IKEA Solution Area Food is seeking two Business Analysts within the areas of Product Lifecycle management (PLM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM).

IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is leading business development at IKEA and the core IKEA matrices Range, Supplying, Technical and Commercial. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a company with endless opportunities to develop in different operational areas and countries.

Business Solutions Range & Supply is a part of IKEA of Sweden. We secure relevant solutions for IKEA Range & Supply – today and tomorrow. Our goal is to connect business and people with information technology.

About the job
IKEA is on an exciting growth journey becoming more accessible to the many people and we are investing heavily to develop and digitalize IKEA into the future. IKEA Business Solutions Range & Supply will support this journey by delivering expertise in business development while safeguarding running business. This way we empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimise the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA.

The IKEA Food business is also on a journey, and is right now in the process of transforming from a supporting service to the retailers into a core range and supply business. This means that we in the Solution Area Food team now have an important role and task to inspire and clarify how to develop the Food business and find better ways of doing business.
As a Business Analyst you will work closely with the business stakeholders of the Food Business, both leaders and process developers who drive the change agenda for our part of IKEA.

About the assignments
Within Solution Area Food two Business Analysts are needed within the areas of Product Lifecycle management (PLM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM).
- One of the required Business Analyst (BA) will be a part of the team managing our food product information platform (called iFood), which is a PLM solution based on the Infor Optiva platform.
- The other Business Analyst will be a part of the team managing solutions and project related to SCM connected to IKEA Food where the core enterprise solution is the Infor M3 platform.
The users of the solution are based in IKEA Food Services AB and across the Service Offices world-wide within the global Retail organization.

As a Business Analyst you will mainly work with the following:

• Identify, analyse and challenge process and solution improvements though workshops and meetings
• Document requirements (e.g. business requirements, use cases, user stories etc.)
• Support the quality assurance process by validating Test Cases and supporting the Test team
• Contribute to the creation of the process and solution documentation
• Contribute to the creation of the ‘learning offer’ for the solution including training materials and delivery of training.

About you
To be successful in this role you need to have:
• A results driven profile and used to take leadership and coordinate activities.
• Strong analytical skills. You are able to structure information and derive conclusions and consequences out of it.
• Solid knowledge and experience in business analysis and the requirements engineering process.
• Knowledge of general IT frameworks e.g. standards, infrastructure, platforms, frameworks, development concepts and processes.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English.
• Experience in facilitating, planning and managing workshops and activities.
• A willingness to always strive for improvement and you are highly motivated to learn new things.

Our users and stakeholders are global, so travel is occasionally required.
You probably have a relevant university degree. Previous experience working with PLM or SCM is an advantage.

About Business Solutions Range & Supply
Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of 7 Solution Areas that support and mirror the Range & Supply processes as part of the IKEA Ways of Working-map, including a number of staff functions such as Architecture, Business Development, Business Navigation, HR/Competence and Communication.

We have approximately 260 co-workers in our organization and we are based in different legal units globally. We have our main hubs in Älmhult, Helsingborg and Malmö (IKEA of Sweden AB), Dortmund (Distribution Services GmbH), Pratteln (IKEA Supply AG) and Warsaw (IKEA Purchasing Services Poland), and we are also present in the United States, Italy, France, Turkey, India, and the Czech Republic.

About Solution Area Food
The Solution Area supports the unique process needs found within the area of IKEA Food. We lead and develop current and new solutions connected to the IKEA Food business. This is done in projects, major enhancements initiatives or in continuous improvement work. We also support users with communication, learning and subject matter expertise.
Solution Area Food owns the solutions supporting, supply chain, product development, product information management and the activity to plan the assortment for the markets.
We work in an international environment but the primary location for the co-workers of Solution Area Food is in Malmö.

Does this sound interesting?

We look forward to receiving your application, in English, by the 31st of July. The application selection process will start in August.

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace, and with us you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop.

This assignment is based in Malmö, Sweden but it will require occasional travel as mentioned.

If you have any questions regarding the positions, please contact:
SCM: Daniel Bolin +46 723528979
PLM: Mattias Wickenberg +46 723528399  (available up to July 21)
PLM: Stefan Lindahl +46 766190963
Solution Area Food: Alf Jensen +46 766190854

For recruitment process: Jonas Levin +46 728865384 (available up to July 7)