Do you want to play an important role in securing our solutions fulfil business needs and are available when our user needs them? Do you have the ability to influence and interact with strong stakeholders?

Solution Area Purshasing & Supplier Development, Business Solutioni Range & Supply, IKEA of Sweden is looking for an Buisness Analyst.

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.

The assignment:

As a Business Analyst you are responsible for clarifying business needs, requirements management and solution evaluation. Furthermore you will:

• Identify potential improvements: to elicit, analyse, challenge and document all business needs.
• Set up a business analysis approach and plan to support the selected business development activities (initiatives and releases).
• Identify the business consequences and risks with solution alternatives for process, organisation, tools and information.
• Assure quality and traceability of stakeholder needs and business requirements, and support the evaluation of solution alternatives.
• Communicate, clarify and safeguard evolving business needs along a project or solution life cycle.
• Clarify business needs during definition and validation of high level & low level design in cooperation with architects and developers.
• Review test plans and test cases to ensure compliance to the requirements. Support the planning and execution of testing activities.
• Responsible for securing and handing over requirement related artefacts to development and line organisation. 
• Consulted in the creation of solution documentation and in the creation of the ‘learning offer’ for the solution.
• Support business benefit realisation through continuous improvement of solutions and their usage.

Are you the right candidate?

To be successful in this role you need to have/be:
• Good knowledge of the relevant business process, it strategies and connections to other processes.
• Good at facilitating, planning and managing workshops and activities.
• Understanding of different delivery methods and software lifecycle management.
• Good knowledge of test methods and tools with focus on acceptance testing and good understanding of unit, system and integration testing.
• Understanding of IKEA application landscape and the technology & architectural aspects of the solutions as well as implemented functionality.
• Analytical ability to elicit, find patterns and identify opportunities in a structured manner.
• You have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing and can describe complex things in a simple and comprehensive way.
• Eager to work in a global environment and to accept and take advantage of diversity.
• Keen interest in information technology and its impact on business processes.
• Focused on common interests and agenda, to build trust and partnership and reach common goals.
• Eager to learn, keen on details, willingness to know “Why”.
• You have experience to work with persons at different location towards common goals.

About Business Solutions Range & Supply
Solution Area Develop Product & Service Capacities is a part of Business Solutions Range & Supply at IKEA of Sweden.

Business Solutions Range & Supply deliver expertise in business development as well as securing the running business. We empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimise the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA.

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

Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of approximately 230 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).

About Solution Area Develop Product & Service Capacities
We provide and manage business solutions with the focus on Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden and IKEA suppliers. Our co-workers are located in 6 different countries.

Our solutions support business on:
• Supplier Management
•  Supplier Lifecycle
•  Supplier Qualification(Quality, Sustainability audits and assessments)
•  Supplier Information
• Sourcing
• Claim Management
• Contract Management
• Communication with suppliers

We support users from Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden, Retail, DS, Transport, IKEA Components, IMS, IKEA Food and IKEA Suppliers.

Your Next Challenge?
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.

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

OBS!!! Tillträdesdag 1/9-2018