Supply Planner - IKEA Components

Company Description
IKEA Components is a great place to work! We work with an inclusive approach to create a better everyday life for the many people. IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain as we develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw materials, which means develop, purchase and supply to IKEA suppliers. Our business is global and today employs 1400 people based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia, and China. Within IKEA Components we work with innovation and automation, and we constantly challenge ourselves to be pro-active and develop the business.
Going forward we will have a high focus on digitalization and becoming more climate positive – are you curious to join us?

Job Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe in discovering and developing the talent in each of us. We offer positions that challenge your skills and inspire you to grow. Come see things a little differently with us.


About you


As a person you have strong communication and negotiating skills. You are analytical and are able to analyze data and information. You are used to work extensively in computer systems. Further you are driven and enjoy working for new solutions and to optimize the existing ones. In return we can offer you an exciting and challenging position within an international company. Many opportunities to further develop for the right person. We hope you would like to contribute with you unique competence for IKEA’s future.


About the job


A Supply Planner is the link between IKEA Components and its suppliers on all operational and logistic issues. The Supply Planner ensures that the agreed business setups are followed, updated and improved to secure the highest level of product availability for IKEA's customers with the lowest total Supply Chain cost. A Supply Planner within IKEA Components Purchasing works in a material-oriented team, in close co-operation with the Business Developer and the Technician.


About the assignment


Your main tasks will be to:
• Ensure agreed service level by monitoring and taking required action on delivery performance.
• All the time work with information visibility by assuring that systems are updated with correct parameters (information).
• Communicating update requests to responsible functions within the Supply Chain including suppliers.
• Work closely with IKEA Components suppliers to provide them with relevant information, training, working methods and help them develop to the required performance levels.
• Follow-up, analyze and take actions to continuously improve supplier performance
• Daily troubleshooting and at the same time find solutions to avoid similar future problems
• Develops and maintains suppliers’ logistic competence towards becoming responsible on their own performance through: working closely with suppliers, running Supplier Development Projects and providing them relevant trainings & working methods.

Qualifications
We are looking for the people with knowledge of supplier capabilities, capacity & need planning. You can take the leadership to ensure the supplier has goods ready in time and in full to fulfil customers’ need at lowest possible landed cost. You are able to translate the Category Plan into logistics solutions and always keep Total IKEA and Total Cost Development in mind.


We see that you have:
• Minimal 2-3 years of planning and supplier management field experience.
• Proactive and solution-oriented;
• Ability to navigate with multiple stakeholders
• Well-organized in multiple tasks assigned within given time frame.
• Strong data analytical skills
• Excellent Microsoft office skills
• Fluent oral English and good communicator;
• Quick learner and good flexibility to adapt to change.
Additional information
If you have any questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Recruitment specialist Olivia Swärd, Olivia.sward@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions about the role please contact Hiring manager Jerry Huang, Jerry.huang2@inter.ikea.com. We are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your CV and motivational letter in English by 23rd of February 2023. We are reviewing applications as they come through so don’t wait to apply!
We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!