Inter IKEA Group
Retail
BusinessDeveloper,NewCategoryTextiles
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“Business Developer, New Category Textiles at Inter IKEA Group. Skills: Business development, Partner management, Revenue generation. Drive business partner base. Open business partners”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver agreed goals; Deliver results
Industry & Context.
Identify and capture opportunities; Draw conclusions; Be decisive; Perform business cases; Perform scenario planning; Perform risk assessment; Challenge current ways of working; Find better ways
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Knowledge of business partners base, Understanding of value chain, Understanding of capabilities, Understanding of material, Understanding of services, Finance for non-finance knowledge, Legal knowledge, Understanding of purchase agreement package, Business ownership, Strive for collaboration with team, Strive for collaboration with business partners, Passion to lead, Passion to inspire others, Willingness to learn, Willingness to develop self, Willingness to develop others, Interest to explore, Early adopter in terms of change, Desire to make positive impact, Motivation to develop, Accelerate people leadership skills, Strengthen people leadership skills, Participate in defined competence development activities
Nice to Have
Mature, Leadership, Challenging, Demanding, Fair, Good coach, Drive and energy, Hungry for business, Build trust and relationships, Relationships that evolve into long-term business partnership, Perform complex negotiations, Achieve results through jointly decided actions, Able to work with details, Able to work with holistic view, Draw conclusions, Be decisive, Identify and capture opportunities, Deliver results in line with respective stakeholders, Perform business cases, Perform scenario planning, Perform risk assessment, Draw conclusions to support business decisions, Draw conclusions to support people decisions, Enable change, Make things happen, Challenge current ways of working, Find better ways
What You'll Do.
Drive business partner base
Open business partners
Develop business partners
Close business partners
Lead business performance
Contribute to lowest possible cost
Build professional relationships
Build long-term relationships
Follow up agreed goals
Motivate business partners
Challenge business partners
Take ownership for performance
Contribute to new product development
Contribute to product life cycle management
Identify new business opportunities
Implement new business opportunities
Be ambassador of IKEA values
Be ambassador of IKEA culture
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaboration with team; Collaboration with business partners; Internal stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Project management
Full Job Description
One brand, many companies, and many, many people – that’s us in a nutshell. Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people. This, together with our straightforward business idea, shared values, and a culture based on the spirit of togetherness, guides us in everything we do. To offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. To meet the needs of our customers we have a unique business model and value chain. It includes product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales. And of course, it starts and ends with our customers. What do we expect from you? * Drive business partner base (open, develop, close business partners) according to the Category Business plan and Purchasing Manual. * Lead the business performance in the business team together with all members of the team. * Together with the business partners, continuously strive for lowest possible cost to contribute to the total lower cost for IKEA products. * Responsibility to build professional and long-term relationship with business partners as well as internal stakeholders through IKEA way of doing business. * Responsibility to follow up and deliver agreed goals agreed in the action plans. * Continuously motivate and professionally challenge business partners to take ownership for their own performance as agreed in business partners action plans. * Actively contribute to new product development process as well as product life cycle management (in Purchasing Development). * Pro-actively identify and implement new business opportunities. * Be an ambassador of IKEA values and culture in everyday work. ## Qualifications To be successful in this role, below competences are important for you: * Knowledge of business partners base, understanding of value chain, capabilities, material, and services. * Fina
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