BR&C Business Integration Manager

Why we will love you
Because you have a passion for business and developing teams and individuals. You build strong relationships and love to work together with others. With your capabilities to inspire and clarify and leading with the IKEA values you will be able to together with the team, perform and make necessary changes and achieve long-term business objectives.
At Ingka, we have set high ambitions towards our value creation goals. To achieve our goals, we need an entrepreneurial mindset and a pro-active approach to risk management. This is where Group BR&C steps in to help Ingka navigate risks in the right way, support in safeguarding the IKEA brand throughout the value chain and in ensuring we operate our various businesses in a compliant manner.
You are a strong leader with high ambition to lead and develop the Business Integration team in Group BR&C. You are passionate about creating an Ingka fit for the future and energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people. You lead by delegation and encourage cooperation and invite all for being part of the change in the everchanging complex environment. You have a broad knowledge of business processes and how to assess and mitigate risks in a business environment. You excel in how to create and implement change initiatives as well to drive strategy and efforts to achieve long-term business objectives. Dealing with ambiguity comes natural for you and you are comfortable to handle unpredictable situations.
To succeed as a Business Manager, we believe you have: Experience in working in an Ingka business in any of the markets, Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills are a must together with proven record of developing people and organizations.
A university degree in business administration or similar. Minimum 10 years of managerial experience in a multinational organisation and/or managerial experience from running operation.
And, of course, you share and live the IKEA culture and values and have a genuine interest in home furnishing. You act honestly in accordance with moral and ethical principles.
Your responsibilities
As a Business Integration Manager – Group BRC, you will be the primary lead to ensure that risk based ways of working are integrated into business processes. As a member of the BRC MT you will be part of leading and managing the function and monitor the performance and effectiveness of Ingka Business Risk and Compliance frameworks and practices across the value chain of Ingka Business.
Amongst many tasks you will:
· Actively contribute to the design, execution, and follow-up of Ingka’s Business Risk & Compliance agenda.
· Be overall responsible to lead and develop the Business Risk & Compliance Matrix for countries and group functions to secure integration with the business agenda, continuous improvement and achievement of business goals and objectives. Inspire a risk and compliance performance mind-set, raise risk awareness, and promote a risk mindset, based on anchored goals and clear direction for the function.
· Lead the integration of Business Risk & Compliance as part of the business strategies, projects and initiatives in line with business needs throughout the Ingka business.
· Be responsible to provide support for securing the right competence and knowledge in the BRC team including the BR&C Country Matrix, by facilitating learning activities and competence networks.
· In close collaboration with Centres of Expertise and the countries, lead the movement towards standardised and automated ways of working to promote efficiency and effectiveness throughout the Ingka organisation.
· Lead and develop leaders and teams in the Business Integration Team in order to secure an efficient, professional and high performing organisation with identified talents for the needs of today and tomorrow.
· Actively contribute with input and insights in the implementation of the Business Risk & Compliance strategy Action Plan and strategic and tactical objectives to secure a common and integrated view on Business Risk & Compliance priorities.
· Ensure and maintain a great cooperation with all stakeholders
This position is placed in Malmö, Sweden and you will report to the Group Business Risk & Compliance Manager for Ingka.
Together as a Team
We’re a diverse group of people who work together to protect and strengthen the IKEA brand through our laser focus on risk management, data protection, compliance, business operations, health and safety. We support the business in navigating through risks, in ensuring that our co-workers, visitors, customers can feel safe, and in protecting our brand and assets. We believe its a big responsibility and think that’s pretty cool too !
Apply now!
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Carl Johan Petri at carljohan.petri@inga.ikea.com.
Please submit your application in English, consisting of a CV and cover letter.
PRE-BACKGROUND CHECK
For the candidate we want to offer the position, we do a transparent Pre-employment screening.