CareerPlan

Food Business Leader

Älmhult, SwedenFull-time2026-10-08 → 2026-11-11

Core

Lead end-to-end commercial business results and direction for assigned food business and range scope, driving growth, profitability, and affordability for IKEA's global, regional, and market-specific food offerings.

Role type

Senior IC Food Business Leader

Builds

Global, regional, and market-specific food range and commercial strategy

Domain

Retail / Food & Beverage

Required skills

Commercial business leadership, strategic landscape understanding, data and insights analysis, business case development, stakeholder alignment, pricing strategy, range performance monitoring, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Knowledge of IKEA Vision and business model, passion for creating profitable growth, curiosity about societal changes and customer behavior

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Own commercial content and priorities for the Range Matrix, act as main speaking partner for assigned reference markets, bring prioritized commercial agenda into portfolio governance, co-create business briefs with Product Developer and Product Sourcing Leader, represent commercial team at development milestones, manage pricing and range performance, monitor business deviations and align partners on corrective actions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC