Arbetsbeskrivning

Business Controller

• Malmö, Sweden
• Full-time

Company Description

As the IKEA own furniture manufacturer, our role is to offer a unique advantage for IKEA as a world leader in home furnishing. IKEA Industry has more than 30 production units across 18 sites in 7 countries: Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Sweden, Lithuania, China and Hungary. Our operations include forestry, sawmills, boards, component and furniture production. About 15,000 co-workers work at IKEA Industry. The IKEA culture and values shape everything we do. Not only do the IKEA values bring us together, they also help us to do business successfully.

We are looking for an experienced Business Controller to our Controlling team in IKEA Industry. As Business Controller you are the natural speaking partners for the production units, connected leaders and colleagues when it comes to business performance. You have a key-role where you will be a part of a team-oriented workplace with diverse tasks in an international environment.

To thrive at IKEA Industry you have a desire to create simplicity through structure and achieve results through the organisation.

You will work in close connection with a large international network of people with different backgrounds and skill sets.

Job Description

• Follow up business performance for a group of production units (factories), act on deviations, initiate and drive proactive activities for improvements.
• Support the production units to be proactive in analyzing and interpreting financial and other performance data.
• Lead to develop programs and processes that helps the production unit to be more efficient.
• Support the IKEA Industry organization to have relevant information to be able to take actions to secure and strengthen our position.
• Be active part in and evaluate business development cases and investments.
• Perform benchmarking between production units both within and outside IKEA Industry.
• Follow up and perform monthly analysis on financial performance and business KPI’s.

Qualifications

Who are you?

To succeed in this role, you need to be business oriented with strong analytical skills. You like the challenge of working in an entrepreneurial company and have a strong focus of driving improvements and change as an informal leader.

You are a team player, with good written and oral communication skills, interest in working with digital tools and developing modern, digital processes.

We believe that you have the following knowledge, capabilities and motivation:

• Share and live the IKEA values every day
• Some years of work experience as Business Controller in an international company, preferably production industry
• Fluency in English
• High general understanding of IT systems and an interest in working with digital tools like Power BI

Additional Information

Is this an opportunity for you?

IKEA Industry AB is the parent company and service office of the IKEA Industry Group, located at Hyllie, in Malmö,Sweden. You will report to the Finance & Controlling Manager.