Sustainability Developer

Job description

About the job

Who are you?
To be qualified for this position you have a real passion for Sustainability related issues and a good understanding of suppliers' daily operational activities. You also have knowledge ofsupplier code of conduct (IWAY) audit methodology and techniques.

You have at least a degree within Business Administration, legal, environmental science or similar. You have experience of project management and it is an advantage if you have professional experience from working in a purchasing organization or within Sustainability. You are fluent in English, both written and spoken. Speaking Thai/Bahasa Malayu in addition is a merit. You are familiar with Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint in particular.

As a person you have a business mindset with a strong drive to deliver results. You are open to changes andhave the ability to create awareness, motivate and lead others in sustainability issues.

We believe that you are a good leader with great co-operation and communication skills and you like to interact with people and build trustworthy relations.You will work with different people in different locations and the position will require travel.

How is the job?
As a Sustainability Developer, your main focus will be tosupport the purchasing teams and suppliers in the IWAY (IKEA's supplier Code of Conduct) implementation to improve the overall Sustainability performance in relevant areas. You will also create motivation and inspire suppliers and purchasing teams to continuously identify the sustainability related business opportunities.

Your task is to support the purchasing teams in assessment of potential new suppliers that have the willingness and capability to comply with IKEA demands within given timeframe. You will also support them in carrying out the different steps of the IWAY tool kit for a sustainable supply base. Furthermore, you will support suppliers in implementing IWAY and make it and integral part of their management systems. The position is based on a lot of strategic collaboration with suppliers and business teams.

You will support the purchase teams in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and also work in matrix together with the Sustainability team in Singapore and Sweden. The position is located in Singapore/Bangkok, Thailand and you will report to the Regional Purchase Manager.

Additional Information :

Ikano Retail Asia is operating IKEA stores in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand and our regional office is based in Singapore. Ikano is founded and owned by the Kamprad family and running businesses in insurance, finance real estate, asset management and retail.

All interested applicants are to submit their application latest by 4 February 2016 via our job page at IKEA.com.sg

We will use the information you have provided to us in your CV to assess your application and your suitability for employment with us. In the event your application is not shortlisted, we would like to keep a copy of your CV in case there are any other opportunities that may arise in the future for which we think you may be suitable and for our own administration and statistical analysis purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, we will retain your CV for a period of one (1) year and thereafter, we will destroy your CV.

Job ID

234555BR

Removal Date

04/02/2016