IKEA Industry is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of Inter IKEA Group. IKEA Industry has 41 production units in 10 countries with about 19 000 co-workers. Every year, IKEA Industry produces more than 100 million pieces of furniture for IKEA customers.

Division Purchase is the global purchase organization in IKEA Industry. We work in 5 Categories (Wood, Boards, Chemicals, Source and Foils, Edges & Paper). This enables us to form professional partnership with other parts of IKEA as well as within IKEA Industry, deliver a stronger price development and to meet increasing demands on sustainability compliance.

Division Purchase in IKEA Industry is looking for a

Project Leader for ONEA IKEA Transport (temporary assignment, approx. 18 months)

The main task of the ONE IKEA Transport project is to handover commercial responsibility of IKEA Industry’s transports to IKEA Transport to reduce Industry’s cost overall to further lower IKEA home furnishing prices, and to secure IWAY on transports. To deliver this, we need you!

The main scope of this positions includes to:

• Lead the project within set frames as agreed with steering group
• Co-ordinate the implementation of routes according to agreed scope 
• Co-ordinate the initiative to secure Dimension, Weight, Packaging (DWP) in the business system for direct materials
• Prepare the routine to handle price updates
• Co-ordinate Transport system implementation and explore the possibility of integration to existing business system 
• Co-ordinate the development of reporting system for Spend, Price Development and Service performance of existing Transport Suppliers
• Build trustful relations with dedicated project teams from IKEA Industry factories, Business Process & IT teams and other stakeholders.
• Continuously communicate the progress of the project

We believe that you:

• Have experience from leading cross-organisational projects
• Have a solid understanding of how to lead and manage change
• Understand the importance of stakeholder management
• Can work with remote management set-up
• Share the IKEA values
• Are interested in building relationships with people from different units and cultures
• Are pro-active in sharing information, knowledge and experience
• Can communicate well (written and verbally) in English
• Have high self-drive and at the same time ability to work in a team.

The position requires both national and international traveling.

We offer you:
We areconvinced that this temporary position will offer possibilities for further professional, career and personal development. A variety of tasks, supporting and experienced management, an international business environment and a good working atmosphere!

We are a diverse group of people working together, sharing the humanistic IKEA values. The values are the foundation of our work. By living them, we form the unique IKEA culture where team spirit and togetherness are key. In a constantly growing IKEA, every individual is taken care of, respected, acknowledged and included.
People are themselves, and respecting the uniqueness of every individual makes IKEA better.

If you have any questions please contact Blanka Hladka, Category Manager Source at +421 903 245 304

We are flexible regarding location between the following IKEA Industry sites: Slovakia (Malacky, Trnava), Poland (Goleniów, Wielbark).  

We look forward to receive your application in English before June 15, 2018.