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 Delivery Planner you are responsible to secure product availability to our customers at the lowest total landed cost by the consolidation of orders into shipments. You shall ensure total logistical operational performance from end-to-end perspective by planning and booking optimal transport solutions under the consideration of IKEA supply chain stakeholder preconditions.

Additionally, your focus will be to:

• Work in close cooperation with internal and external stakeholders to secure on time delivery, solve operational deviations and suggest improvement potentials for parameters and set-ups affecting delivery planning and execution and Global Working Methods.
• Monitor shipments and in case of logistical operational deviations take necessary action and inform concerned stakeholders to secure availability for our customers. 
• Actively contribute to the development of the Delivery Operations process, system and Global Working Methods within the Supply Chain.
• Secure minimum EQU in our trucks together with Senders.
• Investigate and solve claim issues.

About you

We are looking for you who are team player and have excellent communication skills and work in a structured way. You are an early adapter with a flexible mind set and has a willingness to work in a constantly changing international environment and enjoys to find new ways of working. We believe you have plenty of energy and curiosity to learn. We see that you are a person that is driven and dares to challenge people around you.
We believe that you have/are:

• Related working experience with good knowledge in logistics
• Education within Logistics or supply chain or experienced within the same field
• Capability of building effective and trustful relationships
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Knowledge of relevant tools and working methods in the Supply Chain
• Fluent in Swedish and English both written and verbal
• Work Permit in Sweden

In return IKEA offers you a challenging position with great development possibilities. You will work in an environment where your ideas are heard, where there is an opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.
IKEA offers down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. You are also sharing our values and want to take responsibility for making these values a living reality in our everyday life.

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 [email protected]. 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.