You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us!

About you

We believe that you are a person who take the lead and drive your area of responsibility and interacting with people comes very natural to you. You are self-reliant and motivated to be a part of the development of IKEA and like to work efficiently and with continuous improvements. To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills is critical for this role. 
For us in IKEA, the most important thing is that you share our values. As a person you value modesty and have strong willpower. You also have the ability to create togetherness and enthusiasm around you. Furthermore we see that you have:

• Ability to lead business with a holistic view, always having Customer, Supplier, IKEA and Total Cost development in mind 
• Capability to perform business opportunity analysis, risk assessment, scenario planning and draw conclusions to support the right business decisions and implementations  
• Capability to understand relations and create preconditions for building long-term business partnership between IKEA and suppliers  
• Capability to keep a good balance between details and overall picture 
• Ability to train people and share good practices 
• Ability to quickly develop knowledge of an industry and business conditions and take decisions based on this information
• Experience in financial analysis and risk assessment  
• Show curiosity and passion for business and economics
• Live and Share the IKEA value
• Previous experience in credit applications

About the job

IKEA is on an exciting growth journey to becoming more accessible to the many people. 
IKEA Purchasing & Logistics Area Central Europe is part of IKEA Range & Supply and in this role you will be part of an international team.
Your tasks will include:

• Be responsible for supporting business development teams in preparing implementation and steering business cases for investment projects 
• Provide analysis, risk assessment and regular follow-up through the different steps of investment projects 
• Support the business development teams through the different steps required for credit and tools applications 
• Perform macro-economic  analysis and follow business trends for our region
• Monitor and approve disbursements 
• Follow-up and monitor implementation of securities, in compliance with local legislation 
• Secure follow-up and administration of IKEA tools at supplier 
• Support the business development teams’ ad hoc requests in financial screening & analysis of suppliers 
• Responsible for legal & financial due-diligence of suppliers (e.g. during supplier start-up process) 
• Support and train business development teams within area of Financial Basics Knowledge and Supplier Finance working methods 
• Support the business development teams in handling Extra-ordinary Cost cases according to working methods 
• Proceed to initial verification of Short Term Payment requests in compliance with working method

Submit your application as soon as possible however not later than June 9th 2020. 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. Please submit your CV in English.