Supply Planner - Category Area Food

• Secure operational and tactical capacity planning by ensuring high quality of capacity data from suppliers and by working continuously towards exceptions together with Need Planner and Supplier in a proactive manner
• Prepare suppliers for best replenishment and develop supplier delivery performance and sender lead-times
• Contribute to identifying the best logistical offer, furthermore implement, maintain and review by having a customer and total cost in mind
• Actively contribute in the planning and execution of the best set-up for range changes at supplier, constraints periods and activities
• Continuously follow-up system reports, analyze and take action to improve supplier delivery performance and possible deviations from goals ensuring goods are shipped on time from suppliers
• Develop and maintain suppliers’ logistic competence towards becoming responsible for their own performance through working closely with suppliers, running Supplier Development Projects and providing them relevant training & working methods
• Contribute to supplier development and business contingency planning by taking a lead from the logistic perspective and engage relevant competence in IKEA and at Supplier to assess supplier logistics capability and running supplier development projects

• 2+ years working experience in logistic, supply chain area
• Good understand of supply chain flow
• Well-organized in multiple tasks assigned within the given time frame
• Project coordinating ability with structural thinking, and analytic skill
• Proactive and solution-oriented, ability to navigate with multiple stakeholders
• Quick learner and good flexibility to adapt to change
• Fluent in English both writing and speaking

Knowing IKEA business will be a plus