Business Analyst to IKEA IMS, Recruitment

About the company: IKEA Indirect Material & Services (IKEA IMS) is a young company within the IKEA Group.The purpose of IKEA IMS is to co-cordinate all purchases of indirect material and services.IKEA IMS is grouped into the following categories: Marketing, Construction, IT, Store Equipment and Operation, Travel & External Services.The IMS Wholesale part delivers store equipment to all new stores and running units.IMS are located in Helsingborg, Älmhult, Wiesbaden, Philadelphia, Shanghai and we have co-workers in many IKEA countries in Europe.For more information about IKEA please visit their website: www.ikea-group.ikea.com. Job description: As a Business Analyst you are the expert of the IMS Purchase Concept and support the purchasing team with analysis to ensure a fact based and analytical approach.The IMS Purchase Concept consists of a structured purchase process and purchasing tools such as e-sourcing.You will participate in central purchase projects together with the purchasers in the category as well as in projects with purchasing teams based in different countries in Europe. As a Business analyst you are responsible for the preparation, fact gathering and set up of the whole quotation process.You shall in an efficient way deal with an extensive quantity of information, prepare, analyze and draw conclusions to be the base for our professional purchase As a Business Analyst your main tasks will be as follows: * Ensure that the IMS purchase process and purchasing tools are used in an optimal way * Participate in purchase projects and create business cases and build strategies for the projects * Have contact and co-operate with the purchasers and suppliers who are situated in different countries * Temporary Key Account responsible for the Nordic countries You have the ability to travel, because the work is in an international environment. Requirements: * You must have a Master or a Bachelor of Engineering within Civil Engineering, Construction or Industrial Engineering and Management * It is required that you have at least five years of working experiences from the construction industry, calculations and tender or experiences from purchasing * You are fluent in English both written and verbal.It is considered an additional qualification if you speak another language i.e German * You have excellent computer skills and good knowledge of Excel As a person it is very important that you are business minded and understands the principles of business and put them into practice.You have a strong problem-solving analytic skill and are well experienced in both analyses and numbers.Of course you set high goals for yourself and work very hard to achieve them.Your co-operational skills are excellent as well as working autonomously.Do you find this job interesting?This recruitment is performed by Academic Work Recruitment.To apply for the job, please visit our website www.academicwork.se and register your CV.