Supply Planner - CA Food

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If you are the right person for this position, we can offer you an assignment in a global organization with a great possibility to build and create something new, where your ideas are heard and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”!

IKEA Food develops and provides the food sold and served in all IKEA Restaurants, Bistro´s, Swedish Food Markets and the IKEA co-worker restaurants. IKEA Food has over 400 restaurants in 53 markets and every year 650 million guests are enjoying the IKEA Food.

We are now looking for one permanent & one temporary (one year) Supply Planner. There is a big chance that the temporary position wil be prolonged. 

As a Supply Planner you will be responsible for a variety of responsibilities as below:
Secure operational capacities by ensuring high quality of capacity data from suppliers and by working continuously towards exceptions together with Need Planner and Supplier in a proactive manner.
Contribute to tactical capacity planning and operational (manually) work based on supplier performance on agreed capacity
Update and secure correct business set-up information in all relevant systems. Furthermore work with systems and reports, to proactively detect and act on possible deviations from goal.
Prepare suppliers for best replenishment and delivery solutions by continuously maintaining & developing supplier delivery performance and sender lead-times.
Contribute to identifying the best logistical offer, furthermore implement, maintain and review by having a customer and total cost in mind.
Actively contribute in the planning and execution of the best set-up for range changes at supplier, constraints periods and activities.
Continuously follow-up, analyse and take action to improve supplier delivery performance and ensure goods are shipped in time from suppliers
Secure correct availability information from supplier to IKEA Retail in such quality that it can be for the benefit of customers.
Develop and maintain suppliers’ logistic competence towards becoming responsible for their own performance through working closely with suppliers, running Supplier Development Projects and providing them relevant training & working methods.
Contribute to supplier development by taking a lead from the logistic perspective and engage relevant competence in IKEA and at Supplier to assess supplier logistics capability and running supplier development projects. ​

Please note this position is based in Älmhult, Sweden (Relocation Support is available for this position).  

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Graham. A. Main, Customs and Compliance Regional Manager for Europe and Africa via grahamalexander.main@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Helena Sjölander via  helena.sjolander@inter.ikea.com.

Please apply in English before the 6th of December 2021. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates. Please send us your application today.

IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA Purchasing & Logistics is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing & Logistics Area North (PLAN) is one of 8 Purchasing & Logistics Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, Moscow and Kaunas. PLAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Transport & Logistics Services, Customs Operations Support Centre, Quality Support Centre, and Warehousing Logistics.

 
Please submit both your CV and motivational letter in English 14.11.2021. We are reviewing applications as they come through and will close the process when we have found the right candidate, so don’t wait to apply!

If you have any questions about recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Aivita Grockyte aivita.grockyte@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions about position, please contact Business Development Manager Susanne Ek at susanne.ek1@inter.ikea.com.

We are looking forward to your application!