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Hej Team Manager,
Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Team Manager, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
In Range Operations, we manage and lead the central Data & Analytics team, driving collaboration, technical excellence, and data-driven decision-making across Core Business Range and IKEA. Ensure consistent methodologies, deliver high-quality insights, and stay aligned with evolving technologies and business needs.
Your new job
We are currently looking for two dedicated Team Managers, each responsible for leading a specialized team. One team focuses on front-end development and data analytics, while the other focuses on data science. Both roles involve team leadership, close collaboration with product owners and other stakeholders, and a strong focus on team development and delivery.
In this role, your typical week can look something like this:
Driving continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing of methodologies, tools and materials across the IKEA Data Analytics community
Collaborating and communicating with other parts of the organization to understand the needs of stakeholders and devise possible solutions
Ensuring consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices
Being responsible for making sure that the insights and conclusions from data science are easily available to other parts of the organization
Supporting a culture of data-driven decision making across IKEA organizations
Working closely together with data scientists, data engineers, architects, analysts, peers, and other relevant roles across IKEA as well as in your team
Keeping up to date with the latest technological trends
Assuring quality and contribute to development and testing of deliverables

What we’d like you to bring to the table
The role as a Team Manager requires you to have:
Expertise and passion in understanding business problems and applying Data & Analytics to try and solve them
Direct or indirect management experience - leading people to perform and deliver, continuously work with competence development, recruitment, and proactive succession within the area of responsibility
Capability to effectively lead and manage Core Business Range team of Data Scientists
Experience in developing data and statistics-driven solutions for real-life business problems
Ability to clearly communicate statistical and machine learning concepts to non-technical audience
Ability to act as Core Business Range point of contact and escalation within the IKEA Data Science community
Ability to provide technical leadership for Data Scientists in the organization, fostering a culture of support and collaboration in the team and across the Data & Analytics organization

It’s a plus if you also have:
Proven track record in preparing and enabling the implementation of common ways of working, tools and competence in the business
Strong capability in delivering to Organization strategies and goals
Well-versed in budgeting process by preparing initiated input on need of resources, development and investment or service needs
Experience working in an agile set-up
Ability to enable preconditions for the team to perform their assignment according to our IKEA values and set business priorities

Additional information
Be yourself, a Team Manager, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.
We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 28th of November at the latest.
We are based in Älmhult, Sweden. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Please also note that we only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, feel free to connect with the Recruiter Vera Bendz; [email protected]
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. Visa mindre

We are now looking for a Functional Specialist that will be one of our domain experts in Supply Chain Planning - with a curios, agile and problem solving mindset!

Job Description
Are you passionate about advancing IKEA's mission to enhance everyday life for many by driving digital development that delivers value to both business and end-users? Do you thrive in engaging with stakeholders, identifying improvement opportunities, and bringing new ideas to life through teamwork and efficient backlog management? Can you seamlessly transition from a big-picture perspective to detailed execution, facilitating dialogue between business and developers? If so, you may be the one we’re looking for!

As a Functional Specialist, you will ensure that users of our digital tools have access to relevant, user-friendly, and reliable applications that support their business objectives. You will bridge the gap between business needs and development teams with your specialist knowledge of our digital products. Your deep understanding of both business and end-user requirements, combined with a general knowledge of digital tool development, will be essential in this role.

This role will involve contributing to business development activities across your areas of expertise, but also allowing for continuous learning and growth. Additionally, you will lead and mentor the support team, ensuring quality support for end users through education and coaching.

In Supply Chain Planning Development, Functional Specialists are our domain experts who acts as the link between business needs and technology development! You ensure that digital products are user-friendly, relevant, and aligned with business goals, and are driving and contributing in business development, lifecycle management, daily operations, and enhancements. In your everyday worklife you address tactical and operational needs within specific applications, driving domain-specific requirements and end-user engagement – all the time together with the development team and in contact with the end-users!

Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:
Responsible for the delivery of the assigned applications including business development according to Digital Product priorities, release management, life cycle management and the operation (run) of the applications, business continuity and business support. Contribute to continuous improvement of the applications.
Contributes to key stakeholder management and expectations through strong relationships. Interact with process and business functions, user community, application management and software suppliers, Service Operations, Architecture and other relevant functions for applications performance improvement.
Responsible for applications compliance with rules and standards, legal/regulatory requirements as well as adherence to relevant delivery process standards.
In co-operation with the product team and relevant business functions, develop and secure established ways of working for the applications, relevant learning and communication for the applications.


Qualifications
We are looking for an experienced person with a strong capability to understand both the end-to-end process, the technical requirements and have a very good knowledge of the business context in Supply Chain Development. You do not hesitate to try out new ways and adapt and improve how we work and deliver to IKEA. We see that you have the ability to prioritize, take initiative and move needed development in the backlog. With your strong business mindset and build trustful relationships while both collaborating and challenging stakeholders to determine what is relevant.
To be successful in this role you are interested in the rapid digital developments in the world around us in general, and within your area of work in specific. You have an open mindset and you are eager to stay on top of the latest in your field. This will help you to adapt smoothly to for example architectural changes, evolving roadmaps, and new business developments that can help you create even more value for your end-users!
We work in an agile way, so it will be beneficial for you to have experience of how agile digital development could be done and how a high performing digital product team works. We are all on a journey to constantly develop both as agile teams and as persons, so no worries if you have just started your own agile journey, we will find a good way forward together!
Furthermore, we believe you are an analytic person with the ability to interpret facts, make analysis and explain needed development in a simple and straightforward way. You have strong communication skills and contributes to the team dynamics with your personality, openness and social skills.
You have experience from working with backlogs and leading the work to write stories and structure backlogs in an efficient way, for example as solution owner or similar role.



Additional information
We look forward to receiving your application in English. 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. This position is permanent role, no international relocation support and based in Älmhult, Sweden with the possibility to work from home 1-2 days/week.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply for our SmartRecruiters System, but no later than 22 Aug. 2025.

For more information about the position, please contact hiring manager Competence Hub Development Manager Andreas Castor at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we! At IKEA, 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.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. Supply Chain Development?(SCD)?is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs.
We are now looking for a Functional Specialist with a curios, agile and problem solving mindset!
Job Description
Are you passionate about advancing IKEA's mission to enhance everyday life for many by driving digital development that delivers value to both business and end-users? Do you thrive in engaging with stakeholders, identifying improvement opportunities, and bringing new ideas to life through teamwork? Can you seamlessly transition from a big-picture perspective to detailed execution, facilitating dialogue between business and developers? If so, you may be the one we’re looking for!
As a Functional Specialist, you will ensure that users of our digital tools have access to relevant, user-friendly, and reliable applications that support their business objectives. You will bridge the gap between business needs and development teams with your specialist knowledge of our digital products. Your deep understanding of both business and end-user requirements, combined with a general knowledge of digital tool development, will be essential in this role. Your core expertise will lie in functional specialization, but you will have ample opportunities to develop new skills aligned with our development agenda. This role will involve contributing to business development activities across various domains, allowing for continuous learning and growth. Additionally, you will lead and mentor the support team, ensuring quality support for end users through education and coaching.
In Supply Chain Planning Development, Functional Specialists ensure that digital products are user-friendly, relevant, and aligned with business goals. They are involved in business development, lifecycle management, daily operations, and enhancements. Their focus is on addressing tactical and operational needs within specific applications, driving domain-specific requirements and end-user engagement.
Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:
Responsible for the delivery of the assigned applications including business development according to Digital Product priorities, release management, life cycle management and the operation (run) of the applications, business continuity and business support. Contribute to continuous improvement of the applications.
Contributes to key stakeholder management and expectations through strong relationships. Interact with process and business functions, user community, application management and software suppliers, Service Operations, Architecture and other relevant functions for applications performance improvement.
Responsible for applications compliance with rules and standards, legal/regulatory requirements as well as adherence to relevant delivery process standards.
In co-operation with the product team and relevant business functions, develop and secure established ways of working for the applications, relevant learning and communication for the applications.
Secure business support for the applications in co-operation with the process and business functions.



Qualifications
We are looking for a person with a strong capability to understand both the end-to-end process, the technical requirements and have a very good knowledge of the business context in Supply Chain Development. You do not hesitate to try out new ways and adapt and improve how we work and deliver to IKEA. We see that you have the ability to prioritize, take initiative and move needed development in the backlog. With your strong business mindset and build trustful relationships while both collaborating and challenging stakeholders to determine what is relevant.
To be successful in this role you are interested in the rapid digital developments in the world around us in general, and within your area of work in specific. You have an open mindset and you are eager to stay on top of the latest in your field. This will help you to adapt smoothly to for example architectural changes, evolving roadmaps, and new business developments that can help you create even more value for your end-users!
We work in an agile way, so it will be beneficial for you to have experience of how agile digital development could be done and how a high performing digital product team works. We are all on a journey to constantly develop both as agile teams and as persons, so no worries if you have just started your own agile journey, we will find a good way forward together!
Furthermore, we believe you are an analytic person with the ability to interpret facts, make analysis and explain needed development in a simple and straightforward way. You have strong communication skills and contributes to the team dynamics with your personality, openness and social skills.
Additional information
If this seems to be for you, we are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your?CV and motivational letter?in English.
Apply as soon possible but no later than 9 February, 2025.
This role is placed in Älmhult, Sweden.
If you have questions about the position, please reach out to hiring manager Andreas Castor at [email protected]. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to People & Culture Specialist Olivia Swärd at [email protected].
We look forward receiving your application! Visa mindre