Competence Hub Development Manager

Company Description

Join IKEA's team of Business Analysts as a Competence Hub Development Manager! 

At IKEA, we create a better everyday life for many people. We need a Competence Hub Development Manager to lead, innovate, and drive excellence within our Business Analysts team in Data & Technology. 

Job Description

Your Mission 

As a Competence Hub Development Manager, you'll steer and guide the team of Business Analysts working with digital development. You will be cultivating an environment where creativity, efficiency, and collaboration thrive. 

The team works at the heart of digital product development and makes sure that what we develop supports our range being optimally designed, developed, and managed across a connected IKEA value chain to drive growth and low cost – bringing value to IKEA. 

Your Responsibilities 

• Lead by example by motivating and guiding your team, while actively managing talent through recruitment, development, performance evaluation, retention, and succession planning. 

• Identify competence needs and build leadership development plans, with a strong focus on digital product development and agile methodologies. 

• Foster strong stakeholder relationships through clear and consistent communication, and ensure optimal use of resources to meet business objectives through effective cost and budget management. 

• Promote a culture of continuous learning by sharing knowledge within your team and across IKEA’s digital organization. 

Qualifications

• You embody IKEA's values and lead with fact-based business leadership. 

• Proven leadership abilities, identifying business opportunities and delivering results. 

• Clear, structured, and honest communication is second nature to you. You build trust, relationships, and handle multiple stakeholders with ease. 

• Strong understanding of IKEA operations, digital development, project management, and business analysis. 

• Innovative, technologically-driven, eager to lead and develop competence. 

• Passionate about planning and leading in a global context 

If you're ready to inspire, lead, and make a difference, we want you on our team! Together, let's create a better everyday life for the many people. Apply Now! 

Embrace the challenge. Lead with heart. Develop the future. 

About IKEA of Sweden/Range

IKEA of Sweden is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IKEA of Sweden is based in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA and the center of IKEA range development.

Additional Information

This is a permanent role based in Älmhult, we would like to see you in office majority of the time and offer flexibility to work from home. We are actively conducting ongoing interviews, so we encourage you to submit your application before the 10th April. 

Please take a moment to answer the questions below as part of your application. Your responses will play an important role in helping us get to know you better and will greatly support the evaluation of your application. 

• What makes you a good leader? 

• Describe your experiences from an IT organisation which would be a benefit in this role. 

Questions about the recruitment process can be answered by Monaka Perumal at [email protected]. 

About Inter IKEA Group

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. All to create a better everyday life for the many people. The Group includes Inter IKEA Systems B.V. – the worldwide IKEA franchisor – as well as range development, Supply and certain industry activities.