Performance Embedment Leader

Join us in creating a better everyday life for the many people! 

Do you want to be a part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden, you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Our business is developing products. It’s at the center of all that we do, our daily job.  

In Range we are ready to put in the next gear of moving IKEA and making us better together. We have decided that we will focus, simplify and concentrate going forward by putting the product in the center – with a full focus on the core of our assignments. This move cannot be achieved without strategic analysis and business insights concluded and communicated to drive decisions and actions. This is why we are now looking for a Performance embedment leader, focused on the strategy and transformation, to join us in Business steering Range. Come and join us!  

Performance Embedment Leader Range strategy and transformation

As a Performance embedment Leader, you are a senior performance insights partner to leaders in Range strategy and identity. You will work closely with a team of Business performance leader, Business navigators and Business performance analysts in explorative analytics to derive strategic insights. You work alongside the Strategy and identity department and support them from strategy creation and revision to execution of initiatives and projects. Your role is to integrate business performance throughout, ensuring that we make strategic choices to capture opportunities and manage risks.

Your main responsibilities as a Performance embedment Leader are: 

• Develop and embed performance insights in strategy, initiatives and projects.
• Together with key stakeholder’s define needs for strategic performance insights, goals and measurements for the Range and communication strategy.
• Together with specialists explore and develop new analytical models leading up to business performance insights.
• Package and communicate business performance insights in a clear and comprehensive way, helping the business to conclude, take decision and drive action.   

To do this, it requires a passion for strategic analytics and an excellent ability to go from details to holistic performance insights. It also requires exceptional ability to package and communicate complex matters in a straightforward and inspiring way. You will be key in guiding other leaders in spotting and acting on business opportunities, as part of strategic development and implementation.  

We think you are a star and to shine in this role we want you to have experience of stakeholder management, great communication skills and both a holistic view and an eye for detail. Further, we believe that you have experience of working with performance analytics and insights. You are used to handling changes and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative, and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge the existing ones. It would be great if you already knew the IKEA Business model and our strategic landscape, specifically within Range, and how it relates to business performance reporting. 

In the role of Performance embedment Leader, we believe that you have a university degree in Business/Finance/Economics (or a related field). You have at least 5 years experience of working with business performance management. You are well acquainted with the Power BI platform and translation of business requirements to analytical models. You are fluent in English, spoken and written.  

For us it’s important that you are guided by our IKEA values in your daily behaviors and are inspired by our vision. You can learn many things as we go but the values and our vision are crucial that you share from the beginning. More information around our values you can find here: https://about.ikea.com/en/about-us/ikea-culture-and-values 

So, are you the one we are looking for?  
If so, we will be happy to receive your application in English before 3rd February.  
If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Malin Svensson, Business steering manager at +46 (0)766-190 597 and if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Christina Appelqvist at +46 766-113 408.