Transport Planner

IKEA Purchasing and Logistics is the organization that forms a link between the factory floor and the products on IKEA store shelves. We work with 1600 Suppliers all over the world for home furnishing, transport, logistics and distribution services, components and food.

About us

Supply Chain Operations (SCO) organisation with its 700 co-workers connects our customers with IKEA products in a simple, affordable and sustainable way. We deliver excellent transport and logistic solutions today, tomorrow and over time by optimising replenishment solutions, defining physical goods flow capacity needs, managing the goods flow, sourcing & developing transport & logistics capacities and leading & securing Supply Quality.

We contribute to customer satisfaction through securing customer perceived availability, delivering lowest cost over time, leading towards sustainability and ensuring the right quality for all services.

We are now looking for a new Transport Planner to join our team in Älmhult!

As a Transport Planner, you will work in close cooperation with your team but also our carriers and other stakeholders in the Supply Chain to find the optimal transport solution. Your main focus will be to:
Secure total logistical operational performance from end-to-end perspective by booking optimal transport solutions under the consideration of IKEA supply chain stakeholder preconditions.
Monitor & Follow-up the shipments to secure availability for our customers and secure proactive communication with internal IKEA supply chain stakeholders and external Service Providers, in particular in case of delayed and/or changed deliveries.
Work in close cooperation with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. carriers, suppliers) to solve operational deviations and search for solutions to avoid them in the future
Actively contributes to the development of the Delivery Operations process, system and the Global Working Methods within the Supply Chain.
Investigate and solve claim issues

Please noted this position is based in Älmhult, Sweden. This is a temporary contract for 12 months. No relocation support in this recruitment. We perform interviews during the process and there could be a recruitment of this position before the end date.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Mattias Emanuelsson at Mattias.emanuelsson1@ikea.com. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Aivita Grockyte, +46 732575704

Please send your application in English before 15th of November  and note that we do not accept applications by email.
Please noted this position is based in Älmhult, Sweden. This is a temporary contract for 12 months. No relocation support in this recruitment. We perform interviews during the process and there could be a recruitment of this position before the end date.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Mattias Emanuelsson at Mattias.emanuelsson1@ikea.com. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Aivita Grockyte, +46 732575704

Please send your application in English before 15th of November  and note that we do not accept applications by email.