Business Navigation Manager at IKEA Marketing & Communication

At IKEA Marketing & Communication (IMC), we’re people-centric, have a passion for making great stuff, and we aim to be the best communication partner for the whole of IKEA. We work closely and together with our colleagues across IKEA, creating state-of-the-art communication at the lowest price. Located in Älmhult, Sweden, we’re a melting pot of many different nationalities and cultures. Because in order to make things better for the many, we want to involve people from all parts of the world. Nonetheless, we never forget our Swedish heritage that forms the backbone of who we are today.  

We’re on the lookout for passionate doers, idea makers, creative thinkers - people who want to find answers to everyday problems in people’s lives, for society and the planet. 

Now we are looking for a passionate Business Navigation Manager.

Come and join us!

As Business Navigation Manager you will play a central role in steering the business towards growth and goal achievements, driving the business performance agenda, focussing on navigation and analytics of communication development. Your role is to identify business potentials and enable innovation to secure effectiveness and efficiency within given frames. 

You lead and develop the functional team, and together with your team, you work closely with the business managers and teams to develop analytical methods, reports and tools to spot business opportunities, early warnings and risks and enable navigation towards commonly agreed business goals.  You thrive on change, using it as opportunity to grow yourself and your team.

You are part of the Business Navigation & Finance team and report to the Business Navigation & Finance Manager for IMC.

Further, in your role you will be responsible for leading and developing the Business Navigation function at IMC. You play a key role in setting performance criteria and provide navigation support to achieve and follow up results and goals. Lead with fact-based decision making, based on a holistic business view with the entire IKEA value chain in mind.

Support business development by providing analysis, reports, tools and relevant business insights, in order to identify and act on potentials for business improvements and ensure that budget and forecast is aligned, accurate and reliable, meeting business needs, with agreed business objectives.

You will also strengthen business steering/navigation and analytics capabilities by providing team leadership and actively engage and build trustful relationships with business partners across the Inter IKEA Core Businesses.

Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role, you do that under message to Hiring Manager. The last day to send your application is the November 7th 2021.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Hiring manager, Lisa Thomson at lisa.thomson@inter.ikea.com. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Christina Appelqvist on +46-766 113408

We are looking forward to receive your applications!

What if you could inspire to make everyday life just a little bit better?  
The answer is simple: You can. This is what motivates us at IKEA. We’re constantly searching to find new ways to be better. We use insights from real life at home all over the world, learning about the needs and dreams of people. We use our home furnishing knowledge to help inspire people with ideas and solutions that will help them live the life they want.