Supply Planner

Job description

About the job

“IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. IKEA Purchasing Area South East Asia has co-workers based in Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and Jakarta; and is one of nine Purchasing Areas in the world”

When you grow, IKEA grows too
Purchasing & Logistics Area South East Asia is currently looking for

SUPPLY PLANNER, Toys Team
(Location: Ho Chi Minh)

Supply Planner is responsible for practical delivery planning work for a fixed group of suppliers. He/She acts as a bridge between IKEA and Supplier. Within the team, Supply Planner has a common responsibility together with Business Developer and Production Engineer for the fulfilment of the team priorities and goals. His/her part of the job is to ensure that deliveries from suppliers to stores/warehouses go according to delivery plans, system is updated and all involved parties have sufficient information about the status quo. This job demands also a lot of creativity: a lot of today's solutions within logistic field can be changed for better, more efficient, simpler, faster and cheaper!

What will be your responsibility in IKEA?

·  You will assure that agreed business setups are updated in the systems
·  You will follow-up, analyse and take actions to continuously improve supplier delivery performance and assure goods are shipped in time from suppliers
·  You will define the signal level for capacity exceptions and working towards exceptions
·  You will identify, implement and maintain the best logistical offer at the sales place from suppliers by working actively with replenishment solutions, lead times to make sure goods reaching the store with lowest possible cost
·  You will secure correct supply information to and from supplier and IKEA in such quality that it can be used directly towards the customers
·  You will work closely with IKEA suppliers to provide them with relevant training and working methods, in order to support their development to the required performance levels
·  You will lead, encourage and support supplier with SDP way of working that Supplier takes ownership for its own logistic
·  You will proactively work with alarm /early warning systems to detect and prevent deviations from goals
·  You will actively contribute for best set-up of news/outgoing/activity items
·  You will do daily troubleshooting and at the same time find solutions to avoid similar future problems;

Who are you and what experience you have?

·  You have logistic knowledge from university and/or working experience
·  You have strong knowledge of supply chain cost drivers from raw material to customer
·  You have strong knowledge of Supply chain logistics including different replenishment, delivery solutions and inventory management
·  You have good understanding of capacity planning, Supplier Logistics, transportation and purchasing
·  You speak fluent in English
·  You are proactive and analytical
·  You can identify and implement new solutions and to optimize the existing ones
·  You can create and support a good working relationship with suppliers and other supply chain colleagues
·  You are capable of dealing with multiple tasks under time pressure
·  You have strong communication and ability to work through others Capabilities & Motivation
·  Lots of energy, drive and commitment to reach excellent results.
·  Capability to handle business with a big picture in mind and turning that into concrete actions.
·  Persistence in pursuing goals despite obstacles at the same time as maintaining flexibility in the business.
·  Excellence in communication with capability of influencing others.
·  Proactive attitude.
·  Genuine interest for building and maintaining long term relations.
·  Share the IKEA values, culture and have a strong interest to work for a home furnishings company.
GROWING TOGETHER
IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And as the world's leader of life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.

If you have any questions regarding this position and the actual recruitment process, please contact

If you want to be part of something big, this could be the right challenge for you. We are looking forward to getting to know you soon!

Job ID

302588BR

Removal Date

10/12/2017