Business Analyst Infor M3 Food Finance (Male) / Business Analyst Infor M3 Food Finance (Female)

Company Description

Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range, and Supply. Together, we continuously strive to enhance the IKEA home furnishing offer, making it more accessible for everyone.

IKEA Supply ensures that our product offerings are produced and delivered effectively to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across various functions, collaborating with all business areas and retail markets to guarantee customer availability across all markets and sales channels at the lowest total cost.

IKEA Food Supply AG manages the global procurement of the complete IKEA food range, overseeing warehousing and distribution to and from our primary distribution centers, as well as sales to all IKEA stores worldwide.

The Capability Area Wholesale Finance is dedicated to supporting our global financial processes within the wholesale business (furniture & food) with innovative information technology solutions. We are excited to expand our Capability Area Wholesale Finance even further!

Job Description

IKEA is on a transformative journey to enhance our digital capabilities, integrating core business processes, people, data, and technology to enable us to become an even better home furnishing company for the future. As part of this initiative, we are looking for exceptional talent for the position of Business Analyst.

In this role, you will closely collaborate with relevant stakeholders, clarifying business needs and managing requirements to deliver business value in a rapidly growing environment. Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying potential improvements by eliciting, analyzing, challenging, and documenting all business needs.
• Assessing business consequences and risks associated with solution alternatives for processes, organization, tools, and information.
• Ensuring the quality and traceability of stakeholder needs and business requirements, supporting the evaluation of solution alternatives.
• Communicating, clarifying, and safeguarding evolving business needs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Cooperating with architects and developers to clarify business needs during the definition and validation of high-level & low-level designs.
• Reviewing test plans and test cases to ensure compliance with requirements and supporting the planning and execution of testing activities.
• Securing and handing over requirement-related artifacts to development and line organizations.

Qualifications

We offer you a challenging and exciting global role where you will play an active and vital part in shaping the future of Business Analysis within the Capability Area Wholesale Finance:

• Extensive knowledge and experience in business analysis and modeling, as well as requirements management processes in accordance with BABOK.
• Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to discern the big picture while also recognizing intricate details, identifying patterns, and structuring complex information.
• A strong desire to work in a global environment, foster learning opportunities, and understand the underlying 'Why?'.
• Experience with large-scale ERP solutions like Infor M3 within the Finance domain.
• Proficiency in test methods and tools focusing on acceptance testing, along with a solid understanding of unit, system, and integration testing.
• Strong listening skills and the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders, understanding their needs while conveying your insights.
• A role model for IKEA values, with excellent communication skills and the ability to forge trusting relationships.
• A readiness to thrive in a dynamic environment where conditions may change rapidly, necessitating quick adaptations.

We also value:

• A university degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in collaborating with global and/or remote teams.
• Note for Switzerland: Candidates with a valid Swiss work permit or EU/EFTA citizenship are preferred due to lengthy permit processes.

More Information

Does this sound like your next challenge? This position will be located in Pratteln, Switzerland. We look forward to receiving your application online using the form below.

Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

For more information about the position, please contact recruiting manager Henrietta Gygli-Aulin at henrietta.gygli-aulin@inter.ikea.com, Digital Product Area Manager.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to Daniel Ploianu, People & Culture Generalist, at daniel.ploianu@inter.ikea.com.