Do you want to take the ownership over the coming global Purchasing platform?

For this we are looking for an Solution Owner for our Solution Area Purchasing & Supplier Development, Business Solutions Range & Supply, IKEA of Sweden

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 center of IKEA range development. Business Solutions Range & Supply is a part of IKEA of Sweden.

As Solution Owner of the platform will have the responsibility to

• Secure relevant learning and communication are produced for the solutions on the platform.
• Provide and secure support for the platform in co-operation with the supplier of the solution.
• Lead continuous improvement of the solution(s). Lead change control decision forum.
• Overall responsibility for any order towards IT suppliers.
• Manage budget for the platform, provide budget input for follow up & review forecasts and accruals.
• Secure cooperating with suppliers and contract management including service level fulfilment of the platform.

You will not do this on your own! You will have Business Analysts, Solution Architects and Solution Owners of the different modules to support your overall responsibility.

Are you the right candidate?

We think you have the ability to build trust and relationships, to influence and lead other people i.e. working through others. You also have the ability to prioritise and assign tasks.

You are able to work on a strategical, tactical and operational level. You make things happen!

We think that you like structure and are organised in the way you work, both related to own work and others.

You have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing and can describe complex things in a simple and comprehensive way.

You are able to interact with strong stakeholders – understand them and their needs as well as making them understand you.
 
We believe you have experience working with solutions, platforms or other complex setups inside IKEA or from previous experiences.

You have experience to work with persons at different location towards common goals.

About Business Solutions Range & Supply
Solution Area Develop Product & Service Capacities is a part of Business Solutions Range & Supply at IKEA of Sweden.

Business Solutions Range & Supply deliver expertise in business development as well as securing the running business. We empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimise the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA.

The role of Business Solutions Range & Supply is to:
• deliver competence to support and develop business solutions
• have an end to end accountability for solutions, enhancements and projects
• manage one agreed and steered business solutions agenda in Range & Supply

Business Solutions Range & Supply consists of approximately 230 co-workers based in different legal units globally all across Range & Supply. We have our main hubs in Älmhult, Helsingborg and Malmö (IKEA of Sweden AB), Dortmund (Distribution Services GmbH), Pratteln (IKEA Supply AG) and Warsaw (IKEA Purchasing Services Poland).

About Solution Area Develop Product & Service Capacities
We provide and manage business solutions with the focus on Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden and IKEA suppliers. Our co-workers are located in 6 different countries.

Our solutions support business on:
• Supplier Management
•  Supplier Lifecycle
•  Supplier Qualification(Quality, Sustainability audits and assessments)
•  Supplier Information
• Sourcing
• Claim Management
• Contract Management
• Communication with suppliers

We support users from Purchasing, IKEA of Sweden, Retail, DS, Transport, IKEA Components, IMS, IKEA Food and IKEA Suppliers.

Your Next Challenge?
Does this sound like your next challenge? We look forward to receiving your application in English. 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 candidate.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jonas Levin:
Phone:  +46 728865384.