Business Navigation Manager

Here it is. Your chance to enable business performance and customer satisfaction through navigation and analytics, in Core business range as well as cross-value chain.
Business Steering provides IKEA Core business range with a framework for balanced business performance management with the purpose of supporting the business with insights for fact-based decision making and actions.

The unit is in the lead of developing business navigation and analytics capabilities that is catering to the business needs, and works to develop analytical methods, reports and tools to spot business opportunities, early warnings and risks. By being close to business stakeholders providing business performance expertise, business steering enables navigation towards commonly agreed business goals.


Right now, we are looking for a Business Navigation Manager

You will, as part of the leadership team, lead co-workers in the Business Steering unit specifically focused on navigation and analytics of range, sustainability and quality parameters.

You will report to the Business Performance Manager, which we recruit simultaneously as this position. 

You will lead a small team and through your leadership you are responsible to ensure development on an individual level as well as on a team level to ensure effective and efficient assignment delivery. 

Together with other leaders in Business steering, and the combined teams, you are responsible for developing, implementing and delivering business performance management capabilities for Core business range, specifically in the areas of Range, Sustainability and Quality. You work in close collaboration with business partners in both functional and business teams.

You represent Business steering and present business performance insights to business stakeholders across Core business range and the IKEA network, with the purpose of enabling goal fulfillment and business actions. 

Specifics of your assignment include, but are not limited to (and always in collaboration with business in Core business range and the IKEA network):

•    Strengthen business steering/navigation and analytics capabilities by providing team leadership, and contribute to a balanced, end-to-end perspective of performance management
•    Strengthen navigation and analytics capabilities by leading development of analytical approaches, in collaboration with internal and external partners as needed to reach excellence.
•    Lead consolidation and balanced performance reporting, for the totality of Business steering and specifically within the areas of Range, Sustainability and Quality
•    Actively engage and build trustful relationships with business partners across Core business range and across the IKEA network, in order to provide business insights and fact-based decision support 
This role is placed in Älmhult, Sweden and you will report to the Supply Operations Manager.
Submit your application as soon as possible via this ad and the latest Oct. 14th 2021.
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Martin Almén at +46 723 527 130
For information about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment specialist Christina Appelqvist at +46 766 113 408.
Please send your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English by the latest 21 of October 2021.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact one of the other Business Navigation Managers in Business Steering, Malin Svensson at malin.svensson22@inter.ikea.com 
If questions around the recruitment process, you can reach out to Recruitment specialist Christina Appelqvist at  +46-766-113408
We are looking forward to receiving your application!