Food Range Specialist

WHO YOU ARE
We believe you are passionate about the food business and exploring new and innovative opportunities. You are eager to exceed customer expectations and to drive business growth by creating a seamless customer experience for the many people. You feel passionate about leading, inspiring and developing co-workers both within the centre of expertise and in the markets. You are result driven and motivated to reach targets. As a person you work with an agile mind-set and are open to change. Moreover you share and live the IKEA values, with passion for the many people and the trends that influences them.


To be successful in this role you need experience of working with food and qualifications in Sales, Marketing, Business Management or equivalent. In addition you need experience of working with food health, sustainability work, product development and range management, preferable with food. Moreover you have a proven record of successful business development and performance and the ability to prioritise and organise work and the work of others, to make the most efficient use of time


You have knowledge in following areas:


• IKEA Concept, Vision and Business idea, Culture and Values, IKEA business Model and IKEA leadership
• IKEA Food business
• IKEA Food product development process
• food health and nutrition
• how to initiate, plan, execute, control and close cross functional projects
• market environment, expectations from the customers today and tomorrow


In addition you demonstrate IKEA leadership skills and the ability to navigate and lead in a complex, unknown and fast changing environment. You possess the qualities to communicate verbally, visually and in writing in an inspirational way and you have a collaborative mind-set which you use to build trustful relationships. Moreover you have extensive analytical skills and understand how to use facts to promote progress and change. Finally you are sensitive to new trends and know how to apply industry trends, outlooks and emerging trends.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role you will support the markets to drive food growth by ensuring a relevant, vital, efficient, cost competitive and compliant food range and supply for customers and co-workers.
You will support to drive food growth, improve profit and brand position by 100% compliant food range. It will be important to create an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values where our co-workers are informed, engaged and empowered.


You will:


• secure food range management and range information data quality in food business solutions, act on deviations and initiate improvements
• secure food offer meets IKEA health & sustainability standards and commitments, act on deviations and initiative improvements
• integrate food trends and knowledge about nutrition and health with food offer development, food value chain and food learning solutions
• provide ways of working and tools
• act as a subject matter expert to provide food range system expertise to markets and other stakeholders
• contribute to knowledge transfer and information sharing to, as well as between, the markets
• contribute to the development of market specific range food offer including co-worker restaurant
• coordinate and/or lead the roll out and implementation of food range initiatives and projects
• identify competence need in partnership with Food CoE
• act as a subject matter expert when developing learning solutions together with People & Culture


This is a maternity leave replacement until 1st of September 2021, with a possibility to extend. In this role you will report to the Food Range and Supply Manager. This role is located in Malmö Hubhult.
ABOUT THIS WORK AREA
The IKEA Food business is changing and is, as the whole INGKA Group, on a transformation journey – to become more convenient, affordable and people and planet positive. We have strong passion for food and are committed to create and deliver a unique, meaningful and trusted food experience for customer and co-workers. In this job you will be able to transform, develop and implement the IKEA Food business in INGKA Group, to ensure we present food with a taste of IKEA, food that is safe, healthy, sustainable, delicious and affordable in a convenient, human, modern and joyful environment. Food matters for people, planet and for IKEA.


QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT?! LET`S CONNECT!
Please note that for this position we already have a preferred candidate. If any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Sofie Skarlöv at sofie.skarlov1@ingka.com.