Company Description

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. A big mission which requires people with big passion. Come join us in this journey and let’s make the world better together!

Are you curious and passionate about contributing to the development of supply chain and people? Do you get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together with stakeholders to deliver great business results?

If so, come and join us!

At Supply Chain Operations we connect our customers with IKEA products in a simple, affordable and sustainable way. We lead, plan and execute the supply of IKEA products between suppliers and retailers. We contribute to customer satisfaction through securing customer perceived availability, delivering lowest cost over time, leading towards sustainability and ensuring the right quality for all services.

Job Description

As a Need Planner in IKEA, you will be responsible for the need planning process in Food supply chain to secure an efficient and effective supply chain planning.

You will sit in the center of the supply chain having stakeholders in many dimensions. You will be the link between range development, IKEA suppliers and sales and flows and by that you will get great learning of the totality of Ikea Supply chain and Ikea business and the possibility to build network across many organizations and functions within IKEA. You will be part of a big and diverse Need planning community from which you will get a great support in your onboarding.

More specifically, you will, among other assignments:

• Be responsible for inventory level and the stock structure including setting the right safety stock levels, worldwide in assigned product ranges and always ensuring remaining shelf life according to Global service protocol in all stock keeping units on regional level.
• Take lead within Sales & Supply Planning and collaborate with all value chain partners to secure agreed service levels at lowest total cost for NEWS, Running and Discontinued range. Accountable for global availability information and ensure that different stakeholders in supply chain as well as the HFB are informed regarding supply delivery constraints, logistics performance and initiate corrective actions.
• Proactively evaluate replenishment proposals, place purchase orders for a given range within the frame of IFSAG purchase agreement.
• Responsible to ensure availability during Phase in and phasing out of articles.
• Lead initiatives together with Supply chain stakeholders to identify potential overstock / stock out situations and to act on deviations.

In addition to above, you will be part of exciting projects and initiatives to develop our digital & process capabilities within the IKEA supply chain.

Qualifications

Is this your next challenge?

As a person you have a passion for planning and working in a global assignment in a changing environment. You get energy from leadership, working with multiple stakeholders and handling numerous assignments on operational and tactical level. You love working with people and building trusting relationships by using your excellent communication skills. Being comfortable in areas with high uncertainties and not defined process and look for ways to improve business together with stakeholders.

Additionally, will be a benefit if you have knowledge in:

• Supply Chain Planning processes
• How Planning adds value to service level and cost
• Planning tools and systems
• Solving problems through analytical reasoning
• Analysis of large sets of data
• Excel and used to build reports
• Can work with an end to end approach (supplier to customer), as well as dive into fine details.

Since we are a truly international environment, you need to be fluent in English, both spoken and written.

We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of future opportunities!

Additional information

Does this sound like you? Yes? Then, why not apply?

Thank you for reading this far. Please submit your CV and motivation letter in English latest by 29th March 2024. Please note that we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis so send in you application soon as possible!

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Need Planning Team manager Vikas Mittal at [email protected]. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Femina Karlsson at [email protected]

Looking forward to your application!