Country Business Analyst

Job description

Job ID

343184BR
Work Area

Finance, Accounting & Tax
About the job

Country Business Analyst

IKEA Retail , INGKA Group, Service Office Switzerland, Spreitenbach

 
Who you are
As a person you are passionate about people, business, IKEA’s purpose and continuously driving better performance. You are energized byincreasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people as well as motivated by leading and developing people.
For this role we believe you have 1-3 years of experiencefrom a retail market; store and/or Service office with a good understanding of how the commercial and financial processes works as well as of developing new ways of working and implementing proven solutions for efficiency purpose as well as in data analysis, developing metricsand projections based on analysis results. On top of this, you have proven track record in delivering under time pressure and are fluent in English and local language, both written and spoken. You are computer/smart device literate, tech savvy.

You have knowledge in the following areas:

·  understanding of the business/operations and its main drivers, major business changes and its consequences, scenario thinking
·  good understanding of data science, new technologies, analytics and their wide ranging application in business context
·  good understanding of IKEA’s strategic landscape and business direction
·  good knowledge of the IKEA Concept, the IKEA Brand Identity and the IKEA culture & Values
·  in-depth knowledge of IKEA business tools, processes and cycles
  You have proven analytical skills combined with an ability to communicate figures in an understandable and inspiring way.You have ability to take in new information, compile, organise, analyse and make relevant conclusions from substantial amounts of data combined withstrong and well proven collaboration skills. Further you have ability to make things happen in a fast and flexible way during change. On top this, you havean eye for detail and accuracy.

Your responsibilities
By maximising the use of existing reports, and creating new reports/tools where needed, the purpose is to provide timely, relevant information and analysis to support the business navigators and other stakeholders in the organization.Through this, the function contributes to profitable growth, better decision making as well as a strengthened performance culture.
Support overall Ingka business performance that is beneficial to people & planet and protects and adds value to our assets, securing profitable growth and financial independence. By providing services, supporting a strong compliance framework, and effective governance to enable entrepreneurship and safeguard our people, customers and businesses.
You will:

·  provide relevant, user-friendly business information, promoting standardised reporting and securing competence in the organisation to allow for analysis and understanding of performance and for making optimal decisions
·  perform data analysis to identify trends, opportunities and potential risks, and present them in an understandable and actionable manner at a country level
·  support retail business navigation partners in achieving a healthy profits and loss through key performance analysis and evaluation
·  use the understanding of how information is  applied today,  to determine the future needs of reporting at store and country level
·  be an ambassador for global business information solutions and common tools as well as the production of ad hoc reports when standard solutions are not available
·  secure the multi-dimensional view of the business ,when conducting the necessary analysis, to evaluate retail performance with the customer in focus
·  apply understanding of the goals, business priorities to follow through on commitments and achieve results in line with the IKEA vision and values
·  co-operate with team members in other and own units to accomplish common goals

In this role you will report to the Country Business Navigation Manager .
If you have job specific questions please contact Stefan Schwarz
This role is located in Spreitenbach
About this work area
Create enhance customer value, good growth and optimize long term business performance for IKEA Retail, by enabling better business decisions, securing efficiency and leading in accordance with financial and business strategies. This includes securing (financial) business performance, a safe and secure environment in compliance with laws, policies and standards and process.
Questions and support? Let’s connect!

We welcome applications from throughout INGKA group. We will prioritize applications from you who fulfil the majority of the requirements.

If you already are an IKEA employee we welcome your application by using our Talent Profile , which you will find here: LINK Please complete and upload your Talent Profile through the recruitment system accessible via INSIDE. Thanks for NOT uploading or emailing any other documents.

If you are not an IKEA employee we kindly ask you to attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

We aim at conducting as many interviews as possible during the period from Mid of July until End of August.
To enable this, when possible, the recruiting managers will continuously review applications, and we will invite to interviews as soon as this review is completed for each application. 
Therefore although the adverts are open until August 2 nd , 2019 we appreciate your early application.
Due to the tight timeline, invitations to interviews will most likely be sent out with short notice and we truly appreciate your cooperation & understanding for this. Some interviews may be conducted over SKYPE (if needed to reduce travel). 

Please note that you will not receive an instant automatic reply when submitting your application since the applications are processed manually. If you don’t receive a confirmation within three working days from the time you have submitted your application please contact Stéphanie Reymond at

Location

Zürich ( Spreitenbach )
Job Title

Country Business Analyst
Country

Switzerland
Full Time - Part Time

Full Time
Job Type

Permanent