Business Navigator - IKEA+

IKEA+, more of IKEA, is an initiative within IKEA Range & Supply and is about new business opportunities; these are to be found within new range potentials and enabled by new ways of selling and/or new ways of delivering. 

Right now we are looking for a Business Navigator to support the small central team in creating more opportunities for IKEA. 

As Business Navigator, you work every day together with teams and stakeholders to come to better decisions, identify new opportunities and define these in business cases. And initiate actions that will ensure the success of the initiated projects and continuously follow up their progress. Your tools are data, facts & figures, you will work pro-actively to add insights, recommendations and scenarios. You will be leading performance management, establishing project budgets and follow up which requires passion for and the ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business driven mind-set and strong communication skills. 

Your main responsibilities as a Business Navigator are performance management of the projects and business cases initiated by IKEA+ through analyzing and creating insights across the value chain from supplier to customer, identifying opportunities and improvement areas and actively sharing these. You will 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, risk assessments and contingency planning. Leading and coordinating different processes and project. To lead portfolio management as well as general range management on an overall level including the budget/cost follow up responsibility. Reporting of project progress to stakeholders.

We are looking for a goal oriented person with the ability to implement, deliver and follow up results. You have the ability to create clarity and having both a holistic view and an eye for details. You can handle a lot of data and make it understandable for colleagues in different positions. You are a natural communicator who can easily make the complex seem simple.

You are also comfortable with working in the unknown and seeing opportunities and possibilities. You will partner with the business to make an impact on the current and future business of home furnishing. You are flexible, used to handling changes and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge the existing ones. 

Furthermore, we wish you to have:
•    Experience from working with performance management
•    Experience from leading or coaching others 
•    An academic degree within finance, business administration, economics or equivalent in work experience
•    Knowledge of calculation systems, MS Office package, reporting tools and business information tools such as Qlik view and Project place and to be fluent in English both written and spoken 

Please send your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English as soon as possible. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work at IKEA and why you would be a good fit for this role under message to Hiring Manager Andreas Hagert, andreas.hagert@inter.ikea.com

If you have any questions regarding this the role or recruitment process please contact Recruitment Specialist, Christina Appelqvist, +46-766113408
Please note that we will continuously look at applications so don't delay, make sure to show us your interest in the role as soon as possible, and by 30th of March 2022 at the latest. We look forward to receiving your application!