The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers and suppliers. Purchasing & Logistics organisation within Range & Supply has approx. 4400 co-workers, in 22 countries and an exciting growth agenda to support meeting many more of the many! 

Purchasing Development is a business unit within Purchasing & Logistics, with a global organisation consisting of 9 Category Areas (for Home Furnishing, Food and Indirect Materials & Services), Wood Supply & Forestry, Business Development Project Office and a number of Business Partners.

Are you an experienced and passionate leader with a strong belief in individuals’ potential? Do you like to work in partnerships across different business units and organisations to reach common goals? Do you want to be part of a diverse, energetic team - leading across a dynamic and changing business environment? Then this just might be the right challenge for you!

As Purchase Development Manager you are the equivalent of a Chief Procurement Officer and you will be a key contributor, leading Purchasing development for the whole IKEA to reach our ambitious plans for the future. You are responsible for a total spend of 17 billion Euros and leading an organisation of about 1400 people. You will report to Global Purchasing & Logistics Manager, Henrik Elm and will be based in Älmhult. 

We have an exciting agenda ahead of us for Purchasing Development and you, together with the leaders of your units and Business Partners, will be leading development and implementation of plans, setting priorities and building alignment with other partners in the value chain in order to reach common goals and priorities. Your key responsibilities also include leading and supporting common and improved ways of working. You will be part of Purchasing & Logistics management team as well as leading your own management team covering all category areas, Wood Supply & Forestry as well as Business Partners.
 
You will be expected to lead a strong people agenda. Contributing to secure values driven, talented, competent and high performing leaders and co-workers across the matrix and within purchasing development function, keeping them inspired and empowered to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously working with development in their assignments and as individuals. Together with business partners you will work towards creating excellence in operation and availability at lowest cost. 
 
About you 
Always guided by IKEAs vision and driven by our values you as a person bring energy, drive and commitment to deliver better products for the many people. You enjoy and have the ability to work on a strategic level while being able to zoom in to operational/tactical levels. You constantly look for synergies and strive to bring people to achieve better together. It is an advantage if you understand the IKEA Planning Concept and Supply Chain and we count on that you have supply chain experience from various roles in or outside of IKEA.  Your eagerness to build trust and partnership to reach common goals is significant. 

To be successful in this role we believe that you have; 

• Experience from leading senior leaders and developing people from both a matrix and organisational perspective within a global organisation
• Solid knowledge of customers, suppliers, materials, production flow, capacity planning and supply chain cost drivers
• Excellent English communication skills

Please send your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English by November 23rd 2018. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role, and you do that under message to hiring manager. If you have any questions regarding the position, contact Recruitment specialists AnnaMaria Edring on +46 723 527178.

We are looking forward to receive your applications!