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At IKEA, it is so much more than a job.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Navigation & Operations Manager In Training based at our Bristol store on a full-time basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven leader with operations management experience, who is ready to take the next step in their career.

Closing date for applications: 21 February 2023.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This role is full-time and permanent, working 39 hours per week, over 5 days each week. This is an in-store role and you will be required to work evenings and alternate weekends.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Bristol Business Navigation team to learn and develop over the course of roughly 12 to 24 months. Our ambition is that you will then be ready to take up a vacant Business Navigation and Operations Manager position within the South market area. There is an expectation that you would be happy to relocate nationally as part of this role. We can discuss this further at interview!

WORKING WITH US HAS ITS REWARDS
Our co-workers bring unique ideas and talent to work every day, and we offer a variety of benefits that suit their and their family's everyday needs.

• Affordable breakfast, lunch and dinner options (including free healthy meals), as well as snacks and desserts in our staff restaurant.
• 15% staff discount on all of our IKEA products and access to our Discounts Portal to help you save £100s on high street retailers.
• Free on-site co-worker parking at our IKEA store.
• We provide you with our lovely IKEA uniform and all the tools you need to work with us.
• Holiday on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as an end of year present.
• A wide range of family-friendly policies and benefits, including generous annual leave.
• Commitment to your development at IKEA starting from day one.
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal.
• Life Assurance, enhanced statutory pension contributions, and interest free loans.

WHO YOU ARE
You have a true passion for home furnishings and retail – you want to make life at home better for the many people and bring our omni-channel mindset and ways of working to life. You enjoy the fast pace that retail offers, every day. At IKEA, we like to challenge things, and you would love to find better ways of doing so together with all of us.

Your entrepreneurial mindset enables you to take on responsibility and make decisions without the fear of failure. You always side with the many customers, keeping them at heart. You are agile, adaptable and thrive leading in the unknown. You are commercially aware and should have some experience in a commercial function or role. You have a curiosity and energy and full mobility to relocate to a new location in the UK & IE.

• You should have experience of leading leaders.
• You are driven to set and achieve ambitious goals, working with others.
• You have experience in managing budgets and financial KPIs.
• You have a passion to learn, grow and thrive, and work towards goals and targets.
• You are a strategic business partner, with analytical skills, and able to translate business needs into financial consequences and solutions.
• You have great communication skills with the ability to influence and create energy and commitment within the organisation.
• You have a strong sense of urgency and you are results-orientated.
• You have the ability to recognise outside trends relevant for your local market and translate them into business opportunities.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
IKEA UK & Ireland are looking to welcome a new Business Navigation and Operations Manager In Training to their team! This is an opportunity for candidates who wish to train to become a store Business Navigation Manager.

• Be a strategic business partner with analytical skills and an ability to translate business needs into financial consequences and solutions.
• Leading the store Business Plan process together with the store manager and management team.
• Proactively working with local market data to understand people’s life at home and our customers experience across our different touch points to provide insight.
• Hold good communication skills and be able to influence in order to create energy and commitment within the organisation.
• Together with the commercial team, identify commercial opportunities and promote the use of business case thinking.
• Hold an ability to recognise outside trends relevant for your local market and translate them into business opportunities.
• Lead and develop leaders and teams in the areas of responsibility of the BNO function.
• Be able to steer the business towards long term growth and profitability.

WE CARE FOR THE PEOPLE
It takes the diversity of thought, background, and culture to make great ideas a reality. We welcome candidates from all walks of life to join us, where we feel valued for our uniqueness and recognised for our diverse talents.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS INFORMATION
If you have any special requirements during the interview process, please let us know as soon as possible.

First step: Please attach an updated CV and Motivational Letter with your application so we can get to know you better.

Second step: If successful, you will be invited to an interview with one of our hiring managers.

Come see things a little differently with us and be part of creating a better everyday life for the many.

IKEA reserves the right to close a job vacancy earlier than originally advertised.

For any advice or support, email Ari at [email protected] and I will be happy to help!