Strategic Range Insights Leader

At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think differently, act differently, and work differently as well. We like to break things. Like rules. And then make things. Like music-playing lamps. And beds disguised as sofas. Even plant balls that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. And it’s been keeping our co-workers going for over 75 years. By 2030, we hope to help millions more look forward to going home. Maybe you can help us?
Job Description
The Insights team at Inter IKEA exists to drive well-informed decision-making by providing timely and actionable insights into the many people and the world that we operate in. We do this to ensure that we strengthen the franchise offer and that the business grows. We are super passionate, we care, we’re curious and we’re courageous. We have an unrelenting passion for making sure that everything we do at IKEA truly meets the needs and dreams of the many people, having a positive impact on the world around us and building a brand for generations to come!
As Strategic Range Insights Leader, you will:
Be a primary business partner to strategic range topics: understanding the needs and opportunities. and uncovering and landing insights with impact on strategic decisions.
Inspire and enable decision-making, development, implementation, and measurement of range strategies.
Manage strategic research and work with the insight network to improving insight capabilities based on strategic needs.



About you
You are motivated by:
Thriving in unknown territory: finding new strategies and reimagining the future of the IKEA Range and insight at IKEA.
Developing business and people and lead with the IKEA culture and values.
Enabling ‘a better everyday life’ and strong IKEA brand, through insight.
Collaborating, building synergies, and developing IKEA by building relationships, partnerships, and networks.
Leading primarily through strategic thought leadership, strong content, and network (not direct reports).



To be successful in this role, the following knowledge, skills and experiences would be valuable:
Extensive relevant experience in the area of insights, ideally 7-10 years.
Experience working on highly strategic projects that have long term, global business impact.
Relevant experience working with IKEA home furnishing businesses or externally in consumer goods.
University education or equivalent combination of relevant training and work experience within the areas of Business, Engineering, Social sciences, psychology or similar.
Ability to define and prioritise sharp business questions that reflect business priorities and needs, for range development.
Ability to gather the right data through appropriate methodologies and insights products for Range and consumer products related research questions.
Ability to analyse and identify patterns across diverse sets of data to come to a deeper understanding of consumer needs and dreams regarding home furnishing.
Ability to combine analytical rigour, creativity, and human curiosity to come to non-trivial insights that drive business growth for Core Business Range.
Ability to leverage expertise in consumer products and solution innovation to apply advanced methodologies, uncover deep insights and articulate relevant implications to guide strategic decision making.
Ability to provide provocative and impactful consumer-centric business recommendations and guidance.
Ability to inspire and equip co-workers to make insight-driven decisions by facilitating the correct usage and interpretation of insights.



This role is full-time (40 hours per week), sits in the Insights function in Range and reports to the Range Insights Manager.
We will start reviewing and interviewing candidates once all applications are received, but we will only make a selection after the job has closed.