CDT Strategic Purchase Support (SPS)

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CDT Strategic Purchase Support (SPS)
Distribution Service Office, Älmhult or Helsingborg
2 years temporary assignment
Purpose of the job...
Our Transport task is to deliver the IKEA product range, under good conditions, with a high and reliable delivery performance at lowest total Supply Chain cost to customer?s home or pick up points.
The Strategic Purchase Support, with responsibility for the DS Area, will minimize the transport costs for IKEA whilst fulfilling defined service levels through securing capacity, operational excellence and sustainability by ensuring that IKEA has the best and most suitable Carrier for Customer Delivery.
In this role you will be responsible for following:
? Support the global business development of CD Transport
? Identify market potentials and create market intelligence within the DS Area
? Creating good relations with a number of potential Transport Service Providers
? Develop preconditions for a purchase to succeed through a broad networking within IKEA and with external partners
? Support/participate to larger purchases through coordination of the purchase process and lead smaller purchases with a dedicated project team
? Identify improvements areas within the Operational process, IT-landscape, Contract package
? Identify key success factors within our service set-up
? Support implementation of new working methods, systems and contracts
Sounds interesting? We are looking for you with a university degree within logistics, economics or related and excellent logistics knowledge. You have good knowledge of the legislations/regulations governing the transport industry and a broad experience within customer delivery. We also want you to have experience of purchase and contract management as well as business development.
As a person you are customer, result and goal oriented. You have good communications skills, including the ability to give open and honest feedback. You are hungry for knowledge and want to improve your skills and learning. Finally, you have a strong connection to the IKEA Values and Culture and desire to live them in your daily work.
In return we can offer you a challenging position with great development possibilities. You will work in an environment where your ideas are heard, where there is an opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is ?to create a better everyday life for the many people?. IKEA offers down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles.
We hope you like to contribute with your unique competence for IKEAs future!
If you have questions about the position please contact Jason Crossland +44 7960 130 219, jason.crossland@ikea.com If you are one of the candidates we would like to interview, we will contact you by phone. In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact our HR Service Centre, +46 (0) 476-5 87500.
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