Total 9 job vacancies by IKEA

At IKEA, we see things a little differently. We onboard our suppliers as partners with whom we create long term relationships. We want them to grow with us, become more efficient and achieve lower prices.

• You can have the confidence and freedom to do things your own way, including organizing your time. Your well-being is our priority. A variety of rewarding work awaits you, which you will be able to combine alongside your hobbies or family.

• Use opportunities for learning and growth working with suppliers! You will be able to travel to look at various manufacturing companies, understand new and different technologies, people and cultures.

• Everybody is seen as a talent. In regular informal talks with your manager you can explore your development and carrier opportunities. We will support you on the way by internal and external trainings. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them

About the Job

You will work in a small, 3-member micro-team with a Business Developer, who negotiates prices and take care of the overall commercial relation with the supplier, and a Production Engineer who takes care about production process and quality. As part of the annual action plan that your team will compile, you will be responsible for improving the logistics process in order to ethically reduce production costs in the overall IKEA supply chain. You will also perform:

• Planning – elaboration of forecasts for yearly quarters drawn from global partners who cover the entire product category, matching of global need forecasts with the production capacities of suppliers

• Operation – order management, handling problems along the supply chain, monitoring shipping capacity and the smooth running of the entire logistics process, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team

• Developing partnerships with suppliers – the micro-team regularly travels to the field in order to understand and solve issues firsthand and help with the implementation of action plans

Purpose of the function :

Business Navigation Finance and Administration function is a strategic partner who navigates the business towards success, by using our expertise to enable efficient and effective processes, connecting strategies with execution, secure the IKEA business and protect its assets.

• Business partnering - Navigate our business towards success through people and performance by spotting business opportunities, generate actionable insights and connect strategies with planning and execution.
• Lead with expertise - Provide strategic support, advice, and execution in areas like business navigation, finance, legal and risk. Lead portfolio management, project management and enable better Supply business.
• Excellence in operations - Develop and operate efficient, effective, and controlled workflows, supported by new technologies and competent co-workers organized for success.
• Governance & Safeguarding - Establish and operate efficient governance, frameworks, structures and connected assurance activities for the purpose of looking after the IKEA business and protect its assets

Assignment

• Enable business development for New Business teams with actionable insights generated from data and analysis around cost drivers, return on investment (ROI), scenarios, etc.
• Lead tasks related with market intelligence and contribute to industry analysis for related IKEA Supply business teams and New Business & Innovation Deployment teams  
• Support business teams with IKEA supplier financing requests towards ISAG (IKEA Supply AG) by verifying it from financial and country-specific aspects and contributing to supplier financing follow-ups 
• Contribute to due diligence process of all related Business Units including but not limited to Seller Assessment and Sanctioned Party Screening for existing partners and new/potential ones
• Perform annual Financial Screening of existing and New Business partners, support all relevant Business units with financial benchmarking of IKEA partners
• Lead ad hoc requested financial and/or investment analysis & extended financial screening of suppliers for all Business units in SASA
• Support all relevant business units in region with internal business finance consulting
• Contribute to and implement digital solutions which should secure business need and improve efficiency
• Lead and facilitate financial trainings for all Business Units in SASA
• At any time, act as an ambassador of Inter IKEA values and Role Model and contribute to the global Business Navigation projects and agenda

When applicable

• Responsible for operational resource planning, reporting and be a speaking partner for all business units when it comes to navigate in the most efficient way and provide first level of insights for all business units and managers related to their Cost Centre responsibility.
• Support and challenge efficiency and performance  for the business units.

At IKEA, we see things a little differently. We onboard our suppliers as partners with whom we create long-term relationships. We want them to grow with us, become more efficient and achieve affordable sustainability.

A few perks of being one of us:

• We believe in you! You get the privilege and the responsibility to lead a diverse team and world-class suppliers, while finding innovative ways to drive the business for IKEA.
• We trust you! You have the confidence and freedom to lead your team and organize your time. Your well-being is our priority. A variety of rewarding work awaits you, which you will be able to combine alongside your hobbies or family. 
• We grow with you! In regular informal talks with your manager, you can explore your development and carrier opportunities, and we will support you on the way. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them. For us, at IKEA, that is the best way forward.

Job Description

As a Business Developer, you will be an informal leader of a 3-member micro-team. With a Production Engineer, who takes care of the production process and quality, and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. Based on the analysis, you will draw up an action plan once a year to reduce production costs and to develop better design for the customers, all within the framework of sustainability and ethical business practices. 
You can expect to:

• Develop partnerships with suppliers – The micro team travels regularly, in order to solve production issues and to provide suppliers with feedback and help with the implementation of the action plan.
• Create production calculations – Look for cost saving opportunities for both existing and new products.
• Lead operational topics – Communicate with suppliers, the management in team meetings regarding project implementation and data entry.

Stacey, a Business Developer in IKEA says:  “I am responsible for sourcing high quality products for IKEA stores and customers. I travel and interact with people globally. Meeting with current and/or potential suppliers to explore different business opportunities also helps to enhance my knowledge of the industry and different ways of working. The benefits within IKEA are quite generous. IKEA values a healthy and balanced work/life environment. At IKEA you are the master of your own destiny. You have the opportunity to grow the business. You will find that a responsible approach and good self-management will allow you a more flexible work schedule that fits well with your personal life. If you are self-motivated, able to think outside of the box and enjoy a challenge, you won’t regret joining IKEA!” 

Scope of assignment

• Collecting, analysing and organizing logistics data for our suppliers and monitor overall capacity situation at Carpets suppliers.

Key deliverables

• Collect, organize and analyse data
• Deviation handling with Transport team

At IKEA, we see things a little differently. We onboard our suppliers as partners with whom we create long-term relationships. We want them to grow with us, become more efficient and achieve affordable sustainability.

A few perks of being one of us:

• We believe in you! You get the privilege and the responsibility to lead a diverse team and world-class suppliers, while finding innovative ways to drive the business for IKEA.
• We trust you! You have the confidence and freedom to lead your team and organize your time. Your well-being is our priority. A variety of rewarding work awaits you, which you will be able to combine alongside your hobbies or family.
• We grow with you! In regular informal talks with your manager, you can explore your development and carrier opportunities, and we will support you on the way. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them. For us, at IKEA, that is the best way forward.

About the Job

As a Business Developer, you will be an informal leader of a 3-member micro-team. With a Production Engineer, who takes cares of the production process and quality, and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. Based on the analysis, you will draw up an action plan once a year to reduce production costs and to develop better design for the customers, all within the framework of sustainability and ethical business practices.

You also can expect to:

• Develop partnerships with suppliers – The micro team travels regularly, in order to solve production issues and to provide suppliers with feedback and help with the implementation of the action plan.
• Create production calculations – Look for cost saving opportunities for both existing and new products.
• Operation – Communicate with suppliers, the management in team meetings regarding project implementation and data entry.
• Supplier transition – You will be expected to lead supplier transitioning from different countries with a newly established optimized set-up and governing a smooth transition.

Purchasing Development is taking the next step in how our Business Teams operate! This new role has been created to enable the business teams to take business development to next level, where we can utilize each core roles strengths and focus our efforts. So how does this role fit in? Well, the Purchasing Business Analyst is there to enable the teams to take fact-based decision on qualitative data. This will enable us to work faster & more accurate!

Why should you apply to this role? You will be working with multiple business teams meaning that you will both broaden your network while gaining new, diverse business experience. You will be able to make an impact on both a local, regional and global level.

As a Purchasing Business Analyst, you will report to a Business Development Manager (BDM) & supporting several business teams. This is a great way to broaden your network and knowledge of our business landscape. This also means that you are a critical link in knowledge sharing between teams. You will combine your knowledge in analytics with your business understanding to create predictive and prescriptive insights. You will analyze complex business challenges by using both internal and external data sources and formulate insights and analyses in a clear and simple way to meet business teams needs. Your role will be crucial to identify opportunities and improvements, cost savings, process efficiencies, and performance optimization within the teams you work with.
This is a new role, which means that you will be a part of co-creating the ways of working and responsibilities!

Here are some of the activities that you will lead:

• KPI/APL Follow up, analyzing and highlighting deviations, aggregating the team results.
• For various reporting purposes secure a consistent foundation, gather, process, compile and analyze data linking to Logistics, Engineering and Supplier Development to enabling fact-based decision making, preparing/visualization the different source of data, showing the history, trends, benchmarking, connection between different data
• Supporting the creation/execution/follow up of APL, SDP, PDP, BCPs, RFQs* or other processes.
• identify relevant data sources, verify data accuracy, source missing information and organize data in usable formats to support analysis and fact-based decision making
• Support and guide the teams in addressing business issues or opportunities through data-analysis

*APL=Action planning, SDP=Supplier Development process, PDP=Purchase development process, BCP=Business contingency planning, RFQ=Request for quotation 

You will work in a small, 3-member micro-team with a Business Developer, who negotiates prices and take care of the overall commercial relation with the supplier, and a Production Engineer who takes care about production process and quality. As part of the annual action plan that your team will compile, you will be responsible for improving the logistics process in order to ethically reduce production costs in the overall IKEA supply chain. You will also perform:

• Planning – elaboration of forecasts for yearly quarters drawn from global partners who cover the entire product category, matching of global need forecasts with the production capacities of suppliers
• Operation – order management, handling problems along the supply chain, monitoring shipping capacity and the smooth running of the entire logistics process, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team
• Developing partnerships with suppliers – the micro-team regularly travels to the field in order to understand and solve issues firsthand and help with the implementation of action plans

You will work in a small, 3-member micro-team with a Business Developer, who negotiates prices and take care of the overall commercial relation with the supplier, and a Production Engineer who takes care about production process and quality. As part of the annual action plan that your team will compile, you will be responsible for improving the logistics process in order to ethically reduce production costs in the overall IKEA supply chain. You will also perform:

• Planning – elaboration of forecasts for yearly quarters drawn from global partners who cover the entire product category, matching of global need forecasts with the production capacities of suppliers
• Operation – order management, handling problems along the supply chain, monitoring shipping capacity and the smooth running of the entire logistics process, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team
• Developing partnerships with suppliers – the micro-team regularly travels to the field in order to understand and solve issues firsthand and help with the implementation of action plans

Category Area Food together with internal and external partners, provides the food sold and served in all IKEA Restaurants, Bistro´s, Swedish Food Markets which 500 million guests are enjoying in globally. In Category Area Food, we lead and execute the global purchasing agenda, material direction, responsible sourcing and the quality compliance agenda for the food range in IKEA. Today we are over 180 colleagues who work globally while being located across Europe, North America, Asia and other regions in order to be close to our supplier partners.  

We onboard our suppliers as partners with whom we create long-term relationships. We want them to grow with us and contribute to deliver on healthier and more affordable and sustainable food to the many. All parts of IKEA democratic design are important when developing and supplying our products. IKEA is filled with curious and passionate people getting energy from influencing, interacting, and working together with others, to deliver great business results

As a Business Developer in the Category Area Food, you will be an informal leader of a 3-member micro-team. With a Production Engineer, who takes cares of the production process and quality, and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. Based on the analysis, you will draw up an action plan once a year to reduce production costs and to develop better design for the customers, all within the framework of sustainability and ethical business practices.

You also can expect to:

• Develop partnerships with suppliers – The micro team travels regularly, to solve production issues and to provide suppliers with feedback and help with the implementation of the action plan.
• Create production calculations – Look for cost saving opportunities for both existing and new products.
• Lead operational topics – Communicate with suppliers, the management in team meetings regarding project implementation and data entry.