Business Development Leader, Supply Chain Development

At IKEA, we believe that what your value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow.
IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by reinventing ourselves, as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organization. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.
Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA ideas are heard, and there is opportunity to learn new skills and the goal is always "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
Job description
Together with others, you will be securing that business objectives as outlined in the IKEA Supply Strategy and Supply Chain Development Business Plan are being fulfilled in Order and Finance Platform “OFP”.
The role contributes to the development of a seamless connection between IKEA Supply and respective stakeholders, well supported by relevant digital solutions, in this case OFP.
Your role is to identify business opportunities, prepare to seek decisions from governance bodies and Supply Chain Management. You will be assessing, validating, or rejecting business cases related to OFP.
You will be responsible for leading the specific development stream of the Order and Finance Platform. In this area your key responsibilities will be:
·Assure that the stream has the right structure, competence and experience across the areas in scope.
·Identify and act on knowledge and competence gaps.
·Organize the work stream by making sure the right people are assigned to the right tasks/activities/deliverables.
·Responsible to secure and onboard new resources including learning activities.
·Secure efficient communication within the stream.
Furthermore, you will be responsible for leading the successful delivery of the respective OFP stream with the following key responsibilities:
·Ensure that IKEA functional requirements are defined and secured as part of the OFP implementation.
·Prepare design authority decisions with focus on business requirements and business impact.
·Safeguard and balance the need for standardization in the processes/solutions while ensuring that key IKEA uniqueness is kept intact.
·Ensure the holistic view, working very closely with the overall business owners as a part of the governance.
·Manage issues and risks that are assigned or escalated to the stream lead.
In this role you will report to the Supply Chain Development Area Manager in your assigned area Procurement Development.
About you
We are setting the development agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fast-moving environment. We drive the development and operation of our operating model through develop, run, and innovate the IKEA Capabilities, while using agile delivery methods and empowered, front-led teams. The new way of developing IKEA through processes, capabilities, and product & platform ways of working will impact far beyond Supply Chain Development and Supply. Supply will take lead to develop the following four IKEA capabilities: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Logistics operations.
In this context we are looking for You with passion for people and supply chain/finance, who enjoys working in an international environment and is driven by developing business through people. Able to lead through others, can build strong relationships, create trust, respect & togetherness. Also securing excellence in running operations while contributing to global projects and assignments.
Your key capabilities, knowledge and skills are:
· diverse knowledge and experience preferably from working with business development at IKEA Supply Chain, IKEA Logistics, or IKEA Finance.
· at least 3 years of experience in leading others.
· understand both, “the big picture” & the details, being able to transform the “big picture” into structural knowledge and learnings, and to be able to clearly communicate the way forward.
· see the opportunities that digital & information technology bring to transform the IKEA business.
· improve and simplify current ways of working with IKEA strategies
· strong and inspiring communications skills.
· fluent in English, both written and spoken.
The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow further with IKEA, it is important that you share our values. You can read more regarding our values on the website www.ikea.com or watching this video: https://bit.ly/ikea-what-if.
Questions & Support? Let’s connect.
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Slawek Peter, slawomir.peter@inter.ikea.com.
This position will be located in one of our IKEA Supply locations in Älmhult, Sweden or Warsaw, Poland.
Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email.
We look forward to receiving your application at the latest October 16th, 2023.
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those. Feel free to connect with the People & Culture representative Ellinor Asschier, ellinor.asschier@inter.ikea.com.