WHO YOU ARE
• Proven advanced training in Business Development or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience of developing businesses and delivering results
• Minimum 2 years of experience in leading and influencing teams and managers
• Experience from managing change in a complex business environment
• Experience within Project Management
• Experience in IKEA retail business
• Good knowledge and understanding of the whole IKEA Retail Establishment process (eg. Business Case,
PDI, Project Design phase and Commercial Brief)
• Good experience of working and steering through financial tools (eg. Investment Request (IR), P&L)
• Retail country experience
• Multicultural experience
A DAY IN YOUR LIFE WITH US
• Embed the agreed organisational development principles, framework and methodology to achieve IKEA
group and country objectives via partnering with the different stakeholders like Retail Expansion and
IISBV, ensuring “right first time” for an optimal outcome for total IKEA
• Be a change agent role model, coach and mentor to the country organisation in order to understand
the way to work with process and OD with IKEA culture and values as the foundation
• Plan, organise, execute and follow up projects according to Ingka expansion process and applicable
delivery methodology
• Manage dependencies and interfaces between projects, line and global organisation
• Manage time, cost, scope and quality of the CMP development projects, including how to organise and
work in a simple, lean and cost-efficient way
• Manage communication by planning and distributing relevant information and learnings to the
different stakeholders within the Ingka organisation
• Identify, mitigate, monitor and control risks
• Manage stakeholders by identifying stakeholders, planning for stakeholder management and following
up on engagement
• Take lead in working across functions within Ingka Group and collaborate with other IKEA units
• Take lead in driving an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values
• Lead positive change, and contribute to building a more unique, inclusive and accessible IKEA - guided
by the People and Planet Positive commitments
TOGETHER AS A TEAM
Growth is in our team DNA, we thrive on discovering new horizons, pushing boundaries and exploring uncharted territory. With different backgrounds and perspectives, we work together to analyse new and existing markets to find opportunities to expand our business and bring the IKEA offer to even more of the many people around the world. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad said: ‘Most things still remain to be done. A glorious future!’ We believe so too :)
