IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is based in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA and the center of IKEA range development. Business Solutions Range & Supply is a part of IKEA of Sweden.

We are looking for a Business Architect within the Architecture Team Supply at Business Solutions Range & Supply, IKEA of Sweden.

We are looking for a business architect to join and strengthen the group of Business architects and IT architects in domain Supply with primary focus on the process domain Plan Balance Sales and Supply (PBSS). This is an area planning and preparing for a number of major undertakings of strategic importance in the portfolio targeting the transformation from today’s legacy solutions into tomorrow’s target solutions best for business.

The Business Architect is a key position to translate and articulate the business needs and establish a road map to guide and support the transformation of business solutions needed today and tomorrow.

The Architecture function at Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of Business Architects and IT Architects divided in two teams; Range and Supply. The function is an integral part of IKEA's global Business Solutions organization. We are responsible for defining and enforcing architecture across our eight Solution areas. The position will be a member of the Architecture Team Supply and report to the team leader. Location; Älmhult.

The assignment
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to shape business need and ideas into business architecture for business solutions improvements, describing the current state, future state and transition states to guide the detailed design and delivery of business solutions.
• Provide information and advice for better informed business decisions within and across organization(s) to optimize portfolio & roadmaps.
• Design and document a concrete, robust and appropriate architecture covering people, process, and technology and organization impact for the change in scope as well as an actionable transition roadmap.
• Actively follow and guide business solutions improvements during transformations to the desired future state.
• Lead information architecture activities within the domain(s), establishing directions and providing advice.
• Responsible to secure an understanding of the architecture to relevant business and IT stakeholders – within and across organization(s) – and seek agreement with business leaders/owners.

Are you the right candidate? Is this your next challenge?

We are looking for someone with significant experience, competence and seniority in the PLAN BALANCE SALES AND SUPPLY process domain. You can have a various background coming from different positions in the business organization. For example, management, process development, requirement gathering and/or project leadership and change management preferably with experience of leading people.

To be successful in this role you need to:
• be highly motivated by achieving long term business results
• have the ability to see the big picture as well as the details
• ability to develop, translate and articulate business needs
• have a passion to lead and develop business and people together
• possess the capability to inspire and clarify

You need to have a deep understanding of:
• the IKEA organization, ways of working and governance model
• the IKEA business solutions landscape, strategies and IKEA group of companies
• the IKEA change management, project steering/management methodology

If you in addition have deep understanding and experience from practice of business architecture frameworks, how the field of architecture is developing and what the benefits would be for IKEA you are most likely the right candidate.
You are passionate about IKEA, our vision, business idea and values and you have a constant desire for renewal.

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers and suppliers.

IKEA is on an exciting growth journey becoming more accessible to the many people. We are investing heavily to develop and digitalize IKEA into the future. IKEA Business Solutions will support this journey by delivering expertise in business development while safeguarding running business. This way we empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimize the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA.

The Business Solutions agenda is driven and prioritized in the process dimension and the role of Business Solutions Range & Supply is to:
• deliver competence to support and develop business solutions 
• have an end to end accountability for solutions, enhancements and projects
• manage one agreed and steered business solutions agenda in Range & Supply

The organization consists of eight Solution Areas that support and mirror the Range & Supply processes as part of the IKEA Ways of Working-map, including a number of staff functions such as Architecture, Business Development, Business Navigation, HR/Competence and Communication.

Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of approximately 250 co-workers based in different legal units globally all across Range & Supply. We have our main hubs in Älmhult, Helsingborg and Malmö (IKEA of Sweden AB), Dortmund (Distribution Services GmbH), Pratteln (IKEA Supply AG) and Warsaw (IKEA Purchasing Services Poland), and we are also present in the United States, Italy, France, Turkey, India, and the Czech Republic.

Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application in English. 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. Please apply latest March 16th 2018.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jonas Levin at +46 728865384.

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering working environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. At IKEA we believe that when you as an individual grow - IKEA grows!

IKEA of Sweden (IoS) is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available for stores and customers all over the world. Expressed in terms of IKEA’s three main processes, IoS leads the processes Creating the Home Furnishing Offer and Supplying. IoS also takes part in the third main process, Communicating & Selling, which is led by Retail