Service Provider Operations Developer, Food Logistics Services

Job description

Company description

IKEA sells millions of products around the world every day and each one must make its way from supplier to customer. Category Food Logistics Services play a vital role in the IKEA supply chain with the responsibility to ensure that IKEA’s food related products are shipped, handled and distributed in a professional way, and with that, securing all requirements related to availability, optimal total cost, quality & sustainability.

We are now looking for a new Logistics Service Provider Operations Developer to join our Category Food Logistics Services (Food) team located in Milan. 

Job description

We are looking for you:

·  a specialist with at least 3 years’ experience in supply chain with focus on logistics
·  graduated from a university that gave you a good base to understand supply chain and logistics dynamics, or you have equivalent experience.
·  (for external IKEA) at least 2 years' experience in the Food Logistics Industry
·  strong analytical skills
·  proficient in Microsoft Office and fluent in English.

You are also good at working with people and through people, and you understand the importance of relationships in business. You are self-motivated and can organize, structure, and prioritize multiple tasks. You dream high, and always strive to improve and do better. 

Qualification

We named this job Service Provider Operations Developer . Internally the role is known as SPOD. Yes, we know, we are much better at naming our products. But behind this name you will find an exciting job!

In Category Food Logistics Services , we secure storage, handling and delivery of IKEA Food products in an integrated, automated and modern supply chain that safely reaches the many people. Always with the lowest cost, highest quality and a positive impact on people and planet.

As Service Provider Operations Developer , you will be responsible for the operational performance of our cold chain logistics service providers in a certain region. You will work closely with your colleagues, responsible for the commercial, supply operations, quality and sustainability aspects, to continuously develop our food logistics capacities and service level.

You will be analyzing trade lanes and deciding on the journey of our IKEA food products from their producers to our customers. Your decisions will impact important areas such as logistics cost, our sustainability footprint, and availability of our products in the stores. You will work in an international dimension as you will have daily interaction with other SPODs in Europe, Asia Pacific, and Americas, and with various internal and external stakeholders around the world.

A few perks of being one of us:

•       We believe in you! You get the privilege and the responsibility to lead your assignment in a diverse team and partner with world-class service providers, while finding innovative ways to drive the business for IKEA.

•       We grow with you! In regular conversations with your manager, you can explore your development and career 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.

•       We develop together with our partners! We are good listeners, and we build relationships. We are committed to helping our partners grow and develop their full potential together with us

More Information

This position is full time and is based in our office in Milan, Italy. You will report to Business Development Manager, Category Food Logistics Services, Supply Chain Operations. It requires 20% travelling now and then to meet the service providers you are responsible for.

At IKEA, we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues, and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging, and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend most of our time in the IKEA workplace, with the flexibility to work from home.

We are looking forward receiving your application in English by July 19th 2022