SUPPLY OPERATIONS DEVELOPER (FIXED TERM), SUPPLY OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Company Description 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 optimizing 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.
Job Description We believe that you are curious to grow the business, the function and yourself.
The purpose of the job is to secure excellence in total Supply Chain operational performance, and its further development, in close cooperation and alignment with all relevant supply chain stakeholders, contributing to reaching customer perceived availability at the lowest total cost.
Secure excellence in total Supply Chain operational performance, and its further development, in close cooperation and alignment with all relevant supply chain stakeholders, contributing to reaching customer perceived availability at the lowest total cost.
Secure operational daily business with focus on DCGESE/DCGESEN and related markets Follow up on execution of the Supply Plan (the compliance of Stakeholders, the execution of market relevant plans in connection with the Market Operation Forum (MOF) with respect of deadlines; Support, contribute with a knowledge and actions during ERP situation Challenge and develop current logistical set up by identifying patterns of underperformance, noncompliance, deviations, and potential risks of disruptions Engaging respective stakeholders, together performing root-cause analysis and lead corrective actions Create the pre-conditions to enable automation in the booking process Support handover and establish cooperation with the Control Tower Contribute to improvements of current processes, ways of working to Supply Operations Competence centers – Flow Performance Developers, Flow Replenishment Developers, Flow Capacity Planners Qualifications Proven past experience in Logistic and Transport Industry and Inventory management Fluency in English, both written and spoken (at least FIRST CERTIFICATE, B2) Leadership capabilities to manage complex stakeholders in a very dynamic environment Capability to build effective and trustful relationships with internal and external stakeholders enjoying interacting with many different people Ability to perform complex business analyses, risk assessment, root cause analyses and pattern, scenario planning and lead conclusions to support the right business decision and implementation Analytical skills and negotiation skills Strong and verbal communication skills Proactive attitude, curiosity on improvement potentials, spotting opportunities and starting actions and initiatives on improvements, aiming to utilize the spotted potential.
University degree in Logistics, Economics or relevant working experience Good knowledge of functions within IKEA Supply Chain and how they contribute to the process Good knowledge in Supply Chain operations or transport planning & production Good knowledge about how to build and evaluate fact-based business cases Good knowledge of production costs and the main key drivers.
Good knowledge of ways of securing transport performance in all aspects.
Computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications Additional Information The assignment will take place between and .
If the above appeals to you, you might be the one we are looking for! We are looking forward to receiving your application in English by 8th May .
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 candidate.