Need Planners to Business Area Free Range

We need your help with balancing Sales & Supply in the most optimal way!

Need Planners to Business Area Free Range
IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult

At BA Free Range, IKEA of Sweden, we serve all customers by creating market specific range and vitality collections, and by developing new business opportunities to strengthen and complement the total IKEA offer. We do this by creating products we love, and constantly challenging ways of working by testing new and smarter methods to increase simplicity and speed to market! We are now looking for new colleagues for our Need Planning function with a problem solving approach, a desire to always improve established working methods and a wish to be part of a fast-growing business!

The Assignment
As a Need Planner you will be globally responsible for balancing the customer need against supplier capacities. You plan the goods flow in the product change process (both phasing in and out of products), communicate and handover this plan to Purchasing and Supply Teams for execution. The Need planner leads initiatives together with IKEA?s Regional Supply Teams in order to identify potential overstock and out of stock situations and to act on deviations outside the lead-time. In your assignment you will have the opportunity to work on a global scene, through and with supply colleagues around the world to achieve common goals!

Is this your next challenge? To be successful in this role we believe that you;
*Have 3-5 years of relevant experience
*Have a university degree in business/economics/logistics or equivalent experience
*Strong analytical skills and a problem solving approach
*Have the ability to see the holistic perspective, from supplier to customer, as well as the capability to be in the fine details
*Are comfortable in taking the lead and in motivating and inspiring others
*Have good collaboration and networking capabilities as well as the ability to drive assignments remotely
*Have excellent English communication skills

As a person you find your drive in problem solving and in handling parallel work on many different issues. Furthermore, it is important that you are comfortable in taking the lead and that you are able to operate efficiently in a high-energy and dynamic environment. You communicate in a clear, structured and honest way. You like to lead and take responsibility within your assignment and have a desire to collaborate with others around you. It is essential that you drive the business through people and have the ability to work on both a strategic as well as an operational level. You lead by example and have the ability to bring out the best in your team and the different organisations/stakeholders you encounter.

For more information about the position or the recruitment process, contact Recruitment Specialist Emma Nordgren at emma.nordgren@ikea.com

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously so send in your application already today. If this appeals to you, we look forward receiving your application in English at the latest June 30th! Use the link below to apply:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/2057/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=13900&siteid=5117&AReq=249651BR

IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is based in Älmhult the heart of IKEA and the centre of IKEA range development and Supply chain.