Job Description

BUSINESS NAVIGATION AND OPERATIONS MANAGER"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It\'s the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."LocationMumbai (Navi)Employment typeFull Time PermanentDepartmentLeadership & ManagementDeadline2024-07-26Mobility supportDomesticYou already applied for this job.Candidate profile (title) What you\'ll need to haveCandidate profile (text) - Default language A proactive business partner in strategic and operational development, closely connected to the business and contributing to improved customer experience.
Experience of setting and implementing long-term strategic plans, setting budgets and following up goals
Ability to prioritise and organise work and make the most efficient use of time available
Understand profit and loss and how to affect its result through departmental actions
Ability to set expectations and provide clear direction
Experience of using knowledge of customer behaviour to develop business plans
Highly-analytical with strong attention to detail
Interested in home furnishing, people\'s life at home and the IKEA product range
A passion for developing people and talent
Driven to exceed goals through people
A passion for sales & operations and working in a fast-paced and constantly changing retail environment
Previous experience in a Business Controlling/Commercial role with proven strong analytical and numerical skills
Ability to develop knowledge of the country, market and business conditions, and take commercial decisions based on this information
Experience of leading and managing a team and leaders
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel)
Experience of adapting to different styles of working to get the best out of all the team (situational leadership)Key responsibilities (title) Your responsibilitiesKey responsibilities (text) Navigate the growth of IKEA retailing and steer the business towards sustained long-term profitability;
Provide accurate, relevant and user-friendly business information for effective decision-making;
Analyze business information and identifying business opportunities;
Be an active business partner and contribute to business development initiatives;
Establish follow-up mechanisms for projects;
Work with other functions to assure the alignment of business information;
Secure the business steering process works well in the store and that the store management is working towards agreed upon goals;
Lead and develop leaders and teams in the areas of responsibility of the BNO function. Identify and develop talents and secure succession planning;
Lead the store Business Plan process together with the store manager and management team and proactively working with local market data to understand people\'s life at home and our customers experience in our different touch points to provide relevant insight;
Drive and coordinate the financial business planning process and secure that the financial dimensions are aligned with the store challenges and priorities while involving and creating commitment among stakeholders when setting goals;
Together with the commercial team identify commercial opportunities and promote the use of business case thinking when evaluating and acting on these;
Provide a safe and secure environment for our customers, suppliers and co-workers. Secure implementation of relevant rules and guidelines in the areas of risk and compliance;
Supporting the management team to create Actions Plans for their areas of responsibility. These are based on the store business plan, agreed goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Take responsibility to summarize and communicate our Financial Goals (including P&L) to ensure that they are agreed, communicated and clearly understood by everyone.
Proactively working to develop the Scenario Plans based on how we will take fast action if the performance is better or worse than planned. You ensure these scenarios are well documented, realistic and communicated.
Driving the follow-up process to ensure we focus on delivering the business plan. You support your colleagues to achieve their goals.
Responsible for co-coordinating and agreeing updated forecasts throughout the year.
Responsible for securing that the costs are in line with goals and to highlight deviations and potentials, in order that we can take action to achieve our goals.
Encourage your team and colleagues to discover even more effective and cost conscious ways of working to make us quicker, leaner and simpler, and through this lower our cost structure.
Work with your colleagues to analyze benefits, costs and investments and develop business cases. You do this to ensure that we invest in projects that give a good return on investment, exceeding our customers\' expectations, whilst securing our long-term profitability.
Communicate relevant business information and goals to managers and co-workers, in a way which engages and inspires them to create meaningful actions to achieve our agreed goals.Team vision ( title) Together as a teamTeam vision (text) We see ourselves as influencers - we steer the IKEA business by finding the truth behind the figures. Together we secure compliance with local and international laws and reporting standards; we assure that accounting processes are efficient and that tax compliance meets business needs. We\'re a diverse group of people driven by providing reliable financial data to a wide variety of stakeholders. At the end of the day, that\'s one of the foundations to make IKEA even better!Let\'s connect Questions and support? Let\'s connect!Why you will love usFrom the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.Our vision, \xe2\x80\x9cto create a better everyday life for the many people\xe2\x80\x9d inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.What we all have in common

• Living our values
• Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
• A passion for home furnishing
• Performing & delivering while learning & developing
• Having fun!

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