Climate Analyst

Company Description
We enable IKEA to set, report and meet a strategic target for Removing and Storing Carbon through Forestry, Agriculture and Products. This will be achieved by developing IKEAs capability to obtain and analyse relevant data to monitor the climate impact of the land use connected to the raw material sourcing and its integration into IKEAs climate performance framework.


Job Description
As Climate Analyst you are part of creating a method that enables us to quantify and monitor land carbon removals and emissions connected to IKEAs wood and agricultural commodities supply in an accurate and efficient way and secure implementation of the method. This you do by:
Create a process for the quantification, reporting, and analysis of the land use carbon footprint connected to IKEAs wood and agricultural commodities sourcing and lead its’ implementation.
Develop an efficient working method to obtain quality data and information needed to monitor the land use footprint, within all relevant sourcing regions.
Define reporting-, resource- and system requirements that are aligned with IKEAs digital platforms and ongoing wood and agricultural commodities tracing and traceability development initiatives.
Lead competence development for relevant IKEA co-workers and stakeholders to ensure the capability of monitoring IKEA land use and climate footprint.
Detect, analyse, and implement potential improvements as well as technological solutions that lead to increased data granularity within the different sourcing regions, where these improvements will support IKEA to meet requirements and continuously improve its’ land carbon removal and emission reporting.
Suggest and develop a method that supports climate reporting for the annual IKEA Sustainability Report. This method will secure timely data delivery of high quality, as automated as possible, and adaptable to the achieved data resolution.
Secure that the land use carbon footprint assessment method provides accurate results that can provide meaningful decision support for business owners. Uncertainties are quantified and transparently communicated.


Qualifications
You have:
In depth knowledge of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) standard for Green House Gas (GHG) accounting.
Able to analyse and model GHG balances in corporate Land based supply chains.
Comfortable working with large data sets and statistical modelling.
Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (e.g., ArcGIS or Grass) is an advantage
Excellent analytical skills in data and complex systems
Ability to translate complex matters into simple and practical solutions (working in a business context)
Capability to lead and influence people through indirect leadership

You are:
Excited by the prospect to exchange knowledge and ideas with stakeholders from a broad range of different disciplines and cultural backgrounds
Driven by the idea to support a large team dedicated to steering a corporate value chain towards better climate and land use globally.
Pro-active and result oriented

Additional information
Please note, we have a preferred candidates for these positions and in the first selection process, we will consider candidates from current IKEA Supply organization. Submit your application, CV and letter of motivation, online via our recruitment system Smart Recruiters no later than 7th of July, 2023. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process please contact hiring team through Smart Recruiters.