Sourcing Developer - Logistics Services

Job description

Why we will love you

• Good business understanding: understanding of key performance measurement used to plan, follow up and steer the business with a customer-centric approach
• Excellent knowledge of IKEA processes, supply chain, warehousing operations, and service business leading to an excellent customer fulfilment
• Excellent knowledge of the customer and co-worker needs, demands, and expectations on the markets Market and industry intelligence applies market and industry knowledge to achieve organizational goals and objectives; understand market specifics when making decisions
• Change management and leading in the unknown/exploring
• Stakeholder management: knowledge of how to identify and involve relevant stakeholders in a project, process, or question to make things happen
• Supplier relationship management: strong knowledge of working with and developing external partners’ over time. Strong knowledge of how to develop service provider relationships. Create and execute long-term development roadmaps.
• Financial competence and understanding of the financial impact on total network
• Knowledge of relevant IT solution landscapes associated with sourcing and service fulfilment.

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for securing long-term sourcing development and implementation for customer fulfilment capacities utilizing blended sourcing options through driving the Fulfilment Development Process in the market.
• Responsible for responsibly driving the process for building market intelligence, for the development of blended sourcing options, for the development of a healthy pool of potential service partners and for long-term supplier relationship development on the market to secure short-, mid-, and long-term capacity for growth and enable IKEA to be considered as a preferred partner in the market.
• Responsible for securing seamless cooperation with a customer-centric, collaborative, end-to-end, and process-oriented mindset towards both Market and Group Functions and other relevant stakeholders.
• Responsible for ensuring the right information flow and effective communication throughout the organization and for the alignment with the Group Organization and other business partners and stakeholders on relevant topics.
• Responsible for leading assigned sourcing activities, projects, and initiatives in the market and responsible for securing that the results meet the actual goals connected to the growth plan.
• As an expert in strategic sourcing, responsible for sharing knowledge with colleagues and business partners to support their competence development, particularly the understanding of the principles of effective and efficient strategic sourcing on the market.
• Responsible for the implementation of the Global Sourcing Process in the market including the Group Legal contract package and for the management of all assigned contracts in the market securing the compliance of all contractual obligations.
• Contribute to the global improvement projects and the development of global and market sourcing processes, ways of working, tools, and working methods.

About this work area

We don’t want to brag, but in our team, we’re born negotiators. Together we source the world for suppliers for everything from raw materials for products to ink for the printer. Our mission is to maximize what suppliers can provide at the lowest possible prices while assuring safe and sustainable sourcing at all times. Most importantly: we build mutually beneficial partnerships for the long term. There’s nothing better than a great deal where everyone wins!