SCD - Automation & Design Manager

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IKEA is one of the world's leading home furnishing companies. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering 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.

The Intralogistics organisation is responsible to establish, lead, support and develop logistics solutions for the various IKEA units that have a logistical and fulfilment component, including the development and innovation agenda of intralogistics at IKEA global. In practical terms, Intralogistics shall lead and educate in creating concepts, processes and solutions for IKEA Handling and Storage as well as to act as centre of expertise for all establishments of logistics units around the globe. The organisation is in strong lead towards a more mechanical and automated goods handling.

As an Automation & Design Manager you´re accountable for the execution of the team’s tasks in automation and overall design of Intralogistics units. You will also be accountable for driving leadership and competence agenda for the department. You will also be responsible to set the strategic directions to support the right business decision for automation and design within intralogistics.

About the assignment
As the Automation & Design Manager you will among other tasks:
Develop the Intralogistics Service Offer by contributing to set the strategic direction according to the learnings, requests and stakeholder demands on Intralogistics
Develop the Automation and Design Department to secure an optimal layout and design process for any Intralogistics unit, including a quality gate process for deliverables
Secure the layout and design process including business requirements specifications, data analytics, material and goods flow analyses/simulations, planning and design and tendering of automatization
Lead by example, and focus on coaching and motivating leaders and co-workers
Accountable to secure that department resources are used in an optimal way to support business goals
Secure a transparent and sustainable information/communication flow throughout Intralogistics and to stakeholders
Contributes to professional and long term relationship with franchisees and other IKEA companies through IKEA way of doing business, based on co-operation, trust and transparency
About you
As a person, you have a strong passion to guide automation & design into the future, having a strong drive in the field of logistics, digitalisation and automation. You have leadership skills to lead business and people in a global assignment. You have the drive to develop your team, co-workers and yourself to deliver excellent results. You strive to obtain a good collaboration and interaction with a big number of various stakeholders in various IKEA units and externally with the Intralogistics suppliers and development partners. Moreover, you have a desire to find new ways and make them happen through engaging and motivating people. Last but not least, you have a genuine interest for supply chain, as well as automation and design connected to intralogistics.

We also see that you have:
Strong knowledge and understanding of IKEA processes and organisations as well as IKEA's supply chain
Good understanding of how your everyday work adds customer value by delivering result
Good knowledge of IKEA Business plan process and strategic direction
Fluent in English both written and verbal
Intralogistics background, appreciation of automation and design within fulfilment units, paired with analytical skills and ability to understand complex scenarios


This position is based in Älmhult, Sweden or Dortmund, Germany. The selection process will take place continuously, so please send in your application in English as soon as possible but latest 14th of May. If you have questions regarding the role please contact Debbie Pye at +49 151 44 060911. If questions about recruitment process please contact People & Culture Generalist Haben Debessay at +46 72 352 7581. Please note that we don’t accept application through email.

We welcome all applications. In the first selection process, we will consider candidates from current Supply Chain Development organisation.

Co-workers within IKEA Supply lead an exciting life! The mission is to develop business with suppliers in order to deliver IKEA products to our stores located around the world. The goal is to meet the price, quality and quantity expectations of our customers. In our Purchasing & Logistics Area we are working with suppliers in northern Europe and have offices in Älmhult, Kaunas, Moscow and Dortmund.