Business Transformation Analyst
Lantmännen ek för · Stockholm · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-10
Lantmännen Cerealia is seeking a **Business Transformation Analyst** based at its office in Stockholm. Working within the newly established Chief Business Transformation Office and reporting directly to the Chief Business Transformation Officer, the role supports strategic growth initiatives with a particular focus on **mergers and acquisitions**. Key responsibilities combine market scanning, target screening, and pipeline development with building robust business cases, evaluating valuation logic, and assessing synergy assumptions alongside Finance and group M&A teams. The position also involves participating in transaction planning, preparing decision materials for senior management, and monitoring risks and value-capture progress throughout the initial post-deal integration phase. Applicants should be **financially and commercially minded**, demonstrating strong analytical capabilities and a structured approach to solving complex business problems. The role requires proven ability to develop business cases, evaluate value-creation opportunities, and translate intricate analyses into clear executive recommendations. Candidates must be organized, collaborative, and comfortable navigating ambiguity, with the initiative to work under limited supervision while coordinating across functions, senior leadership, and external advisors.
Join our global company powered by ambitious people that are truly passionate about making a positive difference in food. Together we strive to achieve our vision of becoming Nordic’s leading food company. With business in mind and people at heart we always work together to influence our road ahead – and we want you to be a part of our journey!
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Lantmännen Cerealia for a Business Transformation Analyst to join us at our office in Stockholm.
This is what you will do
This role supports the newly created Chief Business Transformation Office in shaping and executing strategic growth initiatives with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. The position combines market scanning, business case development and first integration planning to ensure that strategic opportunities are translated into value-creating outcomes for Lantmännen Cerealia.
The Business Transformation Analyst is supporting the identification, assessment and advancing of inorganic growth opportunities in line with Cerealia’s strategic priorities. Reporting to the Chief Business Transformation Officer, the role supports the development of M&A target pipelines, builds robust business cases, participates in due diligence workstreams, and supports the first phases of post-deal integration to secure value capture and business continuity.
Key Responsibilities:
- In collaboration with LM Group M&A team and/or external advisors, support the screening of potential targets using strategic, commercial, operational, and financial criteria, including market attractiveness, channel fit, capabilities, and synergy potential.
- Through external support, monitor market trends, category developments, competitor moves, and ownership changes to proactively identify actionable inorganic growth opportunities.
- Collaborate in developing robust business cases for prioritized opportunities, including strategic rationale, valuation logic, synergy assumptions, risks, investment requirements, and integration implications.
- Prepare decision material for senior management and governance forums, translating complex analyses into clear recommendations and decision points.
- Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to challenge assumptions, test scenarios, and ensure that business cases are grounded in realistic value-creation plans.
- Support transaction planning and execution in close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external advisors, ensuring timely preparation of analyses, materials, and management recommendations.
- Track integration risks, dependencies, and value-capture progress during the initial integration period, escalating key issues and proposing corrective actions where needed
You are:
- highly analytical, with a structured approach to solving complex business problems.
- financially and commercially minded, comfortable developing business cases and evaluating value-creation opportunities.
- curious about markets and businesses, with a strong interest in identifying and assessing growth and M&A opportunities.
- a clear communicator, able to turn complex analyses into simple insights, recommendations, and decision material.
- well organized and delivery-focused, able to coordinate multiple activities, stakeholders, and deadlines.
- proactive and accountable, taking ownership and moving work forward with limited supervision.
- constructively challenging, comfortable questioning assumptions while remaining pragmatic and solution-oriented.
- collaborative and low-ego, building effective relationships across functions, seniority levels, and external partners.
- comfortable with ambiguity, able to create structure and maintain momentum when not all answers are available.
- detail-oriented while keeping the bigger picture in mind, connecting analysis and execution to strategic value creation.
You share our values - Openness, Holistic view, Drive - and our promise of taking responsibility from Field to Fork.
What we offer you
At Lantmännen, you work on things that matter. Together, we develop sustainable solutions for the future of farming, food, and energy. As an international group with operations in different markets and industries, we can offer a diverse range of development opportunities. Here, there is always more to explore.
With business in mind and people at heart, we actively aim for a culture where people can grow, collaborate and make a real impact. Internal mobility and continuous development are natural parts of how we grow - both our business and as employees.
That is how we make it matter, from field to fork.
Sounds interesting?
We hope so! We are working with ongoing selection which means that this position can be filled before the last application date. So don’t wait too long to apply!
Lantmännen Cerealia is part of Lantmännen, an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, bioenergy and food products. Owned by 17,000 Swedish farmers, Lantmännen has more than 10,000 employees, operations in over 20 countries and an annual turnover of SEK 60 billion. With grain at the heart of the operations, Lantmännen refine arable land resources to make farming thrive. Some of Lantmännen’s best-known food brands are AXA, Kungsörnen, Scan, GoGreen, FINN CRISP, Schulstad and Vaasan. The company is founded on the knowledge and values acquired through generations of farmers. By engaging in research, development and operations throughout the value chain, Lantmännen takes responsibility from field to fork. More about Lantmännen
Lantmännen Cerealia develops, produces and markets a large range of healthy and nutritious food, based on local farmland resources. The core of our assortment is grain-based products, including flour, oats, muesli, crisp bread, pasta and pancakes, but we also provide a range of green foods. Kungsörnen, AXA, Start!, FINN CRISP, Amo, Regal