Business performance analyst

About us

At IKEA, we believe that we are better when we are physically together for collaboration, dialogues, and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions, the informal chats, the energy, belonging, and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend most of our time in the IKEA workplace, with the flexibility to work from home.

Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing and food products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

• Provide relevant, user-friendly business information in the organisation to allow for analysis and understanding of performance and for making optimal decisions.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and potential risks, and present them in an understandable and actionable manner.
• Secure the multi-dimensional view of the business, when conducting the necessary analysis, to evaluate performance with the customer in focus.
• Support the Business Steering team and other stakeholders in the organization by maximising the use of existing reports, and creating new reports/tools where needed.
• Contribute to the development of global business information solutions as formats, evaluation of business opportunities, ad hoc reports, and support the business by providing simulations and scenarios.
• Support Business owners and other stakeholders with data, information or insights needed for the development of their products.
• Contribute to digital data products develop withing strategic areas defined by domains and capabilities.

Knowledge

• Proven analytical skills combined with an ability to communicate figures in an understandable and inspiring way.
• Knowledge of the retail industry, omnichannel retailing, emerging practices and technologies and consumer behaviours.
• Good understanding of data science, recent technologies, analytics, and their wide-ranging application in business context.
• Good understanding of IKEA's strategic landscape and business direction.
• In-depth knowledge of IKEA business tools, processes, and cycles.

Motivation

• Energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth, and contributing to overall success and results through people and data.
• Passionate about the creating analysis and insights.
• Inspired by working together in an ever-changing multi-dimensional and complex environment.
• Motivated by leading through co-creation with colleagues and other IKEA units.
• Motivated by sharing and living the IKEA culture and values.

Capabilities

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.
• Ability to take in added information, compile, organize, analyse, and make relevant conclusions from substantial amounts of data.
• Communication skills, including active listening and the ability to communicate complex issues in a clear, engaging way, with down to earth simple tone of voice.
• Ability to take leadership in assignments, make things happen in a fast and flexible way.
• Ability to analyse, draw conclusions and act on them with a holistic business understanding.
• Eye for detail and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written English language skills.

If the above appeals to you, you might be the one we are looking for! The selection process will take place continuously, so please send in your application in English as soon as possible. We are looking forward to receiving your application. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Flora Zheng.