Need Planner

Future opportunities for Need Planners, IKEA Supply
We are looking for candidates who would like to continue their IKEA journey & become Need Planners in the near future. Are you ready to join us?
Why to join our group of Need Planners at IKEA Supply?
You will get a great responsibility to take over an assignment on a global level, balancing the customer need against supplier capacities as the core. You will have the possibility to strengthen your stakeholder management skills even more, since there are many different communication channels and in a very multinational environment, which can be a challenge many times but at the same time, you can learn a lot. On top of all, we will welcome you in a friendly environment, where we support each other, we are team players and we love to achieve our goals together!
To succeed & shine in this role, we wish that you:
•   have solid experience from supply chain, preferably from leading assignments on a global level
•   have a passion for planning, and leading assignments in logistics
•   are a strong communicator – you communicate in a clear and structured way to get your message through, you are good at building relations with stakeholders
•   have strong analytical skills and a problem solving approach
•   are able to see the holistic perspective, from supplier to customer, as well as the capability to be in the fine details
•   are proactive in taking the lead and in motivating and inspiring others 
•   are driven by working towards fixed time frames and deadlines, driving assignments remote
•   have a problem solving attitude, and you can also multitask
•   you are proactive in taking the lead, and you are efficient in a fact paced and dynamic environment
•   you are a true team player, you have a desire to collaborate with others and you drive business through people
•   you have the ability to work both on a tactical & operational level 
•   you feel comfortable speaking & writing in English since the environment is truly international 
And what do we offer you in this assignment?
You will have a responsibility for the replenishment solution and inventory on a global level, where you will also have a coordination and mentorship role within IKEA supply chain. You will closely cooperate with the Range & Development team where all the new products are developed. You will also closely cooperate with Regional Supply teams in terms of inventories, and you will strongly contribute to IKEA low cost strategy within logistics. You will learn to deeply understand the business and the strategy, and you will also have a great opportunity to prepare yourself for leadership assignments within logistics in the future. 
Your daily tasks will include:
•   to lead your business, collaborating with all supply chain partners and lead discussions in order to secure availability at lowest total supply chain cost
•   global responsibility to review and balance the total need versus capacity in order to make an executable supply plan, and also from the tactical perspective to give inputs to Business Contingency Planning process
•   to proactively create, execute and follow up need plans on operational and tactical level, act on deviations if needed
•   responsibility to plan the need in the product change process and communicate it further to business stakeholders
•   to contribute to defining the optimal replenishment solution, together with the different stakeholders in the supply chain
•   responsibility, in collaboration with the category, to plan and execute matrix moves both from a sending and receiving perspective
•   accountability for the stock structure in all stock keeping units on regional level on an operational as well as tactical level
•   responsibility for setting the right safety stock levels in stock keeping units on regional level and leading initiatives together with Supply chain stakeholders in order to identify potential overstock 
•   to set the inventory plan (stock development) for each region 
•   keep the stakeholders informed and aligned, initiate corrective actions on performance
Sounds interesting? 
Please note that the purpose and our ambition in this process is to build a bank of potential candidates we can reach out to in the near future when vacancies available. 
For more information about the position or the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Kristyna Brabcova, Recruitment Specialist, at +46 733 427 586.
So, if you find this role a good match, we look forward receiving your application in English at the latest March 2nd 2020.