Functional Specialist

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 Andreas.castor1@inter.ikea.com. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to People & Culture Specialist Olivia Swärd at Olivia.sward@inter.ikea.com.

We look forward receiving your application