Finance Manager Wielbark

About the Role

• As the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for leading and developing the finance processes within IKEA Industry Wielbark. Together with the Wielbark Management Team, you will contribute to the site’s strategic, tactical, and operational plans, including the implementation and follow-up of related actions, to ensure that the site is high-performing and contributes in all dimensions to IKEA's directions and strategies.

You will also:

• Lead and develop a competent, learning, and high-performing Finance function and create a work environment where IKEA values and culture are a living reality.
• Be involved in investments for production equipment, support the organization with models for profitability and cost analysis, and work closely with other functions at the Wielbark site as well as enabling functions across IKEA Industry.
• Take the responsibility that the site complies with finance-related legal requirements, including managing budgets, business plans, investments, and fulfilling monthly and yearly reporting obligations.
• Ensure compliance with policies and manuals and oversee the implementation of IKEA security requirements. Control the creation, maintenance, and updating of local procedures and working methods to ensure they are well-known within the organization.

• Actively contribute to the business success of the whole Industry and Supply organisation as well as other parts of IKEA. 
• Creating additional value through appropriate analyses of the current business situation and advising the management on the best solutions.

About You

We believe that you are a true role model for IKEA values and have a passion for developing both the business and people. You lead with a holistic view, always acting in the best interest of the customer, the entire IKEA value chain, and the operational business.

Additionally, you have a proven record of successful leadership within Financial and Business Control Management and the ability to develop people and organizations locally within a global framework. You are known for your mindset, skills, and knowledge that create the right preconditions for businesses to thrive.

We believe your desire to explore new possibilities, make things happen, and foster togetherness, belonging, and trust across your unit and beyond is very strong. You possess excellent strategic skills and have a proven record of consistently meeting or exceeding results in leading and developing business and people.

You have strong abilities to continuously develop and improve Financial and Business Control processes for business optimization, coupled with good analytical skills and common sense. Your knowledge in supply chain management, IT and business systems, tax, and treasury is an asset, along with your effective change management skills.

Additional information:

This role is part of the Site Management Team and is responsible for contributing to the overall success of the business at the Wielbark Site.

For more information regarding this role or the recruitment process, please contact Site Manager Bartlomiej Janicki at [email protected] or People & Culture Manager Marlena Dobrenko at [email protected].

Please send your application as soon as possible and no later than October 20, 2024. We will be reviewing and interviewing candidates continuously during this recruitment process.