Within IKEA Purchasing and Logistics we endeavour to lead the business and create growth in a simplified way, based on our culture and values and with customers and people always in focus. One IKEA Purchasing aims to ensure that our ways of working enables IKEA to grow and develop according to Growing IKEA Together 2020 and beyond.

We are now looking to recruit Business Navigators to our Category Areas to join our exciting journey!

ABOUT THE JOB

As Business Navigator, you work every day together with teams and decision makers to come to better decisions, identify new opportunities and initiate actions that will make IKEA grow and our customers happy. Purchasing is a global organization with teams based in different countries and regions. Your tools are data, facts and figures, to which you add insights and recommendations. You will be leading performance management across functional areas for the total Category Area, which consist of several global purchasing categories. This requires passion for and ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business drive mind-set and strong communication skills. You will be reporting to the Business Navigation Manager in the Category Area.

ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT

Your main responsibilities as a Business Navigator are:
• Performance management of the categories within the Category Areas through analysing and creating insights, identifying opportunities and improvement areas and actively sharing these.
• Supporting the Business Navigation Manager and the Categories through identifying opportunities and risks through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessments and contingency planning.
• Managing cost performance and headcount planning within Category Area and each Category.
• Support and coordinating goal setting and forecast processes and action planning process.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for goal oriented persons with the ability to implement, deliver results and follow up. Leadership potential, ability to create clarity and strong analytical skills is a must, as is having both a holistic view and an eye for details. You have easy to build good relations and are good in communication. You will partner with the business to make an impact on the current and future business of home furnishing. 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.

In the role of Business Navigator we expect you to have:
• Experience from working with performance management, such as Business Controller.
• Experience from informal leadership and coaching others.
• An academic degree within finance, business administration, economics or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of calculation systems, MS office package, reporting tools and business information tools such as Qlikview.
• Fluent in English.

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Business Navigation Manager Peter Larsson, +46 70 993 64 36. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Olivia Håkansson, +46 734 223 166. 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 candidates.

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest February 4th.

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.