New Business Development Leader, IKEA of Sweden

Curious on the future of life at home for the many people? Come join us in exploring and creating it?

New Business Development Leader
New Business & Innovation (NB&I)
IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult

With the IKEA vision as a starting point,and without limitations to products,we focus on creating capabilities and solutions that are relevant in the life at home today and tomorrow.Care to join us?

Right now we are looking for a New Business Development Leader within the New Business Project team.The New Business Development Leader is an impactful and challenging position leading the business case follow up on ideas and initiatives that are derived from IKEA exploration processes,and anchoring these business cases in strategic business plans and existing IKEA Business Area product development processes.The position reports to the New Business Projects Manager.

The New Business Development Leader is responsible for:
-Defining strategic business cases for the assigned new business project,based upon IKEA exploration input,the market situation, Customer needs,sourcing capabilities,competitors,resources and overall IKEA goals.
-Communicate and anchor the business case solutions within the broader IKEA with a special focus on the IKEA Business Area stakeholders
-Analyze and interpret the strategic market developments from a global perspective and incorporating these into strategic initiatives, often in close cooperation with the IKEA Business Area stakeholders
-People and resource management within the assigned new business project

To be able to deliver in this role,the New Business Development Leader should have:
-Business,material and product development knowledge at a strategic level
-Strong leadership skills ? inspiring,influencing,connecting,coaching and developing specialists and other leaders
-Insights into customer needs and behavior,design,style and trends
-Deep understanding of the IKEA value chain elements: product development,supply and retail
-A strong drive to deliver and seeing things through
-The capability to imagine the ?what can be? situation and passionately share this
-A strong connection and motivation for the IKEA mission: creating a better everyday life for the many people.
-Strong networking and influencing skills to engage a variety of stakeholders
-Excellent business planning,process management,implementation and budget management skills.
-The capacity to steer and work in a developing and changing environment

Interested?
New Business Development Leader position is a challenging and rewarding position with great impact on the current and future IKEA product development processes and product solutions but it needs something to be successful.We love what we do and we seek people who love their work too and who share our values in their professional and everyday life.

GROWING TOGETHER
IKEA of Sweden is a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is ?to create a better everyday life for the many people?. We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow,both as individuals and in their professional roles.

We offer this position in a fast paced,truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.If you have any questions regarding the position,please contact Recruitment Specialist Hanne Posselt (+46732320108).

We look forward to receive your application in English,latest the 13th of June.