Business Analyst / Business Analystess - Supply Chain Planning Development, Supply Chain Development

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We are on a journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data, and technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. This journey requires passionate individuals who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together, we can achieve great things.

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply, and we are on an exciting journey! By consolidating the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, we aim to embed management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business. This initiative will ensure that we meet the future with the right competencies and business capabilities, creating the foundation for a world-class supply chain that enables IKEA to efficiently adapt to the ever-changing customer needs. We are now looking for a time-limited assignment for 11 months for a Business Analyst within the area of Supply Chain Planning Development within SCD.

Responsibilities

As the Business Analyst, you will primarily engage in the following activities:

• Define business needs and recommend solutions that deliver value, including post-implementation assessment.
• Align requirements with mapped capabilities to avoid duplicated functionalities.
• Analyze consequences and evaluate potential outcomes and impacts.
• Provide inputs for planning based on business needs, requirements prioritization, and consequence analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into Digital Product Requirements and ensure traceability of stakeholder needs and business requirements.
• Support product development and change management activities, including solution exploration, implementation, testing, adoption, and creation of learning materials.

What We’d Like You to Bring to the Table

Do you have good communication skills, embrace change, and possess a highly adaptable, self-driven leadership style? Are you capable of learning new skills and working well in a team?

While Business Analyst is your core competency, you also bring additional skills to the table, allowing you to take on tasks based on business needs. Your responsibilities may vary depending on how your competencies align with those needs, providing you the ability to deliver value through your diverse skill set and learn new domains.

If this aligns with what you have been seeking, please reflect in your application on how your experience, knowledge, motivation, and capabilities will contribute as a cross-functional team member working in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

To be successful in the Business Analyst position, we believe you should have:

• A passion for process, business, people, and technology.
• The curiosity and capability to identify new opportunities to enhance business performance and co-worker experience.
• Inspiration from digital and IT possibilities to enable transformation and innovation.
• Strong analytical, technical, and communication skills, with the ability to present solutions clearly and inspiringly.
• A growth mindset with eagerness to learn, explore, and share, along with an awareness of Agile ways of working.
• Priority will be given to candidates with extensive experience working across different parts of the IKEA Supply Chain, along with a good understanding of front-end, back-end, automation, data analysis/engineering, AI/ML, and other relevant skills.

Company Description

Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range, and Supply. Together, we are constantly working to improve the IKEA offering and make it more accessible for everyone. IKEA Supply is responsible for ensuring that the product offering is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and collaborate with all business areas, different business units, and retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at the lowest total cost.

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves—experimenting, trying new ways, and daring to ask, "What if?" We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA, we foster a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, offering opportunities to acquire new skills, always aiming to create a better everyday life for many people. We provide individuals with the opportunity to grow, both personally and professionally, in a fast-paced, truly global environment filled with challenges and development opportunities.

Additional Information

We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. Please note that we only consider applications matching the job profile. We encourage you to apply online using the form below, but no later than 31 Aug. 2025. For more information about the position, please contact Stephanie Soong at sukmei.soong@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at katie.pettersson2@inter.ikea.com.

We look forward to receiving your application.