About the job
As a part of Category management team you will actively contribute to the development of the long term Category Business Plan. In your role as Business development Manager you are accountable for developing and implementing the Action plan in line with Category Business plan with objectives of delivering excellent results in running operations and professional long term business development with suppliers.

A very important part of your assignment will be to lead, inspire and empower the co –workers in your team to perform to the best to deliver excellent results and continuously develop and grow in their assignment.

As Business Development Manager your main assignments will be:

• Overall responsible for the business and suppliers performance
• Accountable for establishing and developing high performing supplier base by keeping long term relations with suppliers, opening new ones according to business needs
• You will lead and/or contribute to projects on behalf of the overall category or category area, contribute to identify and act on cross-regional synergies & opportunities
• You will secure planning and execution to fulfil the sourcing assignment and pro-actively work together with Home Furnishing Businesses (Internal stakeholders) to integrate opportunities and act on deviations
• Secure compliance to IKEA Purchasing manual and other agreed working methods
• Responsible for the Leadership and Competence agenda for the business team; recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession plans for co-workers directly in your team to meet short and long term business needs
• Establishing and managing cost budget for the team. Continuously use resources in an optimal way to secure business goals ensuring organizational efficiency

To succeed & shine in this role, we wish that you:
With knowledge and experience in the field of purchasing, you have a strong capability to identify and capture business opportunities and deliver excellent results. You are able to lead on an operational/tactical level with the business strategy in mind. Your strong analytical skills and fact-based business leadership capabilities support making the right decisions and their implementation. Your eagerness to build trust and partnership to reach common goals is remarkable. You are highly interested in understanding the markets we are working in as well as the reality of production. You have an experience of working with suppliers located in different countries and proven experience of leading projects.
 
You come with good track record in current & previous positions, in leading and developing both business and people, you lead by example and have the ability to bring out the best in your team and the people and organisations you encounter. You identify very much with our values and enjoy creating an environment where the IKEA values are a strong and living reality.

For more information or any questions regarding this position, please contact Category Manager Nadiya Andersson at +46 766190969. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact David Andersson, People & Culture Leader at +46 766190014.

Please apply in English before 5th of December 2019. 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. So don’t delay, 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 Service Centre, Quality Support Centre and Warehousing Logistics.