Business Area Controller

Are you a business-oriented person with a passion for fashion? Do you want to be a part of a team that is passionate about maximizing sales, profitability and constant improvement? We are now looking for a Business Area Controller to our head office located in central Gothenburg.

Your role in our team.
You are part of one of our three Business areas; Women’s wear, Lingerie or Kids’ wear at our Design & Purchasing Department. As a Business Area Controller, you are responsible for having control of the big picture of your business area. Your main mission is to maximize the sales and profitability together with your team, Design & Buying Manager, Assortment Managers and Buyers.
We understand that you are curious to know more about the role! Here are some examples of work tasks: From an economic perspective you analyze, push and follow up; sales, purchasing volumes, stock and range of assortment to optimize sales and profitability. You proactively communicate actions, risks and possibilities, to the Purchase Controlling Manager and the team you are working with. You are responsible for personnel and your team consists of three to five members.

This is a substitute position, approximately one year. Start in the beginning of January 2021.

Is this you?
You are analytical, communicative, driven and proactive. You enjoy working in a fast-paced and changeable environment. You have the ability to work independently, take initiatives and managing your time to meet set deadlines. You are comfortable in a coordinating position and since you will be working in close collaboration with other departments, we think that it is important that you are a team player and that you are open minded. You believe in togetherness and you are motivated by the possibility to make an impact. Also, this probably sounds like you:

• University Diploma in economics, minimum 3 years
• Work experience from a position within purchase controlling preferably working with retail, where you have developed business analytics skills
• As a leader you develop a dynamic, creative and responsible team
• Excellent knowledge in Excel
• Excellent knowledge in BI-/ERP Systems
• Swedish and English, both spoken and written

We are Lindex.
A growing global fashion company from Sweden. We exist to empower and inspire women everywhere. It is our higher purpose as a company. Our dedication to women, sustainability and customer focus runs through everything. It is a mindset that is with us every step of our journey. A journey towards being a global, digital first, brand-led and sustainable fashion company.

At Lindex, everything we do is powered by people. We are like a big family here, with values to help us grow. And we believe in doing things together. Because two are more than one and together we can make a greater impact. If you feel the same, then we are probably a great match. Do you have a good feeling about this and want to join our journey? Apply today, we can’t wait to get to know more about you. Since we are eager in finding the right person to join our team, we will apply continuous selection. This means we might close the process before the set ending date. Since we like to keep it simple, we ask you to apply online (and not by email.)