Country Business Navigator (LWO)

Job description

Job ID

343183BR
Work Area

Finance, Accounting & Tax
About the job

Country Business Navigator

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 Ingka Business experience from an IKEA retail market Service office and preferably also store as well as minimum 5 years experience from business navigation working with both commercial and financial processes, in particular retail Pricing. 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 have knowledge in the following areas:

·  commercial business knowledge and cross-functional understanding of how IKEA operates
·  good understanding of IKEA’s strategic landscape and direction
·  good understanding of data science, new technologies, analytics and their wide ranging application in business context
·  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 abilityinBusiness Partnering, i.e.strategic, tactical and operational business partner with strong analytical skills to translate business needs into financial consequences and solutions as well as inNetworking, i.e.strong network and relationship builder both within and outside of the own organization as well as within Communication, i.e. strong communicator with capacity to influence decisions and create energy and commitment within the organization. Finally, you have Business acumen, i.e. ability to recognize external trends and translate them into business opportunities and are Change oriented, i.e. able to handle a constantly changing environment with many different stakeholders and demands.

Your responsibilities
Be a pro-active, trustworthy business partner who takes a multi-dimensional view of the business, connecting the needs of customers and the organisation with a complete overview of the profit & loss, and understanding of the balance sheet and cash flow management. Supporting and challenging the organisation through business-case thinking. Take the lead in developing and promoting lean, simple and effective ways of working.
To support country 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 country management with information, analysis and expert insight to support, challenge and steer the country towards growth, optimal performance and sustained long-term profitability
·  provide accurate, timely and relevant business information and expertise to the necessary target groups in a way which inspires and engages them to take meaningful decisions and actions to achieve the goals
·  partner with the units in their financial performance and be responsible for the subsequent country financial submission to global retail business navigation
·  have a full overview of the P&L and take responsibility for specific lines of the country P&L supporting challenging and steering the units and central functions to achieve their goals in these areas
·  contribute functional expertise to the country pricing process to maximise commercial opportunities and achieve country gross margin goals
·  identify and actively pursue business opportunities as they arise
·  work, and follow up with, appropriate partners in units and SO functions to secure the effective implementation of tools, processes and best practice to secure the customer experience and the strong retail foundation
·  carry out functional reviews and support the units in improving their functional review outcomes in order to achieve growth, optimal performance and sustained long-term profitability and to improve competence and the customer experience
·  secure the performance measurement and support to improve performance of the major KPI’s by being close to operations such as organizing workshop for business improvement, benchmark activities etc

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 optimise 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 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 Navigator (LWO)
Country

Switzerland
Full Time - Part Time

Full Time
Job Type

Permanent