Business Transformation Analyst

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 doThis 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 neededYou 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 stra