Purchaser (Logistics Equipment)

Job description

Why we will love you

Your knowledge and experiences have given you a very good understanding of the logistics equipment industry, the suppliers on the market and the solutions created to support fulfilling customer orders.

You are autonomous and are self-driven. You are open to challenges, changes and always look for new possibilities to develop the ways of working. You are a great communicator and you like interacting and building trustworthy relations with people inside and outside of IKEA.

As a Purchaser for Ingka (IKEA parent company), you will act as an ambassador of our company and conduct yourself in a fair and professional way.

• Have a minimum 5 years of Purchasing Equipment/Intralogistics Equipment
• Experience with logistics equipment, especially with integrated solutions in a warehouse environment and packaging machinery & materials
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering or equivalent knowledge
• Have project management and problem-solving skills as demonstrated by experience and tangible accomplishments
• Feel comfortable navigating in a complex stakeholder map
• Knowledgeable in contract management
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

What you'll be doing day to day

Can you see yourself in a role where you are leading the procurement agenda for IKEA within the logistics equipment?

IKEA is on a journey to truly become a multi-channel retailer and in the coming years many of the customer fulfillment units will be built or rebuilt to accommodate to this new multi-channel environment. We are recruiting a Purchaser to join in our logistics equipment Category team, located in Sweden.

As a Purchaser you have the opportunity to influence and make a difference for an important part of IKEA, as we are designing the Stores of tomorrow with fulfilment capabilities. You will be responsible for developing the business, taking away cost from the value chain, whilst securing products and services with high quality, sustainability and compliance standards.

Your competence and experience come from the logistics industry - industry knowledge on different types of handling material, automated equipment, as well as knowledge of packaging material and equipment. You make things happen, you are hungry for business development and have a proven track record in creating and materializing business opportunities.

You have the ability to work simultaneously with multiple projects and navigate in a fast-paced logistics equipment industry, that is and will be in constant change, and you will bring in to Ingka new innovative solutions from the industry.

Together as a team

Hej! We are Ingka Procurement, part of Ingka Group. We bring IKEA into the lives of the many people in more than 30 countries around the world. As IKEA grows, it will be increasingly important that we have a way of sourcing and supplying that is fit to grow with IKEA. Together with colleagues worldwide, we work to identify and understand all kinds of needs related to IKEA operations. Together with our suppliers, we meet those needs innovatively, cost-effectively and with sustainability built in from the start. We secure a high-performing supplier base that can contribute to and grow together with IKEA in the future. The category shall secure business objectives according to IKEA Strategy and Category Business Plan through establishing & developing supplier base which can meet the needs of our business and customer; contributing to optimizing our value chain that can make better service at lower total cost for the many people; delivering excellent results to meet goals. Our ambition is to develop meaningful and better procurement!

Questions and support? Let's connect!

If you have job-specific questions, please get in touch with Sourcing Manager Lucia Axelsson (lucia.axelsson@ingka.ikea.com). If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please reach out to Recruiter Gürkan Gamlı at (gurkan.gamli@ingka.ikea.com).

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, but please no later than the 15th of July.

Please note that we don’t accept applications via email. And the application must be submitted in English. Due to summer holidays, process can take longer than usual.

We will be reviewing applications continuously.