Business Navigator 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 Navigator to support our Digital teams.

Come and join us!

Business Navigation & Finance takes the lead in driving fact-based decisions to navigate the business, enabling it to achieve its goals. The function supports the business with tools, insights and recommendations to initiate proactive improvements.

As the Business Navigator for the Digital team you lead performance management in all areas and all dimensions.. You are an active business partner to the Digital teams and decision makers, leading with fact-based insights and active risk management. You facilitate business development and innovation by actively exploring the future through scenario planning and modelling.

Your main responsibilities as a Business Navigator are:
•    Performance management within your area through analysing and creating insights across the value chain from supplier to customer, identifying opportunities and improvement areas and actively sharing these
•    Influencing and enabling fact-based decision making through quickly generating insights based on consumer, market and business information
•    Together with the team, identifying opportunities and risks through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessments and contingency planning
•    Supporting the creation, validation and follow up of business cases and the digital development portfolio
 

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 10th 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.