The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers and suppliers. The Supply organisation within Range & Supply has approx. 2700 co-workers, in 22 countries and an exciting growth agenda to support meeting many more of the many!

Do you want to play an important role in securing our solutions fulfil business needs and are available when our user needs them? Do you have the ability to influence and interact with strong stakeholders?

Solution Area Purchasing & Supplier Development (PSD), Business Solutions Supply, IKEA of Sweden is looking for two new Business Analysts who will strengthen and work in a team with Solution Owner and Solution Architects to strenthen our team

Is this challenge something for you? 

The assignment:

As a Business Analyst you are responsible for clarifying business needs, requirements management and solution evaluation. Furthermore you will:

• Identify potential improvements: to elicit, analyse, challenge and document all business needs.
• Set up a business analysis approach and plan to support the selected business development activities (initiatives and releases). 
• Identify the business consequences and risks with solution alternatives for process, organisation, tools and information.
• Assure quality and traceability of stakeholder needs and business requirements, and support the evaluation of solution alternatives.
• Communicate, clarify and safeguard evolving business needs along a project or solution life cycle.
• Clarify business needs during definition and validation of high level & low level design in cooperation with architects and developers.
• Review test plans and test cases to ensure compliance to the requirements. Support the planning and execution of testing activities. 
• Responsible for securing and handing over requirement related artefacts to development and line organisation.  
• Consulted in the creation of solution documentation and in the creation of the ‘learning offer’ for the solution.
• Support business benefit realisation through continuous improvement of solutions and their usage.

Are you the right candidate?

To be successful in this role you need to have/be:

• Good knowledge of the relevant business process, it strategies and connections to other processes.
• Good at facilitating, planning and managing workshops and activities.
• Understanding of different delivery methods and software lifecycle management. 
• Good knowledge of test methods and tools with focus on acceptance testing and good understanding of unit, system and integration testing.
• Understanding of IKEA application landscape and the technology & architectural aspects of the solutions as well as implemented functionality.
• Analytical ability to elicit, find patterns and identify opportunities in a structured manner.
• You have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing and can describe complex things in a simple and comprehensive way. 
• Eager to work in a global environment and to accept and take advantage of diversity. 
• Keen interest in information technology and its impact on business processes.
• Focused on common interests and agenda, to build trust and partnership and reach common goals.
• Eager to learn, keen on details, willingness to know “Why”.
• You have experience to work with persons at different location towards common goals. 
• You are familiar with BABOK methodology.
• You have experience from working with Confluence and Jira. 

About Business Solutions Supply
Solution Area Purchasing & Supplier Development is a part of Business Solutions Supply at IKEA of Sweden.

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

About Solution Area Purchasing & Supplier Development
We provide and manage business solutions with the focus on Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden and IKEA suppliers. Our co-workers are located in 8 different countries. 
Our solutions support business on:
Supplier Management 
Supplier Lifecycle
Supplier Qualification(Quality, Sustainability audits and assessments)
Supplier Information
Sourcing 
Claim Management
Contract Management 
Communication with suppliers 

We support users from Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden, Retail, DS, Transport, IKEA Components, IMS, IKEA Food and IKEA Suppliers.

Your Next Challenge? 
Does this sound like your next challenge? We look forward to receiving your application in English. Apply no later than 11th of October but 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. 

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jonas Levin +46 728865384.

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering working environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. At IKEA we believe that when you as an individual grow - IKEA grows!

We look forward to receiving your application!