Global Innovation Manager, Ikea Services Ab
Helsingborg, Skåne, Sverige
Urbanization and digitalization are changing the way people shop, work, connect and play, and we are all rapidly adjusting to a new pace of life. We are committed to making IKEA more accessible to those who cannot afford our products and services today. My role is to lead the innovation of services for our future customers. This means a new innovative way to meet our customers with services connected to home delivery, assembly, installation and other services. Currently, I am leading two global financial projects for large acquisitions in USA and in South Korea, both enterprise values of >700 MEUR. Leading a global innovation team within IKEA Services including finance and business Primarily focusing and targeting acquisitions and Joint Ventures for operations of services in North America, Asia and Central Europe. The overall objectives are to increase IKEA NPS, capacity and shorten the lead times towards our customers. Pre-study of the markets in Japan, S. Korea, China, USA, Canada, the Nordics, UK and Germany with a deep insight and knowledge of the logistics- and transportation market. With the pre-study as base, I have identified three target countries where at least three to four acquisitions will take place before January 2019. Due diligence ongoing in USA and South Korea with a number of large international logistics providers.