SASA-BGD-Business Development Manager with additional assignment as Company Representative

Are you ready to make a difference?

In a place like Dhaka, Bangladesh, all that we in IKEA represent comes to a meaning as we through our long term supplier relations are providing great products and at the same time ensure job opportunities, stable income in an IWAY secured environment.
The business-spirit and the industrial legacy in Bangladesh is a great school for both expanding your horizon as a high performing business person and a value based leader!

Are you a curious and passionate Business and People leader? We are now looking to recruit someone to become out new Business Development Manager and Company representative Bangladesh to lead the purchasing of products and components within Category Textiles, and in addition, lead our office in Bangladesh.  

Our office in Bangladesh is a small office where you will have a big responsibility with close relations between all co-workers. In this role it is expected that you use your leadership skills to truly be an IKEA Ambassador, through Culture & Values and leading the office by example. 

Why join us?
As a key leader in the Bangladesh office you will be vital for the development of the people, business and IKEA presence in Bangladesh – a competitive country for textile sourcing. Here, you will experience that large and small scale suppliers offer challenges and opportunities to deliver great results. 
Category Textiles is part of Category Area Textile Furnishings where we work with textiles in all forms and shapes. We constantly strive towards low cost in everything we do, ensuring efficiency as our starting point, without compromising on quality or sustainable sourcing. 
Being part of a greater ecosystem, we know that sustainable sourcing is good for the planet and people. We believe that it is possible to do good business whilst being a good business. 
We embrace working together; we want you to grow, so you will have a great opportunity to learn, and we also want to learn from you. You will work in a local and international dynamic environment, cooperating with a lot of different colleagues from all over the world.  

What will you do?
As Business Development Manager in Bangladesh you will deliver long term business results through developing people. You will be responsible for about 110 MEUR business, and have business team members reporting directly to you as well as additional coworkers in the office. You will;

• Through the IKEA way of doing business, be responsible to secure right pre-conditions and lead to achieve professional long term business development and excellent results for the Textiles Category, and other categories that have business in Bangladesh.
• Act as an ambassador of IKEA values and a Role Model for fact-based Business Leadership
• Inspire and empower the co-workers in your team to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments
• Be responsible for the Leadership and Competence agenda for the business team; recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession plans for co-workers directly in your team to meet short and long term business needs
• Establish and manage cost budget for the team and continuously use resources in an optimal way to secure business goals ensuring organizational efficiency
• As part of the Category Management team, you will actively contribute to the development of the long term Category Business Plans and secure that your organization delivers value to our customers

As Company representative (ISAG) Bangladesh, you will:   

• Be responsible for Risk Management and Safety & Security for the Dhaka site
• Safeguard office operation, overlook the office costs, and support local recruitment processes
• Represent the Dhaka Site as an invitee in the Supply Area South Asia Management meetings and similar forums in Supply Area South Asia

What we are looking for:
To be successful as Business Development Manager and Company Representative, you will need a proven track record in securely leading the business and people to deliver long term sustainable results, a background with extensive experience within purchasing/sourcing.

• You are a strong leader with knowledge and experience in the field of purchasing and negotiation skills, you have a strong capability to identify and capture business opportunities and deliver excellent results.
• As a spokesperson, you are able to build trust, comfortably networking with relevant internal and external stakeholders in and outside of Bangladesh.
• You have strong analytical skills and fact-based business leadership capabilities support making the right decisions and their implementation.
• You are fluent in communicating in written and spoken English, this is a pre-requisite for this role.

Who are you? 
We believe that you are a person with a lot of energy, drive and dynamics. You have enthusiasm for business and people and an entrepreneurial thinking. You have an eagerness to build trust and partnerships to reach common goals, always looking for synergies and ways to improve efficiency. 
You lead business with a holistic view, have a capability to handle business with the big picture in mind and ability to translate it into action, always acting with the customer, supplier, total IKEA and total business development in mind. You are strong in both tactical and daily operations and have a strategic understanding of future customer and co-worker needs.
You enjoy developing your business through developing people and are passionate to support and work close with your team to deliver results.  As a leader you are emotionally intelligent, meaning you are able to reflect, have self-awareness and an understanding of people dynamics. 

This position will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Business Development Managers need to work closely with our suppliers; and therefore requires travel to both domestic and international locations.  

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So, don’t delay, please submit your application, CV and letter of motivation, online via our recruitment system SmartRecruiter no later than 29-Sep-2026. Any questions on recruitment process, write to Recruitment India.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a pre-employment screening (including reference check) as a condition of employment for this role.

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.

 If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.