Come and lead the way into a multi-channel world!

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. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment. You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

In the Business Intelligence & Analytics Team in Business Steering function you will be in the heart of IKEAs strategic decisions and support our Leaders in analysis, business insights and facts. We are looking for a Business Analyst with focus on multi-channel to join us!

About the job

As a Business Analyst with focus on multi-channel, your role will be to contribute to the business priorities by enabling analytical and fact-based decision-making. Since business performance is the scope for this role your focus will be on business and the interpretation of numbers to business reality. You will analyse complex business challenges and scenarios and formulate insights and analyses in a clear and simple way to meet business and receiver needs. As we are on the journey of becoming a multi-channel retailer, you will be instrumental in leading the development of how we are to analyse, navigate and steer business in the future. In this role you will be reporting to Business Information Manager Monica Giselson-Olsson.

About the assignment

Your main responsibilities as Business Analyst with focus on multi-channel are:
• Responsible to monitor, analyse and follow up business performance (both year cycle based and ad hoc) within the assigned performance area to identify trends, opportunities and potential risks. Present and share in a way that is understandable and actionable.
• Share insights and provide modelling and analytical support to facilitate data-driven and fact-based decision making,
• Perform analyses on large sets of data to extract actionable insights that will help drive decisions across the business
• Contribute to business development and innovation by analysing business consequences of different scenarios, through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessment and contingency planning.
• Provide expertise in data analysis and communication of quantitative data
• Co-develop intelligence and analytical tools together with the Business Intelligence team

About you

We believe you have a sharp analytic & logical mind-set and great problem solving skills. You are a communicative person that values building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders and have the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms, acting as a translator between what is technical and business reality. You have great interest for business and specifically how the IKEA business model works and contribute to a better everyday life for the many people. You see the importance of the visual design of data through reports or presentations and to express the message in a clear and inspiring way. 

In the role of Business Analyst we expect you to have:
- Experience from similar data analyst role focusing on business requirements
- An academic degree in science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics or equivalent
- Technical competence to perform more advanced analytics and experience from performing analysis with large datasets
- Ability to lead development and change management of new approaches of analysis and navigation in order to contribute in moving IKEA into becoming a multi-channel retailer
- Experience from working in a multi-channel environment and an understanding of the complexity and opportunities it offers. This would entail understanding of the customer journey in different interfaces and multitude of product fulfilment flows.

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Business Information Manager Monica Giselson-Olsson, +46 768 667 010. 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 candidate.

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest March 18th 2017.

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.