Supply Planner, IKEA

IKEA

Location:
Sweden, Älmhult

Category:
Purchasing

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

A Supply Planner is the link between IKEA and its suppliers on all operational and logistic topics. The Supply Planner ensures 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. A Supply Planner within plastic category raw material works in a material-oriented team, in close co-operation with the Business Developer and the Production Engineer.

Job Responsibility:

Manage and secure a good order management between raw material supplier and Home furnishing supplier
Secure on time need forecast through working closely with IKEA home furnishing suppliers
Secure operational capacities by ensuring high quality of capacity data from suppliers
Contribute to tactical capacity planning, based on supplier performance on agreed capacity
Build strong business relationships and prepare suppliers for best replenishment and delivery solutions
Contribute to Business Contingency Planning process for selected material in scope
Secure correct availability information from raw material supplier to IKEA home furnishing suppliers
Update and secure correct business set-up information in all relevant systems
Work with systems and reports, to proactively detect and act on possible deviations from goal
Contribute to identifying best logistical offer
Implement, maintain and review by having 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, analyse and take action to improve supplier delivery performance
Contribute to Supplier Development Process and Action Planning process together with business team
Develop and maintain suppliers’ logistic competence towards becoming responsible on their own performance

Requirements:

Experience of logistics planning and supplier management experience
Proactive and solution oriented
Ability to navigate with multiple stakeholders and complexity
Well-organized in multiple task assigned within given time frame
Strong data analytical skills
Good Microsoft office skills, primarily Excel
Fluent in English
Communication skills with the ability to keep stakeholder up to date and aligned
Quick learner and good flexibility to adapt to change

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
July 03, 2025

Expiration:
July 27, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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Supply Planner

IKEA

Location:Sweden, Älmhult

Category:Purchasing

Contract Type:Employment contract