Business Navigation Manager, HK/MO

WHY YOU WILL LOVE US

We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values guide our work and build our inclusive, open and honest culture. It’s all based on a spirit of togetherness and enthusiasm. We work hard, but we have fun doing it. We’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.

WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU 

• You bring a minimum 8 years of experience in Sales or Operational Finance function.
• You hold a degree in Business/Finance/Economics or related field.
• You have proven team management experience in retail industry, ideally in a senior or leader position.
• You have a strong sense of curiosity and entrepreneurship, combined with excellent communication skills and business acumen.
• You can effectively influence and collaborate across a matrix organization.
• You possess an excellent command of financial and operational analytics.
• You are highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel).

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING DAY TO DAY 

• Together with commercial team, navigate towards growth and sustained profitability, identifying and evaluating commercial opportunities, maximising the return on investments and follow up on financial performance.
• Support and challenge the other functions on planning, implementation and follow up of activities and projects in line with Business Navigation (BN) principles.
• Lead the financial forecast and budget process according to the IKEA and DFI business cycle, with support and alignment from management group.
• Lead the Service Office (SO) BN team to work with SO functions and stores to follow up on sales, gross margin, opex, capex and profit performance and develop necessary actions.
• Offer sharp, timely and actionable insights to the management group for decision making. Translate complex financial figures or big data into plain language.
• Promote standardised reporting and secure competence in the organisation to allow for analysis and understanding of performance and facilitate optimal decision-making.
• Navigate towards more effective and cost-conscious ways of working, identifying cost potentials through benchmarking, striving for constant improvements, fostering a culture of cost discipline, and developing lean cost structure.
• Support the management group in steering the financial plans for strategic projects. Examples include expansions, lease renewal, supply chain setup, organizational structure and store footprint.
• Challenge and support the store BN functions in following up on store financial performance and drive financial health.
• Work with IKEA retail review landscape and be the owner of Financial Health topic to ensure effective execution of tasks and processes within BN and a business navigation mindset throughout the unit.

TOGETHER AS A TEAM 

To support the growth of IKEA and steer the business towards sustained long term profitability, including securing financial business performance and compliance with policies and standards.

STAFF BENEFITS

Annual Fixed Bonus, 5-Day Work Week, 17 days Public Holiday, Paid Leave (Paid Annual Leave, 14 weeks Maternity Leave, 5 days Paternity Leave, 1 week Marriage Leave), Employee Medical Coverage, Non-Contributory Retirement Plan, Staff Purchase Discount, Birthday Coupon, Referral Bonus, Excellent Career Path

Personal data collected will be kept and handled confidentially by authorized personnel for recruitment purposes only. It might also be disclosed to our subsidiaries, associates and agencies authorized to process the information for appointment. The Company will retain the applications of candidates not selected for a maximum period of 24 months after the selection process is finalized. Our Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS) is available at our career site and can be provided upon request by contacting our Human Resources Department. Applicants not heard from us within six weeks may consider their applications filed for future reference.