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IKEA is one of the world's leading home furnishing companies. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

IKEA Core Business Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units in Core Business Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. Read more about SCD here

The SCD Intralogistics organisation is responsible to establish, lead, support and develop logistics solutions for the various IKEA units that have a logistical and fulfilment component, including the development and innovation agenda of intralogistics at IKEA global. In practical terms, Intralogistics shall lead and educate in creating concepts, processes and solutions for IKEA Handling and Storage as well as to act as centre of expertise for all establishments of logistics units around the globe. The organisation is in strong lead towards a more mechanical and automated goods handling.

Do you get energy from influencing, interacting and working together to deliver great business results, this is probably a very interesting assignment for you!

About the job
As a Solution Owner WIG within Supply Chain Development (SCD) Intralogistics you are responsible for the planning and coordination of WIG solution related activities. From defining requirements for innovative logistical solutions to life cycle management activities you are the speaking partner for intralogistics colleagues and the users on their specific sites. You keep track of the budget needed to comply to technical, business and legal requirements. The follow up with our colleagues regarding incident and problem management is part of the job. You are embedded in the WIG solution team within the Handling & Storage Solutions & Process department and maintain close contact to solution owners of connected systems. 

About the assignment
As the Solution Owner WIG

• You are accountable for all aspects of solution delivery for the Warehouse Integration Gateway Solution which is used as an interface between IKEA and external service partners
• You drive continuous improvements of the solution regarding functionality, cost and quality
• You identify and support user needs
• You create and manage budget
• You are responsible for solution compliance according to relevant rules and standards
• You are responsible for release management incl. functional, technical and life cycle management related changes
• You manage business development activities
• You steer our external software partners

About you
As a person, you have a strong interest in supply chain and intralogistics as well as in technology, digitalization, automation and robotics. You have a passion for planning and leading in a global assignment and to drive and develop the business and yourself to deliver excellent results. Moreover, you have a desire to collaborate and interact with various stakeholders.

We also see that you have:

• A solid knowledge of end-to-end Solution or Application Management and an understanding of related Information Technology
• Knowledge and skills in requirement management, test methods and tools around software development
• Experience in release- and project management with the ability to estimate costs and complexity and plan activities
• Experience in vendor- and contract management
• Excellent moderation and organizational skills and can interact and align with stakeholders from different functional and regional areas.
• International travelling is no problem for you and you strive for working in IKEA's multicultural team.
• Fluent in English both written and verbal

Sounds interesting?

This position is based in Dortmund, Germany and will require some travelling.

At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. We welcome all applications. Our culture and values are based on equal opportunities and we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities. 

If this sounds like an environment you could enjoy working in, please send your CV and Cover Letter (in English) via our recruitment system Smart Recruiters until 15th of June 2022.

We are looking forward to receiving your application!