Sourcing Analyst with specialization in technical development - Group CFF

WHO YOU ARE
Are you a structured and analytical person who is interested in numbers, analytical problem solving, and meta-programming? Are you eager to take on the challenge of translating business needs into robust and general technical designs which are easy to use and maintain? Do you embrace a process-oriented end-to-end approach to development initiatives?
Customer Fulfilment (CFF) is an instrumental part in the transformation of IKEA into a truly omni-channel retail company as well as in the profitable execution of the rapidly growing service business. Group Strategic Sourcing contributes to providing convenient, affordable and sustainable shopping and service experience for all customers by securing sound and robust spend management throughout the fulfilment chain.
We are looking for a Sourcing Analyst to provide technical expertise and edge competence on our sourcing tools. You will help us leverage our data processing and optimization platform to its full potential in order to allow us to develop and expand our sourcing methodology and secure solid and fact-based support for award decisions.
Skills that would benefit you in this role:
• Analytical capability to enable the translation of business and customer needs into development initiatives.
• End-to-end orientation: the ability to apply analytical process-oriented thinking including planning and maintaining work process
• Structured and analytical mindset
• Interest in structure, numbers, analytical problem solving and meta-programming
• Proficiency in Excel
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
You will make sure that the event templates in our sourcing tool, Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO) are up-to-date, user-friendly, and aligned with our business needs at all times. Further, you are responsible for efficient and standardized designs to facilitate efficient automation of data flows into and out of CSO. Additionally, you will contribute to securing a high degree of use of CSO for sourcing activities, analysis, and data management throughout the sourcing matrix through attention to business needs, alignment with agreed working methods, and unwavering focus on usability.
This will include:
• Build and develop event templates in CSO, including online guides and documentation of design, for various service categories and possibly markets according to business requirements and agreed working processes
• Maintain existing event templates, including online guides and documentation of design
• Continuously improve automation of the event template library as relevant
• Contribute to design and standardization of integrations between CSO and other modules in the CFF Source to Pay landscape
• Support country sourcing teams with advice and adaptions during tender preparation and analysis
• Maintain a regular exchange with the Business Support team with respect to support requirements for CSO and support with expertise for troubleshooting
• Assist in processing data for input or mapping
• Maintain base data information
• Maintain a relevant structure on the platform
• Maintain knowledge and skills in the team, not including training or superusers/ users
You will be part of Group CFF Strategic Sourcing. The location is Malmö, but we are open to further discussion/ remote working with the preferred candidate.
TOGETHER AS A TEAM
Customer Fulfilment (CFF) is a core function within Retail Operations and a fundamental part in making IKEA Omnichannel retailing a reality. This we do by developing and operating replenishment and fulfillment, end-to-end with a process-oriented organization, with radical collaboration to our colleagues within Commercial/Market Support, Digital, and Expansion.
We lead with a clear focus on people development and sustainable and cost-effective operations. In everything we do – we have a customer obsession with the aim to achieve 100% Happy Customers.
QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET'S CONNECT!
We look forward to receiving your application in English as soon as possible but no later than the 15th of September 2021. We will start with the interviews in September, due to the vacation period.