Supply Planner - Purchase Development - Green Plants

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The IKEA brand is one of the most successful home furnishing brands in the world. We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. 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 stores offer almost 10,000 affordable home furnishing products and solutions. Today there are 473 IKEA stores in 49 countries around the world. The Inter IKEA Group is a part of Inter IKEA Systems B.V., owner of the IKEA Concept and worldwide IKEA franchisor.

IKEA 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.

Co-workers within IKEA Supply lead an exciting life with the mission to develop business with suppliers and deliver IKEA products to IKEA stores located around the world. The goal is to meet the price, quality and sustainability expectations of our customers. IKEA Purchasing and Logistics Services (US) inc. is part of our Supply Area Americas which has offices in King of Prussia, PA, Curitiba, Brazil and Mexico City, Mexico, and is a subsidiary of the Inter IKEA Group.

Are you are interested in how goods are delivered to the customers on time and at a lowest possible cost? Do you want to learn about production capacity planning and order flow? Do you like both, working with numbers and people? Do you want to help IKEA have happy customers and reach great business results?

We are looking for a Supply Planner to join the Green Plants team. The Category Green Plants is part of the IKEA core business and this business team ensures that customers get the green plants for indoor placement with lowest possible cost to end users and in the best fresh quality.

We are seeking for experienced candidates with hands on experience in logistics and supplier management. As a Supply Planner you will be the link between IKEA and its suppliers on operational and logistic subjects. You will ensure that the agreed business setups are followed, updated, and improved to secure the highest level of product availability for IKEA's customers, with the lowest total Supply Chain cost. If you are curious, self-motivated & eager to support with your knowledge on supply chain & logistics, then this is a great opportunity for you!

As a Supply Planner you will:

• Be part of a great team delivering green plants to US and Canada.
• Ensure the agreed service level by monitoring and taking required action on delivery precision
• Be a collaborator in supply chain from end to end.
• Work closely with IKEA suppliers to provide them with relevant information, training, working methods and help them develop to the required performance levels
• Take the lead in operational capacity planning at supplier level and contributing to tactical capacity planning
• Follow-up, analyse and take actions, leading supplier logistics development through value chain improvement with a total cost approach
• Continuously update requests to responsible functions within the Supply Chain, including suppliers
• Daily troubleshooting, as well as finding solutions to avoid similar problems in the future
• Be curious and motivated to find more efficient and better ways of working
  
  

• Relevant university degree or equivalent knowledge from working experience
• Good knowledge of Supply Chain cost drivers and logistics, including different replenishment- and delivery solutions
• Good knowledge of production planning processes and high interest in optimizing the whole supply chain
• Capable to run detailed data analyses
• Very good knowledge of Excel
• Organized and capable to prioritize
• Details and Solutions oriented
• Strong communication and negotiating skills
• Fluent in Spanish
• It is mostly a VMR business and your prior experience in that is a plus
  
  

At IKEA,we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.We are committedtoprovidingcoworkers with a work environment free of discrimination andharassment.We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us!

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, meritand business need.

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