Solution Architect - Custom, IKEA Business Solution Range & Supply

Job description

About the job

We are looking for a Solution Architect to the Customs team within Solution Area Order & Delivery, IKEA Business Solutions Range and Supply

Customs is a dynamic area with a high business impact. IKEA must be compliant with legal restrictions and regulations in order for goods to flow smoothly across borders keeping our customers all around the world happy.

The Customs team in Solution Area Order & Delivery plays an important part for making this happen. They are experts in the systems connected to customs and work withdeveloping new solutions as well as securing the running business.

We are looking for a Solution Architect to our Customs team in Älmhult.
Are you experienced in developing, reviewing and approving high and low-level design of IT solutions? Do you want to work in an area which requires you to both secure high data quality and be flexible and adapt to changes with short notice?

Then why don't you come and teach us a thing or two!

The assignment

·  Responsible for detailing IT functional and non-functional requirements for given business requirements in the business solution delivery process and project management (support with clarifying business requirements if needed).
·  Secure that IT solutions fulfil the agreed functional and non-functional business requirements.
·  Secure, develop and review high-level design. Approve low-level design of the implementation of a business transformation with an IT component in order to support running business, provide guidance towards service improvements and service transition.
·  Govern that the design of the solutions conforms to the solution architecture and is efficient, meet business requirements and based on a holistic architecture.
·  Is responsible for securing the architecture vision and goals of the Customs area in the solution architecture and the system development process.
·  In a close dialog with stakeholders create and shape business and IT-related ideas into current state, future state and transition states to guide the detailed design and delivery of business solutions.
·  In close collaboration with IT architects lead solution activities within the domain, establish solution/infrastructure design in accordance to the architecture and provide technology advice.

Are you the right candidate?

We believe you have 2-3 years' experience of IT development processes and of solution architecture concepts. A former developer experience can be even better.

We believe you are experienced in using models, methods and tools within analysis and design and have solid knowledge of general IT frames e.g. standards, infrastructure and platforms, frameworks, development concepts and processes. If you know or even work with IKEA IT landscape, it will be a bonus.

You have excellent analytical skills. You are able to see the big picture as well as the details and to structure information and derive conclusions and consequences out of them. For you, quality is important.

You are able to interact with strong stakeholders confidently – understand them and their needs as well as making them understand you.

You are able to work in an environment where the pre-conditions may change from one day to another and where we need to deliver these changes with short notice in order not to risk breaking laws and agreements.

You are interested in business and like to see how IT can enable people to achieve business results. You feel comfortable to explain technical information to people in a simple and easy-to understand way.

About Business Solutions Range & Supply
Solution Area Order & Deliveryis a part of Business Solutions Range & Supply at IKEA of Sweden
Business Solutions Range & Supply deliver expertise in business development as well as securing the running business. We empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimise the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA
The role of Business Solutions Range & Supply is to:

·  deliver competence to support and develop business solutions i.e. the tools we use to run and develop our business supported by information technology
·  have an end to end accountability for solutions, enhancements and projects
·  manage one agreed and steered business solutions agenda in Range & Supply Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of approximately 230 co-workers based in different legal units globally all across Range & Supply. We have our main hubs in Älmhult, Helsingborg and Malmö (IKEA of Sweden AB), Dortmund (Distribution Services GmbH), Pratteln (IKEA Supply AG) and Warsaw (IKEA Purchasing Services Poland).

About Solution Area Order and Delivery

Solution Area Order & Delivery supports more than 15.000 users throughout supply chain in the areas of orders, import and export, trade regulation, delivery & customer delivery.
We have a mix of home built solutions, such as CNS orCAIS and bought solutions fromproviders such as Oracle & Descartes. Our ambition is to focus more on common platforms.

Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.

If you have any questions, please contact Susanne Palm+46 For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jonas Levin at or Job ID

279008BR

Removal Date

25/04/2017