Business Leader Decoration

Here it is. Your chance to lead business development and create optimal conditions for sustainable growth and good financial result in the most influential small town in the world.

Can you really reach out to the whole world, while working in a tranquil idyll in the middle of nowhere? In Älmhult you can. Älmhult, Sweden is home to IKEA Range & Supply. IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA retail channels with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the 420 IKEA stores and other multichannel touchpoints around the world with the turnover of 38.3 BEUR. The total range is almost 10,000 products. So what happens in Älmhult definitely doesn't stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

IKEA thrives when our passion for home furnishing and leading IKEA into the future comes together with excellent business sense and ambition to really move the business across the IKEA value chain.

You are joining Business Area (BA) Cooking, Eating, Decoration & Home organisation in an exciting time! As a Business Leader for Decoration, you will be leading the agenda across the IKEA value chain and develop this business across all IKEA markets. You will be creating the strategy and tactics to anticipate and influence future business and life at home needs. You are leader of the Range & Product team, a member the Management team of the Business area and part of the Business Leader group in IKEA of Sweden.

About the assignment
The Business Leader will lead with the aim of creating growth in this area through:
Overall responsible to lead the defined HFB Decoration business (Range, Supply and Meeting the customer)
Lead the creation and execution of the HFB plan  
Member of the management team, contributing to all strategic decisions for the BA
Responsible for leading the work in the Range and Product team, securing portfolio prioritization, resource allocation and team development
Secure all parts of democratic design, implementation of product development platforms and standardized materials, identify new business opportunities and drive innovations
Lead cross business initiatives together with other HFB:s, home furnishing accessories, functional managers and the matrices
You are based in Älmhult, an inspiring and international environment, endorsed by creativity and innovation.