Business Navigator to Business Steering, IKEA of Sweden

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About the job

Do you think the Quality agenda and numbers goes hand in hand?

Business Navigator to Business Steering
IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult

Are you passionate about business performance and curious to understand what's behind business results, through analysis of facts and figures? Do you have the ability to inspire and coach with business results in mind? Are you motivated to work with measurements of customer perceived quality in a global context? Then IKEA of Sweden is looking for you!

The Business steering department leads business steering and performance management for IKEA Range and Supply, with a flight tower approach and the aim of steering towards growth and a balanced business. Business steering at IKEA Range and Supply consists of the areas Business information, Business navigation, Range management and Project portfolio management.

As Business navigator in the Business steering department you take lead in performance management for one or more performance areas. You work actively to analyse business results, communicate with relevant stakeholders and initiate preventive and corrective actions. You contribute to performance reporting with fact-based insights and recommendations in a simple, clear and straight forward way. In your role as Business navigator you contribute to strategy development with fact-based analysis, build-up and implementation of KPI's and scorecards and goal setting. You are an active and trustworthy business partner to strategy owners and business leaders in all parts of IKEA Range and Supply.

In this assignment you will have a special focus on performance management and KPI's for the performance area Quality. You will lead with the development and implementation of quality measurements from production to customer home, always with the total quality experience of the customer in mind. You will cooperate with a wide network of stakeholders across IKEA.

Is this your next challenge?
To be successful in this role you need to have:
·  Strong leadership skills; ability to drive and lead through others.
·  Strong analytical skills; having both a holistic business view and an eye for details
·  Experience from working with steering, business controlling or business navigation in a global environment, preferably within retailing and/or quality
·  Curiosity to find root causes and better ways of working
·  Motivation to be an active and engaged business partner in a cross-functional environment
·  Strong communication skills; with the ability to inspire and clarify
·  Experience from working with Business information tools
·  Excellent English skills, both written and spoken Do you find this interesting? Then s ubmit your application in English at the latest August 12 th 2016.

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Recruiting manager Malin Svensson at ************@*******.**
If questions about the actual recruitment process arise, you can contact Recruitment Specialist Emma Nordgren at ************@*******.**

Due to summer and vacation period, please note that between July 14th and August 9th no action will be taken in the recruitment process.

Job ID

251731BR


Range & Supply
The IKEA Group is a world leader in the home furnishing business. We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our operations include developing and supplying the global IKEA product range, including a range of IKEA food offers.

Removal Date

12/08/2016