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  • Pune, India
  • Finance, Accounting & Tax

Job Description

  • Job ID: 344230

  • Date posted: 13/05/2026

    • Who you are

    Drive commercial and financial performance with a focus on retail pricing and data-driven decision-making.

    • 5+ years in Business Navigation (commercial + financial), especially pricing
    • Strong understanding of IKEA business, strategy, and tools
    • Knowledge of analytics, data science, and new technologies
    • Fluent in English and local language
    • Strong communication and influencing ability
    • Commercial acumen and cross-functional mindset
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders

    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.

    • 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.

    Together as a team

    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.

    WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

    At IKEA we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.








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