Job ID: R0008877
Date posted: 06/09/2024
Are you curious and passionate about contributing to the development of our food products and supply chain? Do you get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together with stakeholders to deliver great business results? Do you want to be a part of creating a better everyday life for the many people?
In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy.
Food Services for Range Area (RA) Food has been a consistently successful and reliable business. To ensure continued success in the future, we are constantly developing the business while building on our past achievements. If so, come and join us!
What you do as a Product Sourcing Developer
In this role, you will have a great opportunity to develop a high performing supplier base globally along with the Category and develop products at lowest total cost for the many people. You will cooperate with business teams across the Supply organization contributing towards the business goals. You will be part of a development team, responsible for ensuring supply chain and supplier perspective in the development of NEWs, Improves and Running range products.
You will:
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Enable exploration of different materials and Category capabilities to secure the right category selection in product development,
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Be responsible for creating complete business cases for the assigned product segments, in alignment with the supply categories,
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Initiate and propose cost down and cost out activities together with supply categories,
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Contribute to the tactical portfolio planning for the assigned product segments.
What you bring to us:
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Experience is beneficial, but not necessary. We would be happy to have your application if you match the below, but have not spent many years at work
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Fluency in English, both spoken and written,
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Excellent command of Excel and/or Power BI,
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Ability to learn quickly, to navigate the unknown and to create structure,
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Ability to build partnerships, and to work with a wide variety of people with different backgrounds and cultures,
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Strong communication and negotiation skills,
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Ability to have both a detailed and holistic perspective,
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Strong indirect leadership skills,
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Solution-oriented approach, with a go-getter attitude.
More Information
We encourage you to send your application to us in English, latest 20 September 2024.
The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Please note that it is required to be located physically in Sweden and working a majority of the week at the office. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
For questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact People and Culture Recruiter Bence Denes.
To apply for this job please visit se.indeed.com.