IKEA Alexandra Jurong - Business Navigation Manager
IKEA Alexandra Jurong - Business Navigation Manager
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Job Description
Lead & develop the Business Navigation organisation across the stores in the country securing Business Navigation competence within the function as well as spreading it to the rest of the organisation. While doing so secure learning in the business with the customer in mind and encourage entrepreneurial behaviour exploring retail in the future;
Promote the use of business cases when identifying evaluating and acting on business opportunities. Together with stakeholders analyse and evaluate benefits costs and investments looking at the business from all relevant perspectives ensuring a good return on investment and qualitative business cases;
Lead coach and develop a competent and high performing team that will strongly contribute to reach the common objectives and goals (e.g. growth profitability brand positioning and customer experience). Actively contribute to the transformation towards more multichannel business steering;
Work together with Sales Team and support Sales Manager to drive sales growth and being aware of the top sellers in the country and support the range renewal process creating a common understanding of the retail purchase price development taking this development into account in the pricing process and when setting the Gross Margin goal;
Drive and coordinate the business performance followup and forecasting process in the country in line with the IKEA SEA business navigation year cycle and in close cooperation with the country management team and stores;
Maintain a full overview of the Profit & Loss (P&L) for all the retailing channels i.e. IKEA Stores IKEA Food (IF) and Ecommerce and drawing analysis on how each channel impacts our overall financial performance;
In close cooperation with human resources and Store Steering Teams explore identify and recommend new optimised organisation setups for the stores and simulate their respective impact on staff cost operational KPIs and business processes;
To provide relevant userfriendly business information promoting standardised reporting and securing competence in the organisation to allow for analysis and understanding of performance to make optimal business decisions.
Qualifications :
Strategic business partner with analytical skills and be able to translate business needs into financial consequences and solutions; Strong sense of urgency and result orientation;
Ability to recognise outside trends that are relevant for local market and translate it into business opportunities;
Approachable trustworthy and knowledgeable speaking partner; lead by example and taking multidimensional approach to steering the business;
Experience in leading teams; preferably in retail environment coupled with budget and business steering.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
