About you:

We are looking for you, the specialist in supply chain with a track record in driving operational excellence in logistics. Ideally you graduated from a university that gave you a good base to understand supply chain. Professionally, you have been exposed for ~5 years to complexity of global supply chain operations, either in transport or logistics related roles. You are proficient in Microsoft Office and fluent in English.

As a person, you get energy from both working with facts & data, as well as with people. When you commit, you need to get things through completion. You are good at working with people and through people and you understand the importance of relationships in business. You are self-motivated and can organize, structure, and prioritize multiple tasks. You dream high and always strive to improve and do better.

About the job:

We named this job Service Provider Operations Developer. Internally is known among us as SPOD. Yes, we know, we are much better at naming our products 😉 Behind this name you will find an exciting job!

At IKEA, we onboard our product suppliers and service providers as partners with whom we create long-term relationships. We want them to grow with us, become more efficient and achieve affordable sustainability.

As Service Provider Operations Developer in Category Mid-Receiver Units, you will be responsible for the operational performance of our flexible logistics service providers, in a certain region. You will work closely with your colleagues responsible for the commercial, quality and sustainability aspects to continuously develop our food logistics capacities and service level.

Your decisions will impact important areas such as logistics cost, our sustainability footprint, and availability of our products in the stores. You will work in an international dimension as you will have daily interaction with various internal and external stakeholders around the world.

A few perks of being one of us:

•We believe in you! You get the privilege and the responsibility to lead your assignment in a diverse team and partner with world-class service providers, while finding innovative ways to drive the business for IKEA.

•We grow with you! In regular conversations with your manager, you can explore your development and career opportunities, and we will support you on the way. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them. For us, at IKEA, that is the best way forward

•We develop together with our partners! We are good listeners and can build relationships. We are committed to helping our partners grow and develop their full potential together with us.

About the assignment

This position is full time (40 hours per week), and is based in our office in Warsaw, Poland,  Supply Area Central Europe. You will report to Business Development Manager, Category Mid-Receiver Units (Category Area Logistics Services), Supply Chain Operations. It requires travelling up to 20% of time.

At IKEA, we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues, and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging, and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend most of our time in the IKEA workplace, with the flexibility to work from home.

We are looking forward receiving your application in English by 3rd November 2023.

At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think differently, act differently, and work differently as well. We like to break things, like rules. More so we like to make things, like music-playing lamps, and beds disguised as sofas, even plantballs that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. This has been keeping our co-workers going for over 75 years. By 2030, we hope to help millions more to look forward to going home. Maybe you can help us?

At IKEA Supply we are 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 business areas, different business units, as well as our retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels, at lowest total cost.

Supply Chain Operations (SCO) is a true global business unit in IKEA Supply. Our +800 amazing and passionate colleagues work across cultures and time-zones to make sure our customers around the world can buy the IKEA products they desire and love. Together with our external service providers, we develop and operate logistic and transportation solutions that are simple, affordable, and sustainable.

Read more about us at https://about.ikea.com