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.

These are exciting times in Business Area Cooking, Eating and Decoration. The agenda is filled with great opportunities and now is the chance to be part of a team that is making a big impact for the many people.  

Right now were looking for our next Business Navigator to join us at Business Area Cooking, Eating and Decoration at IKEA of Sweden.

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. Your tools are data, facts and figures, to which you add insights and recommendations that will support you in leading performance management. This requires passion and ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business drive mind-set and strong communication skills.

ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT

Your main responsibilities as a Business Navigator are:
• Performance management of the product range within the Business Area through analysing and creating insights across the value chain from supplier to customer, identifying opportunities and improvement areas and actively sharing them
• Influencing and enabling fact based decision making through quickly generating insights based on consumer, market and business information
• Together with the team, identifying opportunities and risks through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessments and contingency planning
• Leading and coordinating different processes, i.e. range dimensioning, internal pricing and sales and supply planning across the Business Area
• Leading project and portfolio management as well as general range management on overall level.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a goal oriented person with the ability to implement, deliver results and follow up. You have the ability to create clarity and having both a holistic view and an eye for details. You will partner with the business to make an impact on the current and future business of home furnishing. 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
• Experience from leading or coaching others 
• An academic degree within finance, business administration, economics or similar
• Knowledge of calculation systems, MS office package, reporting tools and business information tools such as Qlikview

If you have questions about the role, please contact Business Navigation Manager Monica Konicek, +46 732 321 516. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Olivia Håkansson at +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 August 28th 2018.

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA store with home furnishing 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.