Business Navigator is responsible for: 

• Performance management of the product range within the Business Area through analyzing and creating insights, identifying opportunities and improvement areas and actively sharing these.
• Influencing and enabling fact based decision making through quickly generating calculations, models and estimations based on market, consumer and business insights.
• Identifying opportunities and risks through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessments and contingency planning.
• Facilitating a strong performance culture where deviations are detected early and insights from business performance reach the right receiver at the right time.
• Leading and coordinating different processes, i.e. range dimensioning, internal pricing and sales and supply planning across the Business area.
• Range management on an overall business level; securing long term planning of range size and securing compliance to range frames and dimensions.
• Leading project and portfolio management on overall level.

Is this your next challenge?

The Business Navigator position is a challenging and rewarding position with impact on the current and future business of textiles. We are looking for goal oriented persons with the ability to implement, deliver results and follow up. Leadership capability, ability to create clarity, and strong analytical skills is a must, as is having both a holistic view and an eye for details. This paired with communicative skills above the ordinary, making sure that you can get your message across regardless of topic and audience. You are humble, have willpower and the ability to create togetherness and enthusiasm around you. You are flexible, used to handling changes and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge the existing ones.
 
Experience from informal leadership and coaching others is needed. You preferably have experience from working within navigation, and an understanding of the IKEA business model and value chain. As a base you have an academic degree within finance, business administration, economics or similar. You have sound knowledge of calculation systems, MS office package and reporting tools as well as experience of business information tools such as Qlikview.

If you have questions about the position, please contact Business Navigation Manager Fredrik Engman at 0734 442 963. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Olivia Håkansson at 0734 223 166. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest October 8th.

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA store with home furbishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.