Lediga jobb IKEA Supply Services (Sweden) AB i Älmhult

Project Leader - BDPO Hub
Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organization. IKEA Supply is responsible for ensuring 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.
Job Description
You will support our stakeholders by simultaneously leading and/or being part of the execution of several medium and high complexity projects assigned to you.
You will lead Projects from Project Directive until full completion of the agreed deliverables. The Project types are supporting business units in the execution of Supply Strategy and other strategic movement across IKEA.
You will work in a truly global environment and lead multi-disciplinary teams of high performing individuals from across businesses to drive change.
You will develop high performing Project teams, coach and support the Project members in a global and multicultural environment.
You will actively contribute to the development of Ways of Working, Process- and Project Management, and Strategic Business Development capabilities both within BDPO and the Supply Project Management community.
You will proactively contribute with knowledge & experience to the stakeholders & BDPO team.
You will contribute to attracting talents in future recruitment processes for Project & Program Leader roles.
You will work in an environment where the following capabilities and experiences will be required:
a talent for identifying business opportunities and creating, developing & anchoring business cases
a strength in doing business with a holistic view
excellent communication
excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen
the ability to build strong relationships, influence and challenge in a constructive, positive and professional way
a natural way of leading by example and proactively sharing your knowledge and experience
extensive skills and experience in managing and delivering large projects in complex and global environments across multiple industries and business segments
an outstanding ability to analyse a business, identifying and navigating risks and opportunities
a proven track record of high performance in leading and developing business and solid experience with managing change

Responsibilities & tasks
Independently simultaneously managing and/or support in several complex strategic business development projects, always towards full delivery and on time or faster
Lead or support the overall project from the initial assignment through the completion/implementation, securing a fact-based and objective approach
Manage full scope of project - time, costs, scope, risks, stakeholders, scenario planning, communication and change management
Develop high performing project teams and manage dependencies
Support business stakeholders across business units, in strengthening and accelerating strategic business development at IKEA
Coach and support the project members and stakeholders
Act as coach and mentor across CB Supply to strengthen project management competence
Contribute and actively seek for improvements of the Business Development Project Office assignments and related wow
Lead by example and proactively contribute by sharing your knowledge and experience
At any time act as an ambassador of IKEA values and a role model for fact-based business leadership

Qualifications
Specifics for Project Leaders
To succeed in these roles, you have a solid business understanding and background, as well as strong skills and experience in working with medium complex projects across multiple functional areas, and strong knowledge of key business development processes and when to apply them.
Strong knowledge and understanding of Project Management knowledge areas methods and tools, Change management and Project governance structures.
For details see the new Competence profiles for Project Management roles across IIG: LINK

Performance indicators
Project delivered in scope & with high quality, on time and budget according to the project assignment
Project stakeholders' overall satisfaction

Please note that we have a preferred candidate for this position, while we encourage all candidates holding a similar ambition and finding the role interesting to apply. Visa mindre

Program Leader - Process & Capability Hub
Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organization. IKEA Supply is responsible for ensuring 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.
Job Description
You will support our stakeholders by simultaneously leading and/or being part of the execution of several medium and high complexity Process Epics (PEPICs) and Capability Epics (CEPICS) assigned to you
These can be of character from refinement until full realisation of the intended outcomes.
You will work in a truly global environment and lead multi-disciplinary teams of high performing individuals from across businesses to drive change.
You will work in an environment where the following capabilities and experiences will be required:
Excellent collaboration, communication and coordination skills. Trusts co-workers and focus on the big picture.
Strong dependency management skills, sequencing and work breakdown refinement.
Knowledge and understanding of IKEA business model, strategic landscape and operating model, roles across capability, product, architecture, data, and operations.
Knowledge in governance forums, calendars, templates, documentation standards.
Solid knowledge and understanding of IKEA Business Year cycle.
Solid knowledge and understanding of key business development processes.
Strong understanding of developing capabilities in people, process, data and technology dimension.
Capability to follow through on commitments and keep momentum by being proactive, prioritising, delegating and escalating when needed.
Experience with roadmaps, planning and management of dependencies, and how to get things done in a big organization based on agile principles.
Comfort in working in iterative environments where problem space and solution space evolve over time.

Responsibilities & tasks
Facilitate stakeholder dialogues to align PEPIC(s) with long-term business value and OKRs.
Drive cross process and capability collaboration toward expected outcomes.
Ensure PEPIC/CEPIC readiness for discussion, prioritization and decision-making with the Business Owner (PEPIC/CEPIC Owner).
Identify and manage reprioritization needs and escalations.
Secure alignment between stakeholders across Inter IKEA Group.
Empower capability and product areas with clarity and direction.
Proactively engage stakeholders to drive impact and lead others effectively.
Lead or support PEPICs/CEPICs from initiation to implementation using a fact-based approach.
Manage assignments within scope, time and cost using relevant methods and tools.
Strive for effective and efficient ways of working.
Manage dependencies, interfaces, risks and quality according to requirements.
Drive change management for successful implementation.
Control procurement of resources and services as needed.
Support stakeholders in accelerating strategic business development.

Qualifications
Specifics for Program Leader
High degree of seniority level and experience in the dimensions as described in this Job description
To succeed in these roles, you have a solid business understanding and background, as well as deep skills and experience in working with highly complex projects across multiple functional areas, and deep knowledge of key business development processes and when to apply them.
Deep knowledge and understanding of Project Management knowledge areas methods and tools, Change management and Project governance structures.
For details see the new Competence profiles for Project Management roles across IIG: LINK

Performance indicators
Relevant sources of Performance Indicators to help clarify expectations and give inputs to goalsetting (e.g. long-term goals of the assignment)
EPIC/PEPICs delivered in scope & with high quality, on time and budget according to the assignment
Project stakeholders' overall satisfaction

Please note that we have a preferred candidate for this position, while we encourage all candidates holding a similar ambition and finding the role interesting to apply. Visa mindre

Company Description
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing retailer in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.
Job Description
The role
As a Business Process Partner, you play a key role in strengthening IKEA’s ability to work in effective, efficient, and end?to?end aligned way across the value chain. You shape, improve, and maintain business processes within your scope, always with the IKEA totality and long?term development in mind.
Working closely with Business Process Owners (BPOs), process leaders, digital product teams, and operational stakeholders, you translate business needs into scalable, future?ready process solutions.,You will help prevent sub?optimisation, identify opportunities for improvement, and strengthen operational excellence—today and for the future.
As a Business Process Partner within Enable Integrated Financial Flows and Steering, you support the design and improvement of accurate, transparent, and efficient financial flows embedded in the end?to?end goods flow. You help integrate financial execution with planning and sourcing processes, enabling strong cost control, reliable valuation, and insight?driven steering across the value chain. By improving financial clarity, compliance, and performance visibility, you contribute to better decision?making, reduced inefficiencies, and strengthened operational excellence, ensuring that financial processes consistently support IKEA’s affordability ambitions and long?term sustainability.
By taking a holistic view of how we work we aim to improve how we deliver results in the business reality. While making sure that processes follow the BPM standard.
Your key responsibilities include:
Gathering and documenting business requirements together with Business Process Owners for process improvements and development initiatives
Defining and supporting process measures and KPIs to enable effective performance monitoring and continuous improvement
Analysing process performance data, identifying root causes, risks, and improvement areas, and supporting compliance with relevant regulations
Observing and engaging with process performers to understand business reality, pain points, and future opportunities
Modelling and documenting processes according to the Business Process Framework, ensuring clarity and usability
Collaborating with digital product teams to ensure digital solutions and data models reflect true process needs
Securing clear interdependencies, such as data exchanges across processes
Identifying and driving standardisation opportunities across teams and functions
Bringing in new perspectives by monitoring trends, research, and technologies in process development
Supporting competence development by identifying skills needs and contributing to role profiles and capability building networks
Actively enable change management by: Translating process changes into clear, practical impacts for ways of working
Supporting stakeholders through transitions by enabling understanding, buy?in, and adoption
Contributing to communication, training needs, and readiness activities related to process changes



Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you bring:
Experience working with financial flows, controlling, or data-driven decision support within business processes
Strong analytical capability with proven ability to identify inconsistencies, risks, or gaps in data and logic
Experience translating complex financial or process insights into clear narratives that support decision-making
Experience working with cross?functional stakeholders and leading process?related initiatives
Good understanding of change management and experience leading change through indirect leadership
Strong understanding of the IKEA value chain, process landscape, business model, and total cost approach
A collaborative, communicative, structured, analytical, and solution?oriented working style, with totality (full integrated value chain) always in mind
Experience in business process development, process mapping, or process governance
Solid knowledge of Business Process Management methods, tools, and frameworks

Additional information
Please note that we have a preferred candidate for this position, while we encourage all candidates holding a similar ambition and finding the role interesting to apply." We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Core Business Supply, provided competence requirements are met for the role.? However all interested co?workers are welcome to apply.
Main locations for this assignment are Älmhult, Warsaw and Pratteln. Other locations may be considered as exception based on critical business needs.
The selection process will take place continuously, so please send us your application in?English?as soon as possible but?latest?31st May. Visa mindre

Forest Operations & Wood Supply Manager
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Älmhult, Sweden


Full-time
Company Description


Are you a highly motivated self-starter and strong team player? Are you a forward-thinking forest and wood supply professional seeking a role that combines your expertise with a passion for build a better future for generations to come?
Look no further! We have an exceptional opportunity for you to join our team at Inter IKEA Forest Investments and play a vital role to strengthening IKEA's position as an affordable home furnishing retailer by securing a strategic share of IKEA future wood fiber needs through own Inter IKEA investments in forestlands.
Help us in shaping the future of IKEA making a lasting impact on the future of home furnishing while contributing to a more sustainable world. Apply now and unleash your potential with a globally recognized brand that values collaboration, innovation, and responsible investment practices.
Job Description


In the role of Forest Operations and Wood Supply Manager you will oversee and optimize the sourcing of wood materials from Inter IKEA invested feedstock, ensuring sustainability, quality, and cost-effectiveness throughout the Supply Chain. You would be responsible for managing your team, relationships with suppliers, implementing sustainable forestry practices, and ensuring compliance with IKEA's environmental and social responsibility standards. Additionally, you would work to improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives within the wood supply chain to support IKEA's long-term business goals and commitment to sustainability.
In this assignment you will:
Identify, assess, and manage relationships with forest management companies to ensure compliance with IKEA's sustainability and quality standards.
Develop and implement strategies to optimize the wood supply chain, including sourcing, transportation, and inventory management, to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and maximize forest value.
Implement sustainable forestry practices and certification standards to ensure responsible sourcing of wood materials in alignment with IKEA's environmental commitments.
Coordinate timber harvesting activities, including planning, scheduling, and monitoring, to ensure sustainable forest management practices and minimize environmental impact.
Collect and analyze data on wood supply chain performance, including production metrics, costs, and sustainability indicators, and prepare reports for internal and external stakeholders.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the wood supply chain, including process optimization, innovation, and adoption of best practices to drive efficiency and sustainability.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, industry associations, and non-governmental organizations to promote transparency, dialogue, and shared goals related to responsible wood sourcing and supply chain management.

In your role, you act as an important ambassador of IKEA values and a role-model for fact-based business leadership.
Qualifications


We are looking for someone who seeks opportunities to fuel your passion for business, people, and planet. As you contribute to increasing customer value, driving business growth, and achieving remarkable results through the power of collaboration. With a mindset that constantly seeks better ways, you'll play a pivotal role in a business that leads the industry in creating a better everyday life for the many people. Embrace the challenge of making a significant impact on how we conduct business within the limits of the planet, fueled by your high level of integrity, commitment to high standards, and deep interest in global market and industry developments. As a self-starter with a sense of urgency and positive energy, you'll unleash your potential, delivering outstanding outcomes while embracing every challenge as an opportunity for growth. Join us and be part of a remarkable journey where your actions will shape a brighter future for all.
To succeed in this role, you have:
Proficiency in supply chain optimization, including sourcing strategies, inventory management, transportation logistics, forest certification standards (FSC) and cost control methods within the forestry industry.
Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to wood sourcing, transportation, and processing, including knowledge of risk assessment methodologies and strategies for risk mitigation.
Demonstrated leadership abilities to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams and relevant stakeholders, make informed decisions under pressure, and drive continuous improvement initiatives within the wood supply chain (put in the first text)
Preferably knowledge of the IKEA Strategic Landscape, IKEA Supply Strategy and IKEA’s supply landscape.

Additional information


We look forward to receiving your application in English by the 6th of March 2026 (deadline for applications). We really want to get to know you, so please (make sure to apply with your CV and a letter with your answers to the questions below). Be short and concise:
Why do you find this position interesting?
In your experience working with forest operations and wood supply, what are the leadership capabilities that you activate the most?

For more information about the role, contact Bruno Mariani Piana, Forest Investment Manager, [email protected]. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture recruiter, [email protected].
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, an inspirational working environment, based on creativity and innovation, which gives you the opportunity to work and interact with people from all around the world.
Predictive Index assessment may be requested during the process. Visa mindre

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe in discovering and developing the talent in each of us. We invest in your passions and encourage you to grow with them.?Come and see things a little differently with us!?
In Purchasing Development, we enable purchasing of sustainable and affordable home furnishing products, food & services and managing our indirect procurement by establishing and developing a global supplier network. We explore new business and market opportunities as well as innovate materials & technology and set the pre-conditions for cost-effective product development and production. We secure accessibility of affordable raw material from responsibly managed sources with a positive social and environmental impact within and beyond our own needs.
Category Area Electronics & Home Accessories is responsible for sourcing a variety of products that span from kitchen appliances, lighting solutions and connected products, to tableware and beautiful home decoration accessories such as candles and green plants for all IKEA stores globally. We are more than 200 co-workers in 12 different global locations. We are passionate about life at home, ambient & atmosphere, and technology applied to the home environment. We work closely with our suppliers across the world, and we are now looking for a Material and Innovation Developer to join our team!
Job Description
Is this your next challenge?
You should have a passion for front end development and for leading radical change. You would like to lead the development and innovation of the material in a global matrix organization. You have the ability to think out of the box, but together with an analytic and structured approach. You like to connect ideas from different fields and create new solutions. You have the ability to lead resources, without formal authority, to reach common goals.
Assignment
As a Material and Innovation Developer working with Category Area Electronics and Home Accessories, you will have a strategic role to faster developments of new materials & innovative solutions across the 9 Categories of the Category Area, in line with approved Material Plans and the IKEA Sustainability Strategy People and Planet Positive. You will have the responsibility to lead exploration and development projects and support business stakeholders, managers and leaders globally, across Category Area and Business units in strengthening and accelerating strategic material and innovation agenda. You will be part of a team of highly motivated and skilled Material & Innovation Developers who will work closely with the categories, suppliers and home furniture businesses (HFBs) to drive change across the value chains.
Your main responsibilities will be to:
Based on the Material Plans and knowledge about life at home, identify, initiate, and lead material innovation projects until the material has either been handed over to a deployment leader or until the material has been deployed into a product solution
Prepare and present development projects at relevant innovation councils, develop the project plan following the DNS process and lead and execute material and innovation development and support in deployment projects.
Act as a specialist/subject matter expert or get the experts connected for the material and related production process/technology throughout the development process. Liaise with the Material Technology Engineer (MTE) for specific material details.
Lead innovation through prototyping
Identify, evaluate, develop, and maintain partnerships and potential new technologies (partnering to exploit technologies) relevant to the deployment of Material direction.
Secure that all necessary agreements are in place together with legal counsel and that intellectual property is considered throughout the development process.
Initiate IP research in connection to projects and/or areas of development, and initiate patent application process with the patent team.

Qualifications
Job-specific knowledge for the role:
A university degree in engineering and equivalent job-related experience
Proven experience in managing development projects in industrial setting
Proven experience from indirect leadership of people in global organization
Exceptional analytical skills for comparing sustainability (e.g. Life Cycle Assessments), cost, and quality impact of new materials
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Good communication and social skills in managing stakeholder relationships and collaborating with various project teams

Additional information
Please note that we have a preferred candidate for this position, while we encourage all candidates holding a similar ambition and finding the role interesting to apply. Visa mindre

Älmhult, Sweden


Full-time
Company Description


Vacancies: 2
Process segments covered: Plan to Optimise Sourcing Network / Source to Contract / Partnership to Perform
As part of IKEA's transformation towards connected, flow-based ways of working, the Source to Pay process shapes the partner landscape that powers our goods flow. It enables sustainable, resilient and cost-efficient availability by selecting, contracting, developing and collaborating with suppliers and logistics partners. In this assignment, you set long-term direction, ensure process clarity and strengthen collaboration across capability areas, digital product teams, and business units—contributing to affordability, stability and performance for the many people.
Job Description


What you'll do
Lead the development, governance and continuous improvement of the processes (L3); Plan to Optimise Sourcing Network and Source to contract or Partnership to perform.
Establish clear standards, one way of working, and measurable KPIs.
Ensure smooth handovers and alignment with upstream and downstream processes.
Strengthen data quality, transparency and decision-making with our partners.
Drive adoption of new practices through change leadership.
Enable resilient, predictable and cost-effective performance in sourcing and supplier collaboration.
Lead through others in a matrix, nurturing collaboration across functions and geographies.

Qualifications


Who you are
Deep experience in sourcing, procurement, partner development, contracting, supplier performance and supply chain collaboration.
Strong capability to lead yourself and others through transformation.
Analytical and holistic thinking with the ability to simplify complexity.
Strategic judgment combined with hands-on problem-solving.
Clear communication that engages and aligns stakeholders.

Additional information


Location & Practicalities
This assignment is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
The selection process will take place continuously, so please send us your application in English as soon as possible but latest 26th February. We will consider impacted co-workers of this change first, however, all interested co-workers are welcome to apply.
Hiring manager: Robert Olsson ([email protected])
Recruitment support: Kristýna Cefelin ([email protected]) Visa mindre

Älmhult, Sweden


Full-time
Company Description


Vacancies: 3
Process segments covered: Forecast to Order / Procure to Dispatch / Deliver to Receive / Receive to Fulfil
Within Manage Goods Flow End?to?End, the Plan to Fulfil process connects strategy to execution so goods move where, when and how customers expect—at the lowest end?to?end cost. In this assignment, you standardise how we plan, order, transport, receive, store and fulfil goods, turning complex orchestration into simple, scalable, future?ready ways of working that improve availability, predictability and flow stability globally.
Job Description


What you’ll do
Lead design and continuous improvement to secure one standard way of working.
Translate strategy into operational plans, OKRs, KPIs and actionable roadmaps.
Orchestrate end?to?end value creation across demand, supply, and logistics, ensuring seamless handovers.
Strengthen data quality and connections for accurate, timely decisions across the flow.
Drive adoption and measurable impact through change leadership.
Build scenario?readiness to reduce variability and enable stable, predictable execution.

Qualifications


You have
Experience in integrated business planning, demand/supply planning, logistics operations, transport/receiving/warehouse or fulfilment operations, and end?to?end flow steering.
Capability to lead through transformation.
A holistic view and scenario?planning mindset.
Ability to lead leaders through influence; clear communication and collaboration skills.

Additional information


Location & Practicalities
This assignment is based in Älmhult (Sweden) or Pratteln (Switzerland).
The selection process will take place continuously, so please send us your application in?English?as soon as possible but?latest?26th February. We will consider impacted co-workers of this change first, however all interested co?workers are welcome to apply.
Hiring manager: Doris Martetschläger ([email protected])
Recruitment support: Kristýna Cefelin ([email protected]) Visa mindre

Company Description
At IKEA, we’re proud of our values and committed to living them every day. We believe in creating an environment where everyone feels valued, empowered, and inspired to make a difference. As part of our team, you’ll be welcomed into a global, purpose-driven organisation that puts people and the planet first and encourages every individual to reach their full potential.
Job Description
As Category Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to lead a global category with vision, strategy, and compassion. You’ll help shape the future of how we source, develop, and deliver carbon steel – all while championing an environment where everyone can contribute, build trusted relationships, and play a part in a more sustainable IKEA.
Your assignment will include:
Leading the category – from strategy through to execution – in collaboration with colleagues from IKEA’s Home Furnishing and Components businesses.
Developing and implementing the Category Business Plan, ensuring alignment with IKEA’s long-term goals and commitment to sustainability.
Building and guiding high-performing, inclusive teams, nurturing individual strengths and fostering a culture where growth, trust, and togetherness are valued.
Driving innovation in materials and production techniques to reduce cost and CO? emissions, supporting IKEA’s sustainability journey.
Strengthening supplier relationships through transparency, shared objectives, and a focus on long-term progress.



Qualifications
We value a wide range of experiences and perspectives, and welcome applicants who bring a deep understanding of IKEA’s business model, purchasing strategy, and value chain, or who are keen to learn and grow in these areas.
Your background may include experience in procurement, supplier development, or business leadership—whatever your journey, we appreciate the unique strengths you contribute.
We’re looking for strong analytical skills and the ability to use facts and insights to lead, but we also recognise the value of new approaches and different ways of thinking.
If you have a passion for developing people and business, delivering sustainable results, championing innovation, and making a real difference, you’ll find a supportive environment here.
We believe collaboration and trust are built by embracing diverse perspectives and identities, and we encourage you to help us shape a culture where everyone can thrive.
Whether you have experience leading leaders and developing people in a global or remote setting, or are eager to take this next step, we’re interested in hearing your story.
If you feel a connection to IKEA’s values and wish to bring them to life in your own way, we invite you to join us and help us grow together.



Additional information
This role is based in Älmhult, Sweden, and comes with global responsibility.
apply, submit your application, CV, and letter of motivation online via Smart Recruiters by 13/12/2025. Visa mindre

Älmhult, Sweden


Full-time
Company Description


Assistant to Purchasing Development Manager, Purchasing Development, IKEA
Temporary position for 12 months
Company Description
In Purchasing Development, the assignment goes hand and hand with the IKEA Business idea as we are responsible to produce the ‘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. Affordability, accessibility, sustainability, and quality are our main priorities. We develop and execute sourcing strategies and meet the Supply markets/industries in 6 different categories. We are a global organization with around 1300 co-workers placed in 27 different locations, close to the suppliers and the market.

With a strong base in the IKEA values, IKEA Purchasing Development is always looking for high performing individuals with the ability and willingness to grow and succeed within IKEA. As a step-in building talent for the future we are now looking for an?Assistant to our Purchasing Development Manager.
Job Description


Job Description
This position is a great opportunity to work within IKEA Purchasing Development and gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire IKEA value chain, as well as how each part of the organization is interconnected. As a key member of the Purchasing Development Management team, you will experience a dynamic work environment, where no day looks like the other, giving you a unique insight in the responsibilities of a Purchasing Development Manager daily work-life. This experience, along with the knowledge and networks gained, will serve as an excellent foundation for future career growth within IKEA!
You will be working with the following tasks:?
Coordinate and plan activities within the Yearly Calendar for Purchasing Development
Lead various projects and deliver to assigned business projects
Monitor and follow up on key implementation activities in Purchasing Development, secure ambition level and progress
In close co-operation with Purchasing Development Manager, be part of the Purchasing Development Management meetings, and other forums in order to support and get an understanding of the organisation and the interfaces with the rest of IKEA.
Represent Purchasing Development Management in selected forums, both internally and externally
Act as communicative and administrative support to the Purchasing Development Manager and Deputy Purchasing Development Manager
Play a key role in the alignment of agendas and initiatives for?Purchasing Development Manager and Deputy Purchasing Development Manager

Qualifications


Qualifications
About you
As an Assistant to Purchasing Development Manager, we see that you have experience of working within IKEA and have a solid understanding of IKEAs value chain. You are strategic and have a holistic approach but equally interested in understanding and supporting the Purchasing Development Manager in operational tasks. You are a true ambassador of the IKEA values and have a broad interest in the IKEA value chain and how all parts are instrumental to drive change for the IKEA direction. As a self-starter, you can navigate and lead questions forward, in a complex and fast paced environment, and positively influence ideas that will grow IKEA.
For you to be successful in the role we believe that you:?
Have gained project management, facilitation and leadership experience
Are a very pragmatic and solution-oriented person, with ability to build trustful relationships with various stakeholders.
Have strong analytical capabilities and skills to plan your agenda and prioritize between multiple tasks at the same time
Feel comfortable selecting relevant information to boil it down to what is essential and communicate them in a simple way

We also see that you have a knowledge, passion and a track record in living the IKEA culture and values, and the ability to convey them to others!
Additional information


On this role, you will report directly to Purchasing Development Manager, you will get exposed and get involved to different parts of the organisation. You can also develop horizontal organizational views, as well strategic business thinking.?Now, it’s your opportunity!
If you have any questions regarding the role or the recruitment process please contact Cecilia Lindholm (People & Culture Manager, Purchasing Development)
We look forward to receiving your application in English (Resume and Motivational Letter), at the latest by 2025-12-18. Visa mindre

Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. 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.
Job Description
Supply Data and Technology is part of Supply Chain Development. In this team, we are working to manage the Ivalua platforms. The platform hosts the processes and solutions to support throughout the whole life cycle partnership with a supplier, from potential cooperation to the end of joint business. Our support, covering IT tools and adaptation to legal compliance as well as our own rules and regulations, is directed to all IKEA supply units.
This role includes essential duties and responsibilities:
In collaboration with stakeholders, bring ideas or business needs into business value through solutions.
Understand the digital product’s overall application portfolio, business priorities, and success measures to design robust architecture and solutions.
Proactively identify and advise on opportunities to deliver better business results (e.g. related to technological trends and players, roadmaps, customer value, cost, benefits, impact, risks, dependencies).
Secure, develop and review high-level design to support running business and provide guidance towards service improvements and service transition.
Collaborate with other Solution Architects and Enterprise Architects ensuring that the product/platform adheres to the Technology Architecture.
Communicate the solution architectures and transition roadmaps to relevant internal and external stakeholders within and across organization(s).
Govern and seek understanding, agreement to ensure aligned and consistent solution implementations across IKEA.
Support and be part of projects, initiatives and take responsibility for securing IKEA’s architecture vision and goals.
In a close dialog with stakeholders create and shape business and IT-related ideas into current state, future state, and transition states to guide the detailed design and delivery of solutions.
Design, review and approve the integration designs for integrating the Ivalua platform to rest of the IKEA systems
Participating and recommending options for performance improvements on the platform
Document and maintain artefacts related to system design and design decisions
Is responsible for securing the architecture vision and goals of the Ivalua platform in the solution architecture and the system development process

Qualifications
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.
To be successful in this role, we believe you must have:
A solid development background and understanding the Software development processes and of solution architecture concepts.
Working experience on Web technology, Cloud platform and SaaS solutions.
Knowledge of data integration approaches like ODI, Kafka, MFT and API.
Practical experience working in Agile and DevOps.
A passion about technological trends & constantly keeps you updated in how new technology can be utilized to bring value to a modern enterprise system landscape.
Good understanding about system integrations and can discuss technical interfaces on the needed detail level.
Excellent analytical skills and apply a systematic approach to think through end-to-end solution architecture, encompassing all necessary solution components.
Strong competence of Server development.
Strong stakeholders’ management skills.
Experience from global implementation projects or larger solutions/platforms.
Working experience in procurement products or software would be an advantage.
Strong competence and knowhow in the digital platform Ivalua (S2P and L3 certified)
Experienced in using models, methods and tools within analysis and design and have good knowledge of general IT frames e.g. standards, infrastructure and platforms, frameworks, development concepts and processes.

You should be able to make advanced technical solutions understood and embraced by both technical and non-technical co-workers.
As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both technology and people. You create impact and inspiration regardless of function or formal reporting lines.
Additional information
We look forward to receiving your application in English. 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. This position is based in Malmö or Älmhult, Sweden.
We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 24 Nov. 2025.
For more information about the position, please contact Ivalua Platform Leader Uma Mahesh Mekapati at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].
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Business Developer - Food Category Protein
Company Description
IKEA Supply Services is the organization that forms a link between the factory floor and the products on IKEA store shelves. We work with 1600 Suppliers all over the world for home furnishing, accessories, transport, logistics and distribution services, components, and food.
As Purchasing Development, we purchase the materials and the production capacity to produce both home furnishing products and food. We have more than 1,200 co-workers worldwide and operate in 27 locations, this includes 6?category areas. We are now looking for a new Business Developer for Category Area Food in our Protein-Based?Category.
Job Description
As a Business Developer, you will be an informal leader of a 3-member micro-team. With a Production Engineer, who takes care of the production process and quality, and a Supply Planner, who handles the logistical side of the business. Based on the analysis, you will draw up an action plan once a year to reduce production costs and to develop better design for the customers, all within the framework of sustainability and ethical business practices.
Your assignment would include,
To develop and maintain professional business relationships with suppliers/service providers in alignment with IKEA's direction while being an ambassador for IKEA's culture and values.
To lead the overall business and deployment of sustainability roadmaps for the respective supplier, and to be accountable for price-related data, as well as overall supplier performance (including data quality).
To identify actions through the supplier development processes and action planning processes to execute the Category strategy.
To initiate changes and improvements within IKEA's supply chain and at sub-suppliers together with your team.
To develop and manage strategic relationships, negotiate with suppliers and communicate with all parties involved while monitoring market developments.
To participate in group decision-making by providing accurate and in-depth information from suppliers, and the market, offering data, scenarios, and insights to support decisions.
To represent IKEA to the supplier and act as the supplier's representative within IKEA, from an operational, tactical, and strategic perspective.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role and team, you will need,
To understand and follow the IKEA Group Code of Conduct and business ethics.
To understand and work in alignment with the IKEA strategic landscape.
To understand the IKEA business model and supply chain to meet end customer expectations.
To be driven by a strong sense of business ownership and a passion for collaboration, committed to working closely with team members and business partners by being an ambassador for IKEA's culture and values.
To be motivated by the opportunity to build strong business relationships, using communication and networking skills to effectively sell ideas both internally and externally. This drive also involves managing change across various areas with a deep understanding of industry knowledge.
To be driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, staying open-minded, and continuously learning, changing, and adapting to market dynamics.
To be driven by curiosity to challenge the status quo, striving for continuous improvement.
To have good analytical skills and the skill to translate data to a message

You will also need to possess,
The ability to find win-win solutions and negotiate effectively.
Entrepreneurial skills, including the ability to identify and seize opportunities while delivering results.
Leadership, involving agility to adapt to diverse situations, building networks, and fostering a passion for collaborating with and empowering others. Self-driven and reflective.
Effective communication skills, capable of conveying ideas clearly and persuasively.
Ability to manage, lead, implement, and follow up on projects effectively.
Finally, strong stakeholder management skills, applied both internally and externally.

Additional information
This position is based in?Älmhult, Sweden. Please send in your resume and motivational letter in English the latest at October 26th, 2025. We will start interviews continuously, so do not wait to apply!
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Sarah Assem, People and Culture Specialist,[email protected] . If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Mattias Ellert, Business Development Manager,[email protected] .
We look forward to receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company Description
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers, and suppliers. The Supply organisation within Range & Supply has approx. 2700 co-workers, in 22 countries and an exciting growth agenda to support meeting many more of the many!
Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! In Supply Chain Development we run and manage processes and solutions, securing excellence in operations as we are the home base to operational and expert functions, all providing preconditions for our integrated value chain. We develop the” supply the offer” processes and secure continuous improvements. Furthermore, we take the lead in keeping the business transformation on behalf of Supply together, by defining the prerequisites for the future IKEA operating model. And finally, we keep together the innovation and exploration agenda for ‘what’s next’ in the supply chain. All of this is done with a strong end-to-end approach with stakeholders from across the total IKEA eco system.
About Capability Area Procurement Development
Procurement Development is part of Supply Chain Development. We manage and develop procurement management capabilities, processes and relate?d digital solutions. Our mission is to secure the total supplier lifecycle from beginning to end of cooperation. This comprises of all major activities such as supplier sourcing, category strategy development, supplier relationship management and deviation management.
Job Description
Solution Architect within Procurement Development Area in Supply Chain Development
Are you someone who loves to provide simple solution to complex problems? Can you decode technical architectural diagram in a way that everyone in our team understand what, how and why? Do you like to share knowledge, learn every day and take pride in contributing to the team's success?
Do you want to play a key role in securing our products meet our architectural guidelines, fulfil business needs and are available when our user needs support Do you have an ability to influence and interact with strong stakeholders?
Is this an exciting challenge for you?
We are looking for a highly motivated Solution Architect (SA) with an entrepreneurial spirit to join our Solution Architecture team, within Procurement Development area. You will be part of digital product team(s). This is a unique chance to be in the lead as we move towards a new foundation that will help us today and in the future. You will work closely with our digital product leaders, business analyst, process developers and delivery team in your everyday work, and you will be a part of exciting initiatives by designing cost-efficient and reliable digital products keeping business priorities in the centre.
The assignment as Solution Architect:
In collaboration with stakeholders, bring ideas or business needs into business value through solutions.
Understand the digital product leader’s overall application portfolio, business priorities, and success measures to design robust architecture and solutions.
Proactively identify and advise on opportunities to deliver better business result (e.g. related to technology trends and players, roadmaps, customer value, cost, benefits, impact, risks, dependencies).
Secure, develop and review high-level design to support running business and provide guidance towards service improvements and service transition.
Collaborate with other Solution Architects and Enterprise Architects ensuring that the product/platform adheres to the Technology Architecture.
Communicate the solution architectures and transition roadmaps to relevant internal and external stakeholders within and across organization(s).
Govern and seek understanding, agreement to ensure aligned and consistent solution implementations across IKEA.
Support and be part of projects, initiatives and take responsibility for securing IKEA’s architecture vision and goals.
In a close dialog with stakeholders create and shape business and IT-related ideas into current state, future state, and transition states to guide the detailed design and delivery of solutions.

Qualifications
Are you the right candidate?
We believe you have a solid programming and development background and understand the Software development processes and of solution architecture concepts.
Working experience on Web technology, Cloud platform and SaaS solutions.
You have practical experience working in Agile and DevOps.

You are passionate about technology; trends & constantly keep you updated in how new technology can be utilized to bring value in a modern enterprise system landscape.
You have a good understanding about system integrations, data integration approaches like API,Kafta,MFT and can discuss technical interfaces on the needed detail level.
You have excellent analytical skills and apply a systematic approach to think through end-to-end solution architecture, encompassing all necessary solution components.
You have strong stakeholders’ management skills.
We believe you have experience from global implementation projects or larger solutions/platforms.
Working experience on digital procurement products or software would be an advantage.

Additional information
Are you interested in applying for this IKEA role?
This is full time permanent position based out of Älmhult, Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application in English by November 3rd 2025.
For more information about the role, please contact hiring manager Krishnan Mahadevan at [email protected]
If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist, Femina Karlsson at [email protected] Visa mindre

Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. 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.


Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
Job Description
We are looking for somebody with a passion for how to work, with energy to simplify ways of working! We see that you are highly driven by development and constantly being on the way. You dare to think differently and you have an agile approach and adapt as we go. You are interested in process way of working, digitalization and finding new ways of working and are highly motivated to do this by leading business through people and collaborate and interact with different stakeholders.
You should have the ability to lead, coach, motivate and influence teams and individual team members particularly in complex and challenging environments working?with product management teams while possessing a good knowledge of agile/scrum methodology, including key events and artefacts. With strong problem-solving skills with ability to navigate through blockers and obstacles you continuously improve and shape the agile approach to suit the team and context.
More specifically, in this role you will be accountable for:
Responsible for the adoption of lean and agile principles so teams are effective in achieving its purpose, creating and delivering customer and business value to IKEA, by facilitating and coaching agile ways of working in an environment of transformation.
Provide coaching, guidance and training for teams and leaders in order to adopt, implement and improve agile ways of working.
Facilitate collaboration and alignment between teams in order to secure engagement around shared business objectives.
Coach and mentor on how to mitigate and resolve dependencies in multi-team deliveries with shared business objectives.
Identify and diagnose issues in the team’s way of working, by tracking and using empirical data to produce objective measures and ensure continuous improvement.
Educate and help members of the team to understand how they can contribute to becoming a high performing team.
Provide transparency and visibility on the team’s activity/progress to be able to quickly respond to change.
Support the team in finding and maintaining a sense of psychological safety in the everyday work environment and team members in finding and maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
Be a contributing part of the team, making sure that every member can deliver efficiently and with high quality.

In this role you will report to our Platform Area Manager in Data & Technology.
Qualifications
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply chain; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.
We are looking for a pragmatic and adaptable person with strong willpower, curious and able to build relationships to establish strong trust between the Supply Data & Technology department and its stakeholders.
We expect you to be able to guide co-workers and teams to adopt agile ways of working to improve productivity, quality, and value generation. You are strong in managing changes and have interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships with colleagues of different seniority levels across the organization and across countries.
You can understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of data and technology as an integrated part of the business. You have proven experience and knowledge in:
Experience of working in agile teams
Expert level of understanding of lean and agile development practices and ways of working
Extensive knowledge of group dynamics, servant leadership, and empowered teams
Extensive knowledge of the psychology of teams and group dynamics
Good knowledge of product-orientation approach
Good knowledge of agile frameworks
Good knowledge of software development practices and execution
Good knowledge of stakeholder management and communication techniques

Additional information
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application in English and we only handle application sent in via our recruitment system. 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. This position is a permanent role and is based in Älmhult or Malmö, Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application no later than 3rd November 2025.
For more information about the position, please contact Platform Area Manager in Supply Data & Technology, Ilaria Tamburriello at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected]. Visa mindre

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe in discovering and developing the talent in each of us. We invest in your passions and encourage you to grow with them.?Come and see things a little differently with us!
In Purchasing Development, we enable purchasing of sustainable and affordable home furnishing products, food & services and managing our indirect procurement by establishing and developing a global supplier network. We explore new business and market opportunities as well as innovate materials & technology and set the pre-conditions for cost-effective product development and production. We secure accessibility of affordable raw material from responsibly managed sources with a positive social and environmental impact within and beyond our own needs.
The assignment goes hand and hand with the IKEA Business idea as we are responsible to produce the ‘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’. ?Affordability, accessibility, sustainability, and quality are our main priorities.? We develop and execute sourcing strategies and meet the Supply markets/industries in 6 different categories. We are a global organization with around 1300 co-workers placed in 27 different locations, close to the suppliers and the market.
Job Description
As the Material Engineering Manager, you will lead the technical and quality strategy work
and secure execution in the categories business teams. Lead and ensure the execution of a prioritized portfolio of material and innovation projects delivering to IKEA material directions and overall strategies within your area. You will inspire and empower the team and co-workers to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments.
Your main assignments will be to:
Lead the development and deployment of the Material Direction which include both new material and related production processes as well as improvement of existing materials and production techniques.
Lead Engineering & Quality direction and establish goals and priorities together with Engineering Leader
Responsible for identifying and leading the development of needed business capabilities within the area of expertise to create optimal pre-conditions for co-workers and suppliers in the business to perform in their assignments and deliver to our strategies and goals.
Lead material and innovation development with a focus on revolutionary and disruptive innovation that contributes to all dimensions of democratic design while delivering step changes in affordability and sustainability/circularity.
Prioritize the projects within the Material and Innovation portfolio in alignment with the governance of the Material direction and the Range Area needs.
Responsible for leading, managing and developing the teams.
Responsible for driving the Leadership and Competence agenda within the team, to secure knowledge, competence and capability building within material area as well as sharing with relevant stakeholders within IKEA and actively lead/contribute preconditions for cross innovation area projects.
Engage in recruitment, performance management, retention, and succession planning to secure strong leadership and future capabilities in the Engineering, Quality, and Material teams.
Actively contribute as a member of the extended Purchasing Development management Team, ensuring integration of material, engineering, and quality perspectives in business decisions.



Qualifications
You come with a track record in a leadership and management position. You are a proven leader, leading people & business together. Leading by example, you consistently bring out the best in your team and those around you, embodying and promoting IKEA's core values in every environment.
We also believe that you:
Have experience from leading senior leaders and developing people from both a matrix and organizational perspective within a global organization.
Hold solid knowledge and senior experience in the field of purchasing (suppliers, materials, production flow, capacity planning and supply chain cost drivers) as well as customers,
Have a strong capability to identify and capture business opportunities and deliver excellent results.
Have experience working on a strategic level, translating long-term priorities into clearly defined business objectives.
We believe that you embrace innovation and digitalization and by that, together with your colleagues, challenge what is and develop long term material strategies and production techniques for the future.

Additional information
Note that we will interview candidates continuously throughout the recruitment process.
The Material Engineering Manager position is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Since our business and people are located throughout the world, the position requires extensive travel. You will report to Deputy Purchase Development Manager
If you have any questions regarding the position, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].
We are looking forward to receiving your applications in English by October 1st. Visa mindre

Company Description
This recruitment is part of the ongoing process of unifying & strengthening IKEA Supply. Together we want to make IKEA Supply even stronger, so IKEA can be affordable, accessible and trusted by 3 billion people. Together we will take IKEA Supply into the future.
Supply Chain Operations (SCO) is a global organization in IKEA Supply. With our 1100 amazing and passionate colleagues sitting in 20 locations around the world we make sure that our customers can buy the IKEA products they desire and love. Together with our partners, we develop and deliver excellent transport and logistic solutions that are simple, affordable, and sustainable.
?In Category Area Transport, as part of SCO, we are responsible to procure, develop and operate all transport capacities in the IKEA supply chain.
You think outside of the box? So do we. Come and see things a little differently with us
Job Description
If you are curious to grow the business and challenge yourself in very dynamic environment,this is an opportunity for you. We are looking for a Business Developer in Category Area Transport in Älmhult, who will be part of securing Transport capacities now and over time and developing the future of Transportation in Category Land. We aim to build long term relations with our Partners, able not only to move goods from point A to B, but also with your support and challenge, become strong advanced professionals that contribute to IKEA development agenda with Sustainability, High performance, Safety, Costs and Quality in mind.
With your entrepreneurship, courage and motivation to create a change, ability to capture and deploy scalable innovations we believe you can be part of delivering the best result for IKEA customers.
We have two open positions for this role, with the profile as you see below.
Your tasks in the role;
· Develop and maintain relationships with Transport Service providers, with purpose to secure their performance
· Professionally challenge and support Transport Service providers to constantly improve and increase overall competitiveness
· By networking, alternative drive-trains and fuels, better equipment, intermodal solution and other new smart solutions.
· Identify and act on business opportunities through business cases/projects, introduce new potential for Transport service providers and actively taking part in tenders and/or other procurement activities.
· Utilize the service providers Transport industry knowledge and guide them to achieve IKEA long term goals.
· Maintain extensive knowledge of relevant transport market conditions, keep up to date with industry trends, incl. innovative approaches and economical influences.
· Follow the development of legal/regulatory framework, negotiate and be responsible for signing contracts
Qualifications
To shine and succeed in this role, Your competency profile consists of;
· Professional experience (at least 3 years) on strategic level with purchasing and business development within Transport
· Insight in transport industry, market conditions and macroeconomic trends and the impact on transport business
· Excellent communication & negotiation skills and the ability to build trustful relationships
· Good knowledge in building & evaluating fact-based business cases
· Ability to act as a Team player and to drive development
· Fluent in English, both written and spoken for both positions, and for one of the position also spoken level of Lithuanian and/or Russian language might be extra benefit.
You get never bored at Ikea, every day has new challenges. You will be member of a team where sharing and learning together is a very important part of developing the business. When needed you are also able to work with limited guidance and lead yourself into the unknown. Finally, we hope that you share our values and have a great interest to join our mission to create a better life for the many people and will always act as IKEA ambassador. Visa mindre

Business Development Manager - Category Paper
Company Description
Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people.
At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think, differently. Act, differently. And work differently as well. We like to break things. And then make things. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. By 2030, we hope to help millions more look forward to going home.
Want to help make this happen? Join our global Purchasing Development business! It is filled with curious and passionate people, that get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together to deliver great business results. Does it sound like your kind of people?
We are now looking forward to welcome a new Business Development Manager to Category Paper
Job Description
Paper is a strategic material for IKEA and a key element in our commitment towards sustainability, affordability and innovation. As Category paper, we ensure paper, as a natural renewable and sustainable source, to be widely & innovatively used in all home furnishing business at affordable price for the many people. Together with our partners, we drive the change for People & Planet.
Paper Category is looking for a business-minded entrepreneur who gets energy by developing business through people. the role will be placed at one of our purchasing offices in Älmhult, Sweden.
About the role
Being a Business Development Manager at IKEA means several things. As a part of the Category Management Team, you will actively contribute the development of the Category Business Plan, securing business results and developing people as well as continuously explore new business opportunities in Europe. You lead, inspire and empower a team to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments responsible for developing paper businesses.
In this role, you will:
Lead a team of 12 people located in Älmhult and Prague with diverse backgrounds to inspire, empower and support the team to perform to the best. As you will be located in one of the purchasing office, remote leadership and frequently travelling is part of the job.
Together with team, develop a high performing and dynamic supplier base and deliver result.
Execute category business plan, supporting team to create Action Plan to improve, develop business and supplier performance, according to goals.
Identify new business & innovation opportunities – suppliers, setups, supply chains, materials etc.
Responsible to implement and secure compliance to relevant working methods and industry regulations
Responsible to establish cost budget and continuously secure that resources are used in an optimal way to support business goals
As part of the Category Management Team, actively contribute to the development of the Category business Plans and sourcing strategy.
Lead in the way that IKEA culture and values are an everyday reality. Acts as role model for collaboration, togetherness, change management and Fact-based Business leadership

Qualifications
We see that you are a true leader who loves to ask “why…” and “what if..” and you are passionate about developing business and people. You have proven experience leading teams and a great track record of delivering great business results through the people you work with. You easily build trust and partnerships to reach common goals across borders and functions. As a person you have lots of energy, drive and commitment to reach excellent results. You have ability to transfer big picture into concrete actions and adapt new surrounding fast. You like challenges and to step into the unknown. You lead the business with analytical and holistic view, always keeping customer, supplier and IKEA in mind.
You have a strong foundation in living and sharing the IKEA culture and values. You bring a high energy and a positive, solution-oriented approach to your role as Business Development Manager. You are comfortable anticipating and leading change and deliver result. You will be working in a truly international environment with a lot of contacts with colleagues and suppliers in Europe and the position includes frequent travelling. We hope you want to contribute with your unique competence for IKEAs future.
Here you have a unique opportunity to be part of a professional, strong, and fun management team where you will be listened to and have the possibility to make an impact and deliver to the overall category business and people plan.
What you bring with you?
Approved excellent leadership record. Being a down-to earth leader , providing clarity with a positive, inspiring approach and leading through others with the aim to let them shine in their roles and assignments
Are solution oriented and have a strong business acumen with the ability to work on a strategic level as well as sustaining excellence in daily operations on an operational and tactical level
Good knowledge and understanding in purchasing and logistics and specifically manufacturing and cost-drivers connected to that .
Strong stakeholder management skill , work with your stakeholders both internally and externally.
Excellent understanding of business tools and systems to drive conclusions and actions
Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate clearly and in a simple way
Able to take and execute through decisions
Experience from paper industries is a strong advantage.

Additional information
We would love to know more about you and your motivation for this job!
• What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
• What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?
• Imagine the Paper business in 2030, what would it look like?
Please send us your application in English by 18th August 2025. The selection process will take place continuously, so please send in your application as soon as possible. If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Ying Wang, Category Manager Paper, [email protected]. Visa mindre

Company Description


Do you have passion for food? Would you like to be part of fantastic IKEA Food journey?
Do you have a solid base in manufacturing and quality improvement methodologies within the food industry? Would you like a position where you will have a great impact on the way IKEA is working together with our Suppliers across the world? A position that offers you a chance to challenge existing manufacturing techniques with a win-win mindset? A position where you will lead the work of securing high quality of our products to millions of customers each year? Then this might be a chance for you!
Job Description


For this position it is important to know how to build and maintain business relations, having excellent communication skills, being a good team player, respecting values and being persistent.
You are able to prioritize, set a clear agenda and like to deliver high quality results on time. You have ability to make decisions and solve problems with holistic view. You have high energy and self-driven way of working to deliver better products for the many people by working together with the suppliers and co-workers in IKEA.
We believe that you have a background in food engineering, quality and production development; preferably having an engineering education and 2-5 years of working experience within the food industry.
Since we are working in a global context, you need to have good communicative skills and speak fluently English. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested to take your next step in a big global company to develop yourself further and to develop IKEA Food together with us!
Qualifications


As a Production Engineer you lead the engineering and quality agenda with the overall goal to improve the customer satisfaction. You are the main contact towards the suppliers and work as part of the business team together with the supplier to develop and secure the production processes, handling of quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements. Amongst others you are:
are expert in quality assurance and follow up
are familiar with product audits and production risk assessments at supplier sites
are responsible for supplier development so you have experience in lean manufacturing and six sigma
are leading the continuous improvements agenda from a production perspective
have the interest and drive to build trust and partnership to reach common goals

For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that our co-workers share our values. We offer a fun, dynamic and challenging position in a global organization.
Additional information


The recruitment will take place continuously so please send in your application in English as soon as possible but no later than 18 Aug. 2025.
If you have any questions regarding the job please contact Business Development Manager, Diogo Sêco at [email protected] . If you have questions regarding the recruitment process please contact People & Culture Specialist Femina Karlsson at [email protected].
If you are the right person for this position, we can offer you an assignment in a global organization with a great possibility to build and create something new, where your ideas are heard and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”!
IKEA Food develops and provides the food sold and served in all IKEA Restaurants, Bistro´s, Swedish Food Markets and the IKEA co-worker restaurants. IKEA Food has over 400 restaurants in over 50 markets and every year 650 million guests are enjoying the IKEA Food. Visa mindre

About you
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply chain; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.
We are looking for a pragmatic and adaptable person with strong willpower, curious and able to build relationships to establish strong trust between the Supply Data & Technology department and its stakeholders.
We expect you to be able to guide co-workers and teams to adopt agile ways of working to improve productivity, quality, and value generation. You are strong in managing changes and have interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships with colleagues of different seniority levels across the organization and across countries.
You can understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of data and technology as an integrated part of the business. You have proven experience and knowledge in:
Experience of working in agile teams
Expert level of understanding of lean and agile development practices and ways of working
Extensive knowledge of group dynamics, servant leadership, and empowered teams
Extensive knowledge of the psychology of teams and group dynamics
Good knowledge of product-orientation approach
Good knowledge of agile frameworks
Good knowledge of software development practices and execution
Good knowledge of stakeholder management and communication techniques



About the job
We are looking for somebody with a passion for how to work, with energy to simplify ways of working! We see that you are highly driven by development and constantly being on the way. You dare to think differently and you have an agile approach and adapt as we go. You are interested in process way of working, digitalization and finding new ways of working and are highly motivated to do this by leading business through people and collaborate and interact with different stakeholders.
You should have the ability to lead, coach, motivate and influence teams and individual team members particularly in complex and challenging environments working?with product management teams while possessing a good knowledge of agile/scrum methodology, including key events and artefacts. With strong problem-solving skills with ability to navigate through blockers and obstacles you continuously improve and shape the agile approach to suit the team and context.
More specifically, in this role you will be accountable for:
Responsible for the adoption of lean and agile principles so teams are effective in achieving its purpose, creating and delivering customer and business value to IKEA, by facilitating and coaching agile ways of working in an environment of transformation.
Provide coaching, guidance and training for teams and leaders in order to adopt, implement and improve agile ways of working.
Facilitate collaboration and alignment between teams in order to secure engagement around shared business objectives.
Coach and mentor on how to mitigate and resolve dependencies in multi-team deliveries with shared business objectives.
Identify and diagnose issues in the team’s way of working, by tracking and using empirical data to produce objective measures and ensure continuous improvement.
Educate and help members of the team to understand how they can contribute to becoming a high performing team.
Provide transparency and visibility on the team’s activity/progress to be able to quickly respond to change.
Support the team in finding and maintaining a sense of psychological safety in the everyday work environment and team members in finding and maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
Be a contributing part of the team, making sure that every member can deliver efficiently and with high quality.

In this role you will report to our Platform Area Manager in Data & Technology
About us
Inter IKEA Group brings together: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. 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.
Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
Questions & Support? Let’s connect.
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Ilaria Tamburriello, Platform Area Manager in Supply Data & Technology,
This position is located in Älmhult, Malmö Sweden
We look forward to receiving your application at the latest August 1st, 2025
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected]
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IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
Job Description
Supply Analytics Management has the assignment to create value and enable business growth by bringing data from across IKEA together to gather actionable insights. We work closely with our business stakeholders and form product teams that deliver cutting edge; data driven solutions for our coworkers.
We work in a modern cloud-based Azure environment, and you will be a part of the data sharing and front-end development team, securing our data products and analytical capabilities sharing. You will be regularly involved in workshops with coworkers to harness modern data infrastructure efficiently and provide long term solutions.
You will:
Guide and facilitate data sharing within the wider IKEA organisation.
Lead the development and roll-out of data sharing practices across a complex organisation with multiple legal entities and privacy concerns.
Be a central point of contact and escalation within the IKEA data sharing community.
Drive continuous improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing of data sharing practices, tools and assets across IKEA.
Help handling privacy and ethical concerns that may relate to the sharing or processing of data.
Ensure consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices.
Work closely with Supply Capability Areas to enable identified roles in creating self-service digital product.
Securing architectural principles applied in data sharing.
Promote the data sharing culture leading by example.
Act as consultant in implementing and suggesting technical solutions to grant access to data and digital products, including the ability to identify scenarios who may require advanced security features.
Verify the adherence of digital product to IKEA design framework SKAPA.

In this role you will report to our Data & Analytics Manager in Data & Technology at IKEA Supply.
Is This Role for Me?
Do you share IKEA’s values?
Do you have at least 3 years' experience as an analytical developer?
Do you have deep knowledge of Power BI, DAX and connected services?
Are you familiar in maintaining and structuring security groups in ENTRA ID or alternative services, including the ability to invite externals?

If your answer is yes to all the four statements above, then come and join us at IKEA!
Qualifications
As a Data Sharing Leader, you will support the organisation in leveraging information and data. This you will do in many ways; by supporting teams in removing barriers hindering data sharing, by supporting data publishers and users in adopting sharing standards and guardrails and by communicating and building understanding of the data landscape across IKEA. You will actively and proactively help product and project teams understand what data they need to fulfil their purpose and help them seamlessly access the right data assets. Making sure that the organisation can maximise the value of its data while adhering to the highest standards of ethics and privacy.
We believe that our new colleague in Data Sharing should have at least 3 years' experience in building systems that collect, manage, and convert data into usable information, designing and implementing data and digital products to a high industry standard as well as good knowledge of , Power BI, DAX and Entra ID.
In addition, excellent working knowledge of Power BI, ideally with Associate Power BI or Fabric certification is beneficial. You will collaborate closely with the Supply Data and Technology team as well as with other practitioners across the larger IKEA organisation.
The ideal applicant has good communication and collaboration skills and will be a team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with coworkers, and loves sharing knowledge. You are a curious problem solver who wants to keep learning in a dynamic global environment. The role is office based so meeting face to face and working collaboratively to solve problems should be something you enjoy.
You are a big fan of home furnishing and enjoy building a purposeful business by creating engaging and trustful relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and business partners. As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both technology and people. You create impact and inspiration regardless of function or formal reporting lines.
The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com or just watch this video: https://bit.ly/ikea-what-if
Additional information
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Corrado Mazzoni, Data Sharing Leader, [email protected], Robert Pernetun, IKEA Supply Data & Analytics Manager, [email protected], or questions about the recruitment process feel free to connect with Dan Gustafsson, [email protected], People & Culture Leader.
This position is located in Älmhult or Malmö, Sweden, or alternatively in Warsaw, Poland.
Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest 8th of August 2025. Due to vacation period pls be aware that response time might be a bit longer so have patience with us.
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 majority of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant. Visa mindre

IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
We are now looking for a Data Scientist in Supply Chain Development, Data & Technology, Core Business Supply.
Job Description
As a Data Scientist, you will support the organisation in leveraging data. This you will do in many ways; by supporting business stakeholders in understanding the potential of and what is needed to unlock the power of data science, machine learning, and AI, by being engaged in the community of data scientists across the organisation, creating and disseminating best practices, frameworks, and accelerators across the organisation.
We work in a modern cloud-based Azure environment, and you will be a part of the community continuously developing our data science, machine learning, and AI capabilities. You take your colleagues by the hand, and you constructively advise what is needed to enable efficient use of data to reach the organisation's goals. You are regularly involved in activities and meetings with stakeholders to determine large and small data opportunities and support teams regarding data and analytics.
More specifically, in this role you will be accountable to:
Create new insights and digital products within Supply by having data models and algorithms in place to enable prediction, optimization, and simulation.
Aggregate and structure raw data into models, applying learning algorithms, interpret the results and deploy digital products.
Perform all stages of advanced analytics, from exploring and blending data, to structure predictive data models and to draw insights and deployment.
Drive continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing of methodologies, tools, and materials across the Inter IKEA Data Science community and Inter IKEA at-large.
Help ensure consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices.
Collaborate and communicate with other parts of the organisation to understand needs of stakeholders and devise possible solutions.

In this role, you will report to our Data & Analytics manager at IKEA Supply and work closely with the Data Science network of expertise. Leading towards increased uniformity and commonality, contributing to the Inter IKEA Digital framework and delivering on the needs of IKEA Supply.
Are you looking for the challenge of your life? Come on board!
Qualifications
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply chain; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.
To be successful in this role, we see that you have experience in building data models with a proven track record. We believe you can inspire, set and mobilize people towards objectives. You are curious and able to build relationships to establish strong trust between the Supply Data & Technology community and its stakeholders. You should also be able to make advanced technical solutions understood and embraced by both technical and non-technical co-workers. Leadership and business development experience from complex organisations is to your advantage.
We expect you to have excellent knowledge of digital working methods, in particular project and program management, with the relevant experience and track record. You have knowledge of modern development and deployment techniques such as Agile, DevOps, and MLOps and a comprehensive understanding of statistical and machine learning, as well as data management and visualisation techniques. You have proficiency with an appropriate set of languages, technologies, and frameworks. Typical for this position are python, Databricks, and Azure, but any convertible or additional experiences are appreciated. Most likely you have a graduate degree or equivalent professional qualifications in e.g. statistics, computer science, mathematics, econometrics, physics, or related. Further, machine learning, operational research, forecasting, GenAI/LLM, and software engineering experience from big projects, or familiarity with IKEA or supply chain topics are meriting.
You enjoy building a purposeful business by creating engaging and trustful relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and business partners. As a person, you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both technology and people. You create impact and inspiration regardless of function or formal reporting lines.
The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com or just watch this video: https://bit.ly/ikea-what-if
Additional information
For any clarifications about the role, please reach out to Alexander Funcke, Data Science Leader, [email protected], or Robert Pernetun, IKEA Supply Data & Analytics Manager, [email protected].
This position is located in Älmhult or Malmö, Sweden. Please note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest 8th of August 2025. Due to vacation period pls be aware that response time might be a bit longer so have patience with us.
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected]
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 majority of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant. Visa mindre

Analytics management has the assignment to create value and enable business movements by bringing data, competence and the right tools from across IKEA together. We are working closely with the business and product teams that deliver cutting edge, data driven solutions to the many IKEA customers and co-workers.
As a Data Product Leader, you will support the organisation in leveraging information and data assets for maximum value. We use a mix of cloud and on-prem platforms in a data mesh and you will play a central role in making sure that there are high quality data products available to consume. This you will do by managing data assets as data products that can be easily consumed by the rest of the organisation. With a focus on improving the value of the data, you will increase the quality, speed or accessibility of the data by continuously adding and improving data sources. There might also be need for creating fundamental analytics solutions connected with the data product. You will as well help to set up and lead customer or consumer facing products.
A Data Product Leader will be responsible also for overseeing the development and management of data-related products and services within a Product Area (based on IKEA Product Areas).
To maximise the value of our data products you will work closely with the rest of the organisation, moving seamlessly between business and digital specialists. You will collaborate closely with the Analytics Management and Data Management team as well as with other stakeholders and product owners across the larger IKEA organisation.
More specifically, in this role you will be accountable for:
Together with your DevOps team, accountable & responsible for framing of all initiatives connected to analytics management and the digital product teams priorities.
Co-ordinate & manage teams (Onshore/Offshore)
Organize the E2E teams (IKEA and consultants) and processes to optimize the value creation and to stay relevant to the Business priorities and needs.
Create and maintain a roadmap for data product development, prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer needs and market trends.
Plan and execute product launches, coordinating with all the relevant teams to maximize product adoption and success.
Collaborate with support, test and training teams to provide required support and materials enabling successful data products and data driven initiatives implementation.
Gather feedback from users and stakeholders to understand pain points and areas for product enhancement.
Lead and manage data products and establish a process to maximize the connected value over the products lifecycle.
Support connected initiatives in the data space in order to maximize the value delivered.
Help the organization understand how data assets can be used to maximize business value for IKEA. Explore opportunities to monetize data assets and turn data products into revenue streams for IKEA.
Drive continuous improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing around the data assets you lead.
Ensure quality, integrity, compliance with data privacy regulation and consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices.
Stay up-to-date with emerging data technologies and trends to identify potential areas for innovation and product growth. Conduct market research to identify customer needs, competitor offerings, and industry trends related to data products.

Qualifications
We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply; therefore we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.
To be successful in this role, we believe you are a strong leader who is able to naturally and effectively communicate, collaborate, network and build relationships across a complex organisation.
You should also be able to make the benefits of data products understood and embraced by both technical and non-technical co-workers and lead a team.
Beyond that if you are comfortable balancing several stakeholders and agendas simultaneously.
You are passionate about creating value from data and analytics you enjoy working close to business and used to identify and capture business opportunities and deliver results with high sense of urgency by building relationships and networks.
You will lead the analytics management domain for one of our capability areas to secure that defined analytics needs and data principles are followed.
We expect you to have very good knowledge of analytics solutions such as PowerBi and Analytics Technologies in general and digital organizations, strategies and working methods and a solid experience and track record in data integration across platforms and business processes, data standards, ETL’s and analytics solutions transformation to address with good understanding of data domain management aspects on analytics solutions.
You have had hands on experience in managing BW/BI/Data/Analytics solutions in Franchisor and/or global Application landscapes in supply chain environments. Ideally you also have had exposure in building and managing global analytics communities, introducing the necessary solutions and balancing business needs with IT capabilities and developments. Embracing agile practices and ways of working in an entrepreneurial environment is to your advantage.
You are a big fan of home furnishing and enjoy building a purposeful business by creating engaging and trustful relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and business partners.
As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both technology and people.
You create impact and inspiration regardless of function or formal reporting lines.

Additional information
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Robert Pernetun, IKEA Supply Data & Analytics manager, [email protected].
This position is located in Älmhult or Malmö, Sweden. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest 8th of August 2025. Due to vacation period pls be aware that response time might be a bit longer so have patience with us.
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected]. Visa mindre

The Intelligence Automation Centre of Excellence has the assignment to create value by providing automation solutions and simplify the life of our IKEA co-worker, working hand in hand with the business and product teams.

This role includes essential duties and responsibilities:
· Guided by the Development Leader's leadership, lead and coordinate a team of QA engineers (consultants) in the design, implementation, and maintenance of test automation frameworks using UIPath.
· ?Develop and execute automated test scripts as necessary to ensure the quality and performance of software solutions.
· Initiate and lead proof of concepts or technologies related to test automation to expand automation capabilities into new areas.
· Responsible for leading and guiding teams in performance, load, and security testing to ensure software solutions meet scalability, reliability, and security standards.
· Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and formulate testing strategies.
· Continuously improve testing processes and automation frameworks, enhancing their efficiency and effectiveness.
· Lead the test automation initiative planning in alignment with the Development Leader, ensuring that deliverables are achieved and timelines are met.
· Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA team members, promoting best practices in test automation and supporting the team in overcoming impediments and blockers.
· Analyze test results and deliver comprehensive reports to project teams and management.
· Stay informed about the latest industry trends and advancements in test automation tools, methodologies, and technological developments, particularly those related to AI.

In this role you will report to our Intelligent Automation Development Manager in Data & Technology at IKEA Supply.

About you
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception.

To be successful in this role, we expect you have:

Experience:
· 5+ years of experience in software testing and test automation.
· 2+ years of experience working with UiPath platform (UiPath Test Suite could be advantage).
· Prior experience as a test leader or QA manager.
· Familiarity with agile development practices.
· Experience in conducting and guiding team for performance and load testing to ensure software solutions meet scalability and reliability standards.
· Experience in performing and guiding team for security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure robust protection of system data and functionalities
Requirement:
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
· Proficiency in designing and implementing test automation frameworks using UiPath.
· Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and processes.
· Experience with other automation tools is a plus (e.g., Selenium).
· Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
· Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
· Proven track record of leading successful test automation projects.
· Ability to manage multiple tasks and adjust priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Good to have certification:
· UiPath Certified Professional – Advanced RPA Developer
· Could be an advantage: Certified Tester – Performance Testing, Certified Software Quality Analyst, ISTQB Certified Tester

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please use our SmartRecruiters system to apply for the position, as we do not accept applications via email. This position is based in Malmö or Älmhult, Sweden. We encourage you to apply, but no later than 10 Aug. 2025. We will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.

Due to the summer holiday period in Sweden, our recruitment process may take a bit longer than usual. We appreciate your patience and understanding. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Company Description


Customs Operation in Älmhult, Sweden consists of approx. 35 co-workers, divided into 3 Support teams. Our assignment is to secure a well-functioning import and/or export process for more than 30 countries in the region, on different levels of detail. We give daily support and coordination in customs related topics within legal matters, goods flow and IT-knowledge to secure availability, affordability and ensure compliance.
We are now looking for a new colleague to our brilliant team in Älmhult!
Job Description


We offer you a position in an inspiring environment where cooperation and high tempo are mixed with great laughter and team spirit. Your application can be the beginning of a long-term relationship and we hope you want to contribute with your experiences and passion for IKEA's future!
As Customs Operations Specialist working at Customs Operations, the main assignment is to secure the Import Control for our FOOD range and send correctly compiled import declarations using a digital solution in direct contact with Customs Authorities in each country.
As a Customs Operations Specialist you will:
Secure good communication and support to and from other IKEA units, external service providers and authorities within Europe to ensure timely, accurate and compliant entries according to customs rules and regulations.
Control and investigate various issues to secure compliance in every customs declaration according to countries legislations.
Contribute to the development of how we work and reaching our goals within the department.

DECLARE EVERYTHING – IN TIME – CORRECT – IN COMPLIANCE
Qualifications


We believe you have plenty of energy and curiosity to learn and we see that you are a person that is driven and dares to challenge people and business. You have a logical mind and understands IT solutions digital connections quickly.
To be successful in this position we believe you are:
Experienced or have an education within the field of customs and import operation, logistics and/or supply chain
Motivated by working in a routine-based environment at a high pace
Familiar with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel
Comfortable with working and navigating in digital IT solutions
Fluent in English, both written and verbal

If you on top of this have a valid work permit in Sweden, is a service minded and communicative person with the IKEA Culture & Values close to heart that likes structure and enjoy working both in a team as well as by your own, we would really like to talk to you!
Additional information


Please note this position is based in Älmhult, Sweden (No Relocation Support for this position).
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact recruiting manager Kevin Fager, [email protected] If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Samuel Karlsson, People & Culture Specialist via [email protected]
Please apply in English before the 19th of June, 2025. 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 candidates. Please send us your application today.
We do not accept applications via email.
IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA IKEA Supply Services (Sweden) AB is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Supply Area North (SAN) is one of 7 Supply Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, and Kaunas. SAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Supply Chain Operations, Customs Operations Support Centre, Quality Support Centre, and Warehousing Logistics. Visa mindre

Company Description


Customs Operation Support Centre Europe/Africa (COSC EA) in Älmhult, Sweden consists of approx. 35 co-workers, divided into 3 Support teams. Our assignment is to secure a well-functioning import and/or export process for more than 30 countries in the region, on different levels of detail. We give daily support and coordination in customs related topics within legal matters, goods flow and IT-knowledge to secure availability, affordability and ensure compliance.
Job Description


We are looking for two new colleagues, for a temporary assignment of 1 year.
We offer you a position in an inspiring environment where cooperation and high tempo are mixed with great laughter and team spirit. Your application can be the beginning of a long-term relationship and we hope you want to contribute with your experiences and passion for IKEA's future!
As Customs Operations Specialist working at Customs Operations Support Centre, the main assignment is to send correctly compiled import declarations using a digital solution in direct contact with Customs Authorities in each country. You will secure good communication and support to and from other IKEA units, external service providers and authorities within Europe to ensure timely, accurate and compliant entries according to customs rules and regulations. You will control and investigate various issues to secure compliance in every customs declaration according to countries legislations. You will also contribute to the development of how we work and reaching our goals within the department.
DECLARE EVERYTHING – IN TIME – CORRECT – IN COMPLIANCE
Qualifications


We believe you have plenty of energy and curiosity to learn and we see that you are a person that is driven and dares to challenge people and business. You have a logical mind and understands IT solutions digital connections quickly.
You are a service-minded person with a clear and respectful way of communicating.
You enjoy working in a structured way both on your own, within the team and with relevant stakeholders.
You are motivated by working in a routine-based environment with high pace.
You can prioritize your work to deliver assignments with high quality.
You can analyze with focus on details and follow up on relevant goals and deviations.
You should be:
Familiar with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel
Comfortable with working and navigating in digital IT solutions
Fluent in English both written and verbal
Have a work Permit in Sweden
Self-going and driven
Preferably with customs experience

We believe that you have:
Experience/Education within the field of customs and import operation, logistics and/or supply chain
IKEA Culture & Values close to heart

Additional information


Both positions are temporary assignments for 1 year.
Please note this position is based in Älmhult, Sweden (No Relocation Support for this position).
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact recruiting manager Sanna Dahlström, [email protected]. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Femina Karlsson, People & Culture Specialist via [email protected] .
Please apply in English before the 19th of June 2025 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 candidates. Please send us your application today.
IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA IKEA Supply Services (Sweden) AB is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Supply Area North (SAN) is one of 7 Supply Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, and Kaunas. SAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Supply Chain Operations, Customs Operations Support Centre, Quality Support Centre, and Warehousing Logistics. Visa mindre

Company Description
ARE YOU READY TO CHALLENGE THE FUTURE OF LOGISTICS?
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.
Supply Chain Development?(SCD)?is one of the business units in Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs.
Have you ever thought about the future of logistics and fulfilment or maybe even what it should look like? Would you like to be working with product development and be part of the engineering team securing Logistics and Fulfilment equipment for IKEA globally? Do you like to work daily using IKEA values as a guide? Join IKEA’s logistics and fulfilment focused innovation team as a Product Requirement Engineer to establish the future of logistics for IKEA!
Job Description
As a Product Requirement Engineer you will be part of a team that is designing, experimenting, prototyping, adjusting, changing, testing and finalizing Logistics and Fulfilment Equipment.
As a Product Requirement Engineer you will be responsible for:
Verify that the equipment/solutions are safe and compliant meeting both legal requirements and co-worker/customer needs.
Identify and develop technical & measurable requirements
Develop verification plan for product development of complete products and apply relevant verification test methods
Communicate technical requirements to necessary partners during the product development phase (Development & Innovation Networks, IKEA Components and Suppliers)
Capture learning and actively share knowledge connected to requirements.
Make statistical analysis of test data and define the quality level during equipment/solution development
Secure complete and relevant equipment/solution documentation during the development phase
Identify compliance gaps in equipment/solution documentation
Secure that the equipment/solution requirement package is compliant throughout the product lifecycle
Contribute with Mechanical engineering in the early product design phase.

What will you get?
Building trust with leaders and colleagues is inevitable, accompanied by elevated expectations for your performance and personal development, and the growth of the business. Your manager is committed to facilitating your success by removing obstacles in your path, fostering your professional development, and encouraging your journey towards self-improvement. Joining a team of intelligent, dedicated, compassionate, and grounded individuals who share a passion for the end to end goodsflow of IKEA.
You will be welcomed to a workplace with trust and support from leaders and colleagues and there will be expectations on you to perform and develop yourself and the business. You will be part of a team with smart and caring people who are very proud of what they do, and love to have a lot of fun!
Qualifications
You probably have a University Degree in engineering or similar experience together with a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or product requirements.
You are experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish.
You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others.
You have great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen. A passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way.
You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams, making things happen by involving and engaging people.
Preferably you will have experience working with mechanical engineering and or automation solutions.

Additional information
We believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and motivation letter in English latest the 12th of June 2025
For further information regarding the assignment, please contact Development Manager Matthew Ritchie at [email protected]
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact our People & Culture Recruiter Femina Ladhani Karlsson at [email protected]
Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, so make sure you send in your applications soonest!
For this position we do not offer relocation support. Visa mindre

Company Description
At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We strive to be the leader in sustainable, affordable life at home, inspiring and enabling customers to fulfil their needs and dreams at home.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people.
We are looking for an Impact and Assessment Leader. Please note, this is a temporary assignment to cover for a parental leave starting as soon as possible. This job is located in Älmhult and it is required to be located physically in Sweden and work majority of the time in the office.
Job Description
Together with colleagues from the Impact and Assessment Team (other Impact and Assessment Leaders and Sustainability Analysts) and with many other sustainability and business colleagues you will be responsible for supporting the sustainability agenda across Inter IKEA.
The Impact and Assessment Team is responsible for CSRD compliance for sustainability topics, including disclosures, double materiality assessment, impact assessment and implementation support for sustainability related regulations and requirements and due diligence reporting.
Qualifications
There are many things you could bring as our new colleague.
We believe that you have a few years of work experience within the sustainability area, and it would be beneficial if you have work experience with materiality assessment and CSRD implementation. Alternatively, you have experience from auditing (social, financial), internal auditing or consulting or similar.
We also see that you are:
Analytical and detail oriented but can also “zoom out” and see the big picture.
Structured and have strong project management skills.
Experienced in working within a global and highly complex environment.
With the ability to work with and through others since this team collaborates with many others within Inter IKEA.

Additional information
Please submit your CV and the answer to the question below in English, online via our recruitment system Smart Recruiters no later than 10th June 2025
How do you see your skills and experience fitting the qualifications mentioned above?
(Please share your answer in the “note” section while applying.)
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact the Recruiting Manager Angela Billings-Soini at [email protected].
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact the People & Culture Recruiter Femina Ladhani Karlsson at [email protected] Visa mindre

Company Description
Inter IKEA is a group of companies that connects IKEA retailers with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. It consists of three businesses: Retail concept, Range and Supply.?IKEA Supply is responsible to source, manufacture and distribute IKEA products to the IKEA retailers. This to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost. In Purchasing Development, the assignment goes hand and hand with the IKEA Business idea as we are responsible to produce the ‘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’. ?Affordability, accessibility, sustainability and quality are our main priorities.? We develop and execute sourcing strategies and meet the Supply markets/industries in 6 different categories. We are a global organization with around 1000 co-workers placed in 27 different locations, close to the suppliers and the market.
We are now recruiting a Category Sourcing Leader to join our exciting journey in Category Mattresses in Category Area Textile Furnishing.?Are you our next Category Sourcing Leader? Come and join us!
We in Category Area Textile Furnishing are passionate about beautiful textiles and great comfort and want to make our wide offer accessible and affordable to the many people. With over 300 co-workers and 200 suppliers across the world, Category Area Textile Furnishings drives and develops the global supply chain of textile furnishing products for all IKEA stores globally. This includes everything from bulky products such as mattresses and sofas to carpets, curtains, cushions and felt boxes for storage to mention just a few.
Job Description
What you will do
As a Category Sourcing Leader, you will be responsible for securing the material and production knowledge as well as setting up the optimal sourcing conditions. With having customer always in mind, you will act as a gear box between HFBs / Category and Need Planning function. From that position you will lead and secure that all products within your area of responsibility are sourced with optimal global sourcing set-up. You will contribute with material, technique and production knowledge in the product development process and ensure that material and choices of techniques related to cost, capacity, quality and sustainability are in-line with supplier production capabilities, as well as with product development process and category strategy.
In this role, you will:
Contribute to the execution of the Category BPL by being responsible for:
Defining most suitable development partners for specific NEWs projects and services.
Leading the establishment of the global sourcing set-up for running range, NEWs in line with Category desired supplier movements IKEA Best Buy Principles, including scenario planning and assessing sourcing risks.
Engaging the right category resources in specific development projects and connecting them to development teams or other Range/Service owners through indirect leadership.
Securing Business Contingency Plans and to monitor and initiate actions to mitigate deviations, through stakeholder collaboration and indirect leadership.
Ensuring the quality of the Category input into pricing process (Big run and tertial runs)
Contributing to the Business Agreement creation and execution, in close collaboration with Range Areas or other stakeholders.
Consolidation of relevant business input affecting Category plans as example: Range Area portfolio plans, Growth Plans or other stakeholder input.
Leading specific projects on behalf or through allocation from the Category Manager.
Securing overall performance and collaboration with internal stakeholders
Contributing to the category management meetings as permanent member of the category management team

Qualifications
Why we love you
We believe to be a successful Category Sourcing Leader you have:
Strong experience and good knowledge in purchasing development including insights on supplier capabilities and product development background and preferably experience as Category Sourcing Leader or Mattresses business
University degree in technology, business administration, Furniture education or corresponding knowledge
Leadership skills and project leadership experience is an advantage
Holistic view with being comfortable thinking on both operational, tactical, and strategic level
Deep knowledge of value chain and value chain analysis capabilities
Strong entrepreneurship, drive for the change and strive for improvement.

and you are:
Driven, decisive, analytical to be able to lead conclusions and realize business opportunities.
Great stakeholder manager with capability to lead and deliver results through involving and engaging people independent of location
Independent and with excellent communication skills
Strongly business minded, ability to see the big picture and apply different perspectives from customer to supplier perspective
Able to foresee the consequences of one's own actions and act based on high moral and ethical principles
Fluent in English, both spoken and written
A strong team player

Why you will love us
As a part of Category Mattresses, you will have access to a huge knowledge base and experience in both leadership and material, production, and value chain. We offer trust and space to test and try, explore, make mistakes, and develop us and our partners. Are you ready to be part of a journey towards reaching more of the many people?
You will meet the same motivated, skilled people like you on daily basis and you will have a good feeling about your job because it makes sense and your contribution is recognized!
Additional information
Please note that we have a preferred candidate for this position, while we encourage all candidates holding a similar ambition and finding the role interesting to apply "
We are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your CV and motivational letter in English by 5th June 2025. We are reviewing applications as they come through so don’t wait to apply! Visa mindre

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe in discovering and developing the talent in each of us. We invest in your passions and encourage you to grow with them. Come and see things a little differently with us!
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers, and suppliers. Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people".
The Supply Area assignment is all about enabling business, developing people and relations, and securing compliance. Supply Areas are places where co-workers and business partners connect to share, add value, and collaborate cross functional borders.?We have 7 Supply Areas in IKEA Supply around the world, and we operate in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
We are now recruiting for a Digital Deployment Leader, that will report to Emma Keith, Global Supply Area Finance Performance & Operations Manager.
Job Description
In the role as Supply Area Digital Deployment Leader, you will have the important assignment to proactively lead the digital agenda within Supply Areas. The aim with your work is to implement and apply digital technologies to improve performance and quality, reduce manual work and increase efficiency to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business needs. You will work in a very global and dynamic environment collaborating with many stakeholders both within the Supply Area functions (Finance Performance & Operations, Workplace Operations, People & Culture, Communication, Quality and Sustainability) but also across the IKEA value-chain and by this, build strong relationships and find better ways forward – together.
This role will also include, but not be limited to:
Developing reporting and analytics capabilities across the Supply Area organisation utilizing Inter IKEA’s modern data & analytics platform.
Setting up and mentoring a digital/Power BI Super User community within the Supply Area by providing trainings, co-development and guidance, showcasing new BI functionalities by creating proof of concepts and giving support needed to get the team up to speed.
Support with development of common Power BI reports, to standardize, boost productivity, better interpret data, improve analysis and insights to SA stakeholders.
Developing a structure for how to work with data and analytics within the Supply Areas, trouble shooting of data-related issues and governance of reports and data sources.
Securing compliance with our data security rules and setting up appropriate governance.
Collaborating with Supply Area stakeholders to understand their data needs
Be an active member of Finance Performance & Operations Matrix but also working closely with the other Supply Area matrices.

Qualifications
Are you our next Supply Area Digital Deployment Leader? To be successful in this role we see that you are a Leader with a digital mindset who really enjoy working and leading in a global environment. You have the ability to work on a tactical and strategic level, but you also enjoy working hands-on when needed. You feel inspired and motivated to lead and develop business and people together and have a strong desire to move our digital agenda forward. You have solid IT skills, a genuine interest in modern tools and technologies and excellent knowledge in PowerBI and know how to work with data modelling and report development.
Additionally, you have:?
Experience in working on strategic/tactical/operational level and good knowledge of the IKEA strategic landscape and the IKEA Business model.
Strong in stakeholder management, demonstrating the ability to build trustful relations and interest in finding win-win solutions
Ability to lead businesses with a holistic view. Always act with the customer, co-worker, business partners and total IKEA interests in mind.
Experience working with finance processes (a plus).

Additional Information
Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Please send in your application in English the latest on 2 June 2025.
This position will be based in Älmhult or in one of the Supply Area offices in Europe, we offer relocation support.
Curious to know more? For information about the position, please contact Hiring manager Emma Keith at [email protected] and if you have questions about the recruitment process please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company Description
Are you the one we are looking for?
We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter and a strong team player to join our team. We want someone who thinks strategically and enjoys 'rolling up their sleeves' to work closely with other teams to get the job done. Business Development Project Office (BDPO) is leading some of the most important movements IKEA is taking both in Supply as well as across Inter IKEA Group. Do you want to embark on this challenge journey with us?
Here we are!
Business Development Project Office (BDPO), Sweden, Älmhult
Business Development Project Office (BDPO) is a global function for delivering strategic business development projects across all business units in IKEA Supply and a competence center for Project Management and Strategic Business Development. We are a team operating out from offices in Älmhult, Sweden and Pratteln, Switzerland.
As part of Supply Strategic Planning, BDPO is assigned to support business units in the execution of Supply Strategy, contributing to maximisation of impact and value realisation in every project, and supporting our stakeholders by catering for their business needs.
BDPO is also a place to accelerate co-workers´ competence development and export talents further into IKEA.
We are a highly motivated team consisting of 18 exceptional problem solvers, delivering transformational change across Inter IKEA as well in Supply business units. Typical assignments cover strategy, innovation, organizational development, performance improvement and digitalisation.
Our mission is to strengthen and accelerate Strategic Business Development across IKEA.
Job Description
As a BDPO Project Leader you will support our stakeholders by simultaneously leading and being overall responsible for the execution of several complex projects assigned to you, from Project Directive until full completion of the agreed deliverables. You will work in a truly global environment and lead multi-disciplinary teams of high performing individuals from across businesses to drive change.
In this role you will:
play a key role in leading the overall Project and its value streams throughout the Project life cycle, from the initial assignment through to completion, securing a fact-based and inclusive approach, and manage dependencies and engaging stakeholders to deliver excellent results
develop high performing Project teams, coach and support the Project members in a global and multicultural environment
actively contribute to the development of Ways of Working, Process- and Project Management, and Strategic Business Development capabilities both within BDPO and the Supply Project Management community
proactively contribute with knowledge & experience to the stakeholders & BDPO team
contribute to attracting talents in future recruitment processes for Project Leader roles

In this role you act as an important ambassador of IKEA values and a role-model for fact-based business leadership.
Qualifications
About you
We are looking for you who is an exceptional problem solver with entrepreneurial drive, passion for business and people and a mind-set which embraces challenges and always looks for better ways. You have strong self-awareness can adapt your leadership and communication approach when needed to maximise the value creation. You are committed to high standards in everything you do and act and lead with a sense of urgency.
To succeed in these roles, you have a solid business understanding and background, solid skills and experience in working with complex projects across multiple functional areas.
You have
… a talent for identifying business opportunities and creating, developing & anchoring business cases
… a strength in doing business with a holistic view
… excellent communication
… excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen
… the ability to build strong relationships, influence and challenge in a constructive, positive and professional way
… a natural way of leading by example and proactively sharing your knowledge and experience
… extensive skills and experience in managing and delivering large projects in complex and global environments across multiple industries and business segments
… an outstanding ability to analyse a business, identifying and navigating risks and opportunities
… a proven record of high performance in leading and developing business and solid experience with managing change
We believe in your ability to lead in the unknown and your readiness to hit the ground running in this challenging assignment from day one.
Experiences in one or several of the following fields will be beneficial in this role: Management Consulting, Strategy creation / Strategy breakdown, Strategic Sourcing/Category Management, Organisational development, Finance and/or Business & Performance Steering.
Additional information
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, Sweden.
At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward and inclusive. If this sounds like an environment you could enjoy working in, we are looking forward receiving your CV and Motivation Letter (in English) online by May 25th, 2025. Visa mindre

Company Description


Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As a Team Manager, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA offer and make it more accessible for the many people. 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.

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
Job Description


Your new job
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.
Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. We are now looking for Team Manager within area of Supply Chain Planning Development within SCD. You will work closely with the Competence Hub Development Manager; support to cocreate and implement people strategy for the Hub.
As a Team Manager, you will mainly work with the following:
Responsible for enabling preconditions for the team to perform their assignment according to our IKEA values and set business priorities
Responsible for leading people to perform and deliver, continuously work with competence development, recruitment, and proactive succession within the area of responsibility.
Responsible for preparing, supporting and enabling the implementation of common ways of working and collaborating with stakeholders within IKEA value chain.
Contribute to identifying optimal pre-conditions for people in the business to perform in their assignments and deliver to our strategies and goals connected to the Capability area.
Contribute to budgeting process by preparing initiated input on need of resources, development and investment or service needs
Lead the team by example, coach and motivate co-workers.
Responsible for recruitment, development, performance management, retention, allocation and succession plan for co-workers within assigned scope.
Contributing to developing competences within the scope of responsibility: Identify needs and gaps and build competence plans to meet the short and long term business needs
At any time, act as an ambassador of IKEA values and role model for fact-based business leadership.
Taking on additional assignments based on capability area business needs.

Qualifications


What we’d like you to bring to the table
We expect you to have solid experience in supply chain as well as in technology, digitalization, and automation. You have strong proven leadership, comfortable in leading transformation in the unknown, are curious and great at building relationships with stakeholders and colleagues. As a person you appreciate collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on people, process, data and technology.
To be successful in the position of a Team Manager we believe that you have:
High motivation to lead people & secure competence development
Knowledge and understanding of the IKEA processes and organisations.
Strong knowledge of how technology, digitalization, and automation add value in supply chain business process management and development work.
Strong knowledge of IKEA leadership and team dynamics
Knowledge of the IKEA operating model; People, Process, Data & Technology
Strong knowledge of the IKEA' value chain
Good understanding of how your everyday work adds customer value by delivering results
Experience in vendor and contract management
Good knowledge of the agile mindset and methodology.
A can-do entrepreneur mindset
Fluent in English
Proven experience in leading people towards highly performing individuals.

If the above is what you aspire and motivated by, we invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us!
Additional information


We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. 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. This position can be based in Älmhult, Sweden and Pratteln, Switzerland.
We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 6 June 2025. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected]. Visa mindre

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our coworker, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. We are now looking for a time limited assignment for 11 months Business Analyst within area of Supply Chain Planning Development within SCD.

As the Business Analyst, you will mainly work with following:

Define business needs and recommend solutions that deliver value, including post-implementation assessment.
Align requirements with mapped capabilities to avoid duplicated functionalities.
Analyze consequences and evaluate potential outcomes and impacts.
Provide inputs for planning based on business needs, requirements prioritization, and consequence analysis.
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into Digital Product Requirements and assure traceability of stakeholder needs and business requirements.
Support product development and change management activities, including solution exploration, implementation, testing, adoption, and creation of learning materials.


What we’d like you to bring to the table
Do you have good communication skills, embrace change, highly adaptable, self-driven leader, capability to learn new skills and a team player?
While Business Analyst is your core competence, you also possess additional skills where you will be assigned tasks based on business needs. Therefore, your task/responsibilities may varies depending on the match between your different competences and business needs. This gives you the ability to deliver value through your different skills and learn different domains.

If this is what you have been seeking, continue reading and reflect in your application how you, with your experience, knowledge, motivation and capabilities will contribute as a cross function team member working in an Agile environment.

To be successful in the position as Business Analys we believe that you have:

Passionate about process, business, people, and technology.
Curious and capable of identifying new opportunities to enhance business performance and co-worker experience.
Inspired by digital and IT possibilities to enable transformation and innovation.
Strong analytical, technical, and communication skills, presenting solutions clearly and inspirationally.
Growth mindset with eagerness to learn, explore, and share, and awareness of Agile ways of working.
Priority will be given to those who have strong experience working across different parts of the IKEA Supply Chain; in combination with good understanding/experience on front end, back end, automation, data analysis/engineering, AI/ML, etc skills.



Additional information
We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. 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. This position a time limited assignment for 11 months, based in Älmhult, Sweden.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 23 May 2025. For more information about the position, please contact Stephanie Soong at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our coworker, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. We are now looking for Solution Architect within area of Supply Chain Planning Development within SCD.

As the Solution Architect, you will mainly work with following:

Gathering business requirements, analyzing complex requirements and providing optimal solutions, performing fit-gap analysis and proof of concepts.
Designing scalable and efficient solutions aligned with business needs, ensuring solutions meet business requirement/value, security standards and compliance regulations.
Govern that the design of the solutions conforms to the overall solution architecture and in line with the enterprise architecture principles, directions and best practices.
Ensure architecture covers customer experience and environmental factors, while identifying opportunities for improvement.
Create roadmaps balancing foundational changes with ongoing business value, considering future uncertainties.
Lead architecture activities, providing guidance for improvements, design reviews, and lifecycle management.
Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP), software architecture, cyber security, CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture.
/No Databases, programming language constructs and data integration concepts and patterns.


What we’d like you to bring to the table
Do you have good communication skills, embrace change, highly adaptable, self-driven leader, capability to learn new skills and a team player?

While Solution Architect is your core competence, you also possess additional skills where you will be assigned tasks based on business needs. Therefore, your task/responsibilities may varies depending on the match between your different competences and business needs. This gives you the ability to deliver value through your different skills and learn different domains.

If this is what you have been seeking, continue reading and reflect in your application how you, with your experience, knowledge, motivation and capabilities will contribute as a cross function team member working in an Agile environment.

To be successful in the position as Solution Architect we believe that you have:
Collaborate with teams and partners to turn business needs into practical solution designs and implementation roadmaps, driven by a passion for business, technology, and people.
Ensure solutions consider all key aspects, resolving conflicting priorities and balancing long-term changes with continuous value delivery, enhancing business value and co-worker experience.
Share and explain solution designs and roadmaps, in a clear and inspiring way, to ensure alignment across the organization, leveraging strong analytical, technical, and communication skills.
Ensure solutions follow company standards and IT strategies, suggesting changes when necessary, with a growth mindset and awareness of Agile methodologies.
Use solution designs and roadmaps to define scope, guide detailed designs, and support implementation, backed by extensive knowledge of digital technologies, industry standards, and development practices.
Lead architecture work, spot opportunities early, and drive transformation with a strong understanding of IKEA's business model, strategies and processes.
Priority will be given to those who have strong experience working with IKEA Supply Chain IT landscape; in combination with strong development background, prior experience working on standard S&OP; Products/Platforms.



Additional information
We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. 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. This position is based in Älmhult, Sweden or Pratteln, Switzerland.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 23 May 2025. For more information about the position, please contact Stephanie Soong at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Company Description
IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions.
Job Description
We are on an exciting journey of more sustainable plastic material in IKEA. Recycled and Renewable materials at an affordable price is a key focus area in our plastic strategy. Can you help us to develop new innovative and sustainable solutions for IKEAs future range of plastic raw material?
IKEA is aiming to be the leading company within technique and design. At IKEA we have high ambitions and we think that everything is possible!. In order to develop the next generation’s plastic raw material, we need to strengthen our organisation with skilled and experienced Development Engineers.
Assignment
Your main assignment will be to work in close collaboration with IKEA Home Furnishing Suppliers & IKEA of Sweden in projects for the development of the existing and future solutions of material for IKEA products. You will be working on developing plastic raw material solutions for various product portfolios within IKEA.
You will be driving and taking part in innovative development projects, performing material tests and securing the quality level of the raw material in your responsibility area. You will also be responsible for creating and maintaining the technical documentation, and working with the standardization of the plastic material range. You will also secure (together with a production engineer) the quality compliance of the material and production processes at the raw material suppliers in accordance with IKEA specifications.
Qualifications
Is this the challenge for you?
We are looking for an Engineer with a University Degree in Chemicals/Polymers and at least 3 years of relevant working experience within material development in recycled and renewable plastic streams. Our corporate language is English, so fluency both verbally and in writing is required.
As a person you are innovative, and you always see solutions instead of problems. Your driving force is to develop the products. In order to sell your ideas to the organization you must be open - and business minded. You are driven and have the ability to build trustful relationships.
You enjoy an agile, yet structured, way of working and achieving results together with a team in a flexible environment, but also have a strong individual drive to deliver high quality results on time. You are always curious about finding better ways of working. You are a team player who is good managing multiple stakeholders and projects at the same time. You are someone who finds energy for working in multi-cultural teams.
IKEA offers you a challenging position with great development possibilities. You will be working in a truly international environment with a lot of contacts with colleagues and users from across the world. We hope that you would like to contribute with your unique competence for IKEAs future!
Additional information
The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden, and requires some international travelling. Please note that we will interview continuously, so please send us your application online as soon as possible, CV and Motvation letter in English latest by May 3rd 2025 Visa mindre

Company Description


At IKEA, we aim to make healthy and sustainable choices affordable and accessible. To make that happen, we need people with imagination. People who know that everyone has a right to feel at home. People who share our vision of a better everyday life for the many people. Together we’ll innovate the future of life at home through data, technology, retail and home furnishing.
IKEA Core Business 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.
Supply Chain Development?(SCD)?is one of the business units in Core Business Supply and we are on an exciting transformation journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. Read more about SCD here.
We are now looking for a Data & Technology Manager to help us reach our goals!
Job Description


You will be responsible to ensure efficient and effective data and technology operations in the core business and enable a network led approach where the full Inter IKEA approach as well as the core businesses needs and demands are considered and visible in the capability area roadmaps. By doing this you will enable faster and more cost-efficient development in the core business and on the same time contribute to the capability development for Inter IKEA group in the areas of: Data management, Data analytics, Digital product management, Service management & operations, Information security & data privacy, Platform management, Intelligent Automation, Architecture and AI lab.
You will lead the data & technology team, consisting of more than 150 talented coworkers and managers, securing competent high performing teams and leaders who inspire coworkers to reach their full potential.
As Data & Technology manager you also secure operations and development of a big part of Supply’s digital stack. In the D&T field you are responsible for selected digital products and platforms. You have a chance to influence the D&T foundation, IKEA’s business transformation and building the future data & tech landscape.
As part of the Supply Chain Development Management team, you contribute to the bigger agenda with our new ways of working (agile mindset, product & platform approach) and be a strong enabler for our capability areas and the wider needs along the end-to-end goods flow process.
Qualifications


You are a strong leader, uniting various teams and interests. You are a strong role model in a multi-stakeholder environment, where the bigger IKEA picture is in the forefront. At the same time, you are a business minded person with a passion for data & technology in Supply Chain! You bring in ideas from outside of your organisation and drive standardization for a more efficient operations (standardize and automate). You dare to think differently, and you have an agile approach to make sure that we adapt as we go. You are interested in finding new ways of working and are highly motivated to do this by leading our business agenda through empowering people, collaborations, relations and networks.
As a person, you have a strong passion to guide the organisation into the future, having a strong drive to transform how we operate IKEA. You have leadership skills to lead business and people in a global assignment by empowering and inspiring your management team members. You have excellent capability to create strong collaboration and interaction with a big number of various stakeholders in various parts of IKEA and externally benchmark to reach excellence in operation and contribute to putting “IKEAs supply chain as good example in the schoolbooks of tomorrow”.
To succeed in this role, we believe you have:
Deep knowledge and understanding of senior leadership and management, preferably gained in IKEA Supply Chain or a similar organisation – you have been developing, inspiring, leading, coaching and influencing other leaders, co-workers and specialists.
A strong interest to lead development of IKEA through Data & Technology
High interest in technology, digitalization and finding new ways of working
Sound technical knowledge and understanding of how to leverage data and technology to create impact based on strategic needs
Deep knowledge and understanding of the IKEA processes and organizations.
Proven capability to be a great communicator and by this build trust and relationships to handle collaboration with multiple stakeholders, internal and external, in a global environment.
Proven track record in developing and implementing IT development initiatives in large-scale complex organizations.
A passion for Supply Chain and a strong knowledge and understanding of logistic processes, organizations, and supply chain setups.
A desire to do things differently and challenge current ways of working and the ability to move with speed and direction
Fluency in English




Additional information


Sounds interesting?
The position is based in Pratteln Switzerland or Malmö Sweden and will require travelling.
At Supply Chain Development we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward, and inclusive. If this sounds like an environment you could enjoy working in, please send your CV and Cover Letter (in English) where you tell us more about yourself and why you believe you fit into this job. Send you application via our recruitment system Smart Recruiter link! no later than the 6th of May, 2025.
For further information about the role please contact People & Culture Manager Richard Thorell. For questions about the recruitment process feel free to contact [email protected] Visa mindre

Company Description


You see things a little differently. So do we. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. We put togetherness at the heart of everything we do. Come see things a little differently with us.
IKEA is one of the world's leading home furnishing companies. 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 Core Business 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.
Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units in Core Business Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs.
Within the SCD Area Intralogistics Development organisation we are responsible to break it down and to establish, lead, support and develop logistics solutions for the various IKEA units that have a logistical and fulfilment component.
Job Description


As part of the SCD Area Intralogistics Development organisation’s assignment we connect internal IT specialists and external Service Partners to develop, operate and maintain need oriented, innovative IT solutions, kept up to date – both from technical and functional perspective. Furthermore, we globally support a huge number of Supply Chain Projects to make IKEA available for the many.
As a Solution Architect for Intralogistics Digital Services (IDS) you
are responsible to make sure the planned solution, which is in the build-up phase, is aligned with all connected and dependent solutions and meets the overall IKEA IT architecture principles, relevant policies, rules and standards.
lift the existing digital solution portfolio of warehouse steering to a new, state-of-the art, micro service architecture based cloud solution, offered as a SaaS solution to IKEA logistic units.
shape ideas – in close collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders – into concrete, robust and appropriate solution architectures (high level design) and transition roadmaps (for implementation).
secure that the solution architecture reflects customer and co-worker experience, time to market, sharing and collaboration, functional, technical, infrastructure, operational, security, financial, social and environmental considerations.
lead solution architecture activities within the assigned area e.g. the creation, revision and implementation of vision and goals, standards and reference solution architectures (reusable for the enterprise), handling of deviations and exceptions, ensuring architecture requirements for life cycle management of products and services, perform design reviews, provide guidance for service improvements and service transition.

Qualifications


You have a strong interest in supply chain and intralogistics as well as in technology, digitalization, and automation. You have a passion for planning and leading in a global assignment and to drive and develop the business and yourself to deliver excellent results. Moreover, you have a desire to collaborate and interact with various stakeholders.
You are a match for IKEA and this role when you:
have an IT background and already worked with software development, design and/or architecture, ideally in the area of cloud solutions and agile development methods.
good understanding of digital technologies/trends, industry standards, application and infrastructure market, and digital practices with potential to benefit or impact IKEA.
like to take responsibility and have high interest in improving a fairly broad digital solution portfolio.
have a good understanding about system integrations and are able to discuss technical interfaces on the needed detail level.
have minimum 3-5 years of IT development and design experience.
have experience with architecture models like TOGAF, ideally experience with the IKEA enterprise architecture framework.
like working in a multi-cultural environment.

Additional information


We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment where development and constantly being on the way is in focus! And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow together with us in an international network with future oriented projects and technical innovations. At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us!
The position is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
Submit your application online and in English before 24th of April 2025. We do not accept applications via e-mail.
If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact people & culture specialist Samuel Karlsson at [email protected] In case of questions connected to the role, please reach out to hiring manager Valeska Schnell [email protected]).
At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward, and inclusive. Visa mindre

Company Description


IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
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.
Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units in IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. Read more about Supply Chain Development (ikea.net).
Logistics & Fulfilment Development Capability area is one of the most diverse areas. We aim to enhance logistics and fulfilment, ensuring a smooth and cost-effective supply chain that complies with regulations in today's omnichannel environment.? We collaborate to streamline processes, delivering digital and non-digital products benefiting IKEA franchisees, supporting expansion in Supply for an affordable and sustainable customer experience and are responsible for Order management, Delivery and settlement, Customs all digital dimensions, as well as customer Fulfilment meeting points. We are developing digital solutions for our retailers as well as conceptual work – non digital developments. The aim is to be one entry point for everyone related to logistics and fulfilment??, remove the SILO approach and being more end-to-end focused and by that take greater responsibility for the franchise offer.
As the Competence Hub Development Manager for Project leaders and Learning leads, you lead and manage a team of skilled project leaders and learning leads for maintaining high standards in the delivery of our digital developments. You are accountable for ensuring that resource allocation and competence needs are met and living up to our standards. Additionally, you lead efforts to continuously improve the applied procedures, thereby ensuring the ability for uninterrupted service availability.
Job Description


As the Competence Hub Development Manager, you will:
Lead the team/competence hub by example, coach and motivate co-workers.
Responsible for recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession planning for co-workers.
Be responsible for taking an active role for driving the competence agenda: Identify needs and gaps, and build leadership and competence plans and secure upskilling to meet the short- and long-term business needs.
Establish and manage cost and budget; continuously use resources in an optimal way to secure business goals. Set and communicate agreed business goals.
At any time, act as an ambassador of IKEA values and role model for fact-based business leadership
Within assignment, lead the development team resource management and contribute to the delivery of Capability Area business goals.
Lead implementation of the common ways of working in the Capability Area
Taking on additional assignments based on capability area business needs.
Responsible for stakeholder management within assignment. Establish good relationship with your stakeholders and secure a clear communication strategy and channels.

Qualifications


You have a strong interest in supply chain as well as in technology, digitalization, and automation. You have a passion for planning and leading in a global assignment and to drive and develop the business and yourself to deliver excellent results. Moreover, you have a desire to collaborate and interact with various stakeholders.

You are a match for IKEA and this role when you have:

Highly motivated to lead people & secure competence development
Knowledge and understanding of the IKEA processes and organisations.
Strong knowledge in IKEA leadership and team dynamics
Knowledge of the IKEA operating model; People, Process, Data & Technology
Strong knowledge of the IKEA' value chain
Good understanding of how your everyday work adds customer value by delivering results
Experience in project management
Experience in vendor and contract management
Fluent in English
Good knowledge of the agile mindset and methodology.
A can-do entrepreneur mindset

We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment where development and constantly being on the way is in focus! And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow together with us in an international network with future oriented projects and technical innovations. At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us!
Additional information


If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Tonya Mcaulay; Capability Area Manager for Logistics & Fulfilment Development; [email protected]

This position is located in Malmo, Sweden. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest April 30th, 2025.


You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected] Visa mindre

Company Description


The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. A big mission which requires people with big passion. Come join us in this journey and let’s make the world better together! Are you curious and passionate about contributing to the development of supply chain and people? Do you get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together with stakeholders to deliver great business results?
If so, come and join us at IKEA Supply!
In Supply Chain Operations, our Supply chain planning teams ensure accurate planning, so every journey is a success, and our products are available when and where customers need them. Supply Chain Planning Performance takes lead to support compliance and performance in planning, as well as finding opportunities to centralise and automate supply chain planning tasks. We are also an active business partner that, together with capability areas, leads the development agenda for Supply Chain Planning. Ultimately, we work with many different stakeholders throughout the supply chain to achieve agreed Service Level at lowest possible cost in the short- as well as the long-term.
Job Description
We are now looking for a Planning Performance Developer to join our team. Do you have a passion for supply chain planning? Are you a team player with an ability to motivate and inspire others? Do you get energy from working together with many different partners to identify improvement potentials, lead the way even when it is not always straightforward, and deliver great business results together?
Then this could be something for you!
Job Description


Be an entry point from a competence perspective to the individual planning functions in Supply Chain Planning
Help secure implementation, establishment and compliance of agreed ways of working across the supply chain planning functions
Take lead and ensure communication flow from the central planning function in connection to centralized and common planning tasks, and where needed execute centralized tasks on behalf of Supply Chain Planning
Conduct analyses on recurring or significant deviations connected to Supply Chain Planning
Be the link between the business and capability area for development of processes and solutions
Contribute to the development and implementation of new processes, working methods and solutions, for increased operational excellence and best practice across functions
Secure alignment and a clear overview of the business needs and prioritisation within your areas of responsibility
Contribute to the competence development agenda, by facilitating trainings and supporting the line organisation
Contribute to additional assignments and projects within or across functions

Qualifications


As a person, you have a passion for supply chain planning and leading in a global assignment. You are pro-active and get motivated by driving development of the business and do that together with others, to improve the total result. You have strong stakeholder management skills, including building trustful relationships, communicating and collaborating with multiple stakeholders at once.
You have proven experience and knowledge in:
Supply chain planning processes, tools and systems
Problem solving through creative mindset
Investigating problems and proposing resolutions
Sharing knowledge, hosting workshops, promoting best practice
Interest in the people and the challenges they have and to provide solutions
Power BI and/or competence
Ability to navigate in a global context and able to make prioritisations where and when needed

Additional information


The position is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
Does this sound like you? The we look forward to your application! Please submit your CV and cover letter in English latest by latest by 21st April 2025.
We do not accept applications via email.
If you have any questions regarding the position, please reach out to Adela De Pratto Heseltine at [email protected]
If you have questions about the recruitment process, reach out to People & Culture Specialist Samuel Karlsson at [email protected]
Please note that we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis so send in your application soonest possible! Visa mindre

Company Description


Are you ready to touch lives and living rooms all over the world? IKEA is looking for an Agile Delivery Lead who isn't afraid to think outside the box. Working with us is all about adding value, playfully challenging everything, and finding new ways to improve lives.
Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people".
Inter IKEA Group brings together: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people.?You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. 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.
We are now looking for our next Agile Delivery Lead in Supply chain planning development (IKEA Supply) that will grow with us and help our digital development teams be the best they can be – together!
Job Description


In the role as Agile Delivery Lead, You will work with 2-3 of our product and platform teams where you will be sharing your knowledge of agile (scrum) methodology, including key events and artefacts. You will lead, coach, motivate and influence teams and individual team members in a complex and sometimes challenging environment where we strive to find simple and efficient solutions to complex challenges for IKEA.
In this position you will:
Provide coaching, guidance and training for teams and leaders to adopt, implement and improve agile ways of working.
Identify and diagnose issues in the team’s way of working, to ensure continuous improvement.
Educate and help members of the team to understand how they can contribute to becoming a high performing team.
Provide transparency and visibility on the team’s activity and progress to be able to quickly respond to change.
Be a contributing part of the team, making sure that every member can deliver efficiently and with high quality.

The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You will work in diverse teams with people from all around the world, where we see our differences as a strength and where we embrace everyone's unique contribution! We look forward to your contribution to live and strengthen the IKEA culture and values!
Qualifications


We’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply Chain therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception. We are looking for somebody with a passion for how to work and create value in agile teams, with energy to simplify ways of working! We see that you are highly driven by people and business development and constantly being on the way. You dare to think differently, and you have an agile approach and adapt as we go.
You have a high interest and experience in agile practices, and you can use them wisely to develop group dynamics in the team. You can meet the team they are and support and challenge them by guiding, coaching, and empowering them to be the best they can be - together! To do this you use your experience and high engagement in team development in a digital context. This way you lead and support our business through people as well as collaborate and interact with different stakeholders both within and outside our department. You are strong in managing changes and have interpersonal skills with the ability to build trustful relationships with colleagues of different seniority levels across the organization and across countries.
We see that you have:
Educational background in IT/Engineering/Business economics and some years of working in the field of agile- teams, practices and frameworks
Good knowledge of IT/Software development practices and execution
A high interest and experience in agile practices, and you can use them wisely to develop group dynamics in the team
High interest and understanding in group dynamics, servant leadership, and empowered teams
Good knowledge of product-orientation approach
Strong stakeholder management skills and know how to utilize communication techniques

Additional information


This position is based in Älmhult, with the possibility to work from home 2 days/week
You might have some questions about the recruitment process or the position itself, and we are more than happy to answer those!?If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to hiring manager Andreas Castor at [email protected]. Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Specialist [email protected] for more information about the recruitment process.
We look forward to receiving your application at the latest?20th of April 2025. Please note that we do not accept applications via email. Visa mindre

Company Description
Inter IKEA is a group of companies that connects IKEA retailers with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. It consists of three businesses: Retail concept, Range and Supply. IKEA Supply is responsible to source, manufacture and distribute IKEA products to the IKEA retailers. This to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.
In Purchasing Development, the assignment goes hand and hand with the IKEA Business idea as we are responsible to procure the ‘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’, we are also covering services and food products. ?Affordability, accessibility, sustainability and quality are our main priorities.? We develop and execute sourcing business plans and thus meet the Supply markets/industries in more then 25 different categories. We are a true global organization with around 1000 co-workers placed in 27 different locations, close to the suppliers and the market.
Job Description
As Sourcing Development Leader your role is to work across organizations to develop, strengthen and support the execution of our sourcing activities. You will have a key role in continuously developing our Sourcing processes and abilities, highlight opportunities and provide input to the develop our sourcing tools and systems. A key part of the assignment is to in full collaboration with our different categories, for selected, strategic or complex sourcing events (Request For Quotation, Request For Proposals, Request For Information) support the planning and execution, this part will be assignment based and depending on the request from the category will be a customized support covering anything from structuring the event in our digital tools to shar best practice from other events. You will develop a very comprehensive network and knowledge across IKEA purchasing categories and industries. In addition a key element of the assignment is to document and promote best practices, develop and execute learning activities as well as using your network to connect people across organizations.
More specifically, your assignment is to:
Facilitate, plan and execute the sourcing process for selected / strategic events end to end.
Structure the sourcing event in our digital tools.
Build competence & cultivate talent.
Explore & develop – push organization beyond?standard performance and act as a?change agent.
Analyze data build scenarios to support fact-based decisions ensuring an objective view on the business.
Ensure that we efficiently re-use communication material, templates and tools.
Secure that learnings and identified and documented, as well as improvement potentials are implemented in our processes and tools.
Develop our sourcing processes and abilites
Interact, promote and share best practice.

This is a unique opportunity to build an extensive network and work across multiple IKEA organizations and Categories (IKEA Food, IKEA home furnishing, Indirect procurement, IKEA Components)
You will report to our Sourcing Development Manager, Mårten Wennersten.
Qualifications
We see that you come with a strong business drive and high interest in sourcing, and digital solutions. You are also curious, constantly eager to develop and learn, challenge and improve the way we work. You have great analytical skills together with the ability to draw conclusions which contributes to the total IKEA business. You are a strong trust and partnership builder, delivering results through involving and engaging people. You also have great communication and facilitation skills and ability to influence and challenge in a constructive and professional way, always with a positive mind and a can do-attitude.
To be successful in this role, you also have:
Deep knowledge of sourcing process & tender strategies
Deep knowledge of negotiation skills - multi-round negotiation
Deep understanding of value chain analysis & cost modelling – Cost breakdown analysis, Supply Chain Optimization
Understanding of relevant data processing & intelligence tools – Excel, Qlikview, Power BI etc.
Knowledge of legal agreements & contracting
Knowledge of the DNP(Develop New Product) processes
Understanding of IKEA Strategic Landscape, IKEA Purchasing Strategy and IKEA Business model & Business model for growth

Additional information
This is a position based in Älmhult, an inspirational working environment, based on creativity and innovation, which gives you the opportunity to work and interact with people from all around the world. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö, and an IKEA shuttle bus running back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.
Does this fit in with your previous experience and ambitions for the future??Then we look forward receiving your application in English at the?latest April 21, 2025. If you have any questions, please send a message to our recruitment team also via the same system.
Any questions? If you have questions about the position please connect with hiring manager, Mårten Wennersten (Sourcing Development Manager) at [email protected].
If you have questions about the recruitment process, please connect with Femina Karlsson P&C Specilist at [email protected]
We look forward receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company Description
At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We strive to be the leader in sustainable, affordable life at home, inspiring and enabling customers to fulfil their needs and dreams at home.
Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people.
Job Description
We are looking for an Impact and Assessment Leader within Sustainability! This job is located in Älmhult and it is required to be located physically in Sweden and work majority of the time in the office.
Together with colleagues from the Impact and Assessment Team and with many other sustainability and business colleagues you will be responsible for supporting the sustainability agenda across Inter IKEA.
The Impact and Assessment Team is responsible for CSRD compliance for sustainability topics, including disclosures, double materiality assessment, impact assessment and implementation support for sustainability related regulations and requirements and due diligence reporting.
Qualifications
There are many things you could bring as our new colleague.
We believe that you have a few years of work experience within the sustainability area, and it would be beneficial if you have experience working with Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Science Based Targets Initiative, Science Based Targets for Nature, TCFD, TNFD etc.
We also see that you are:
Analytical and detail oriented but can also “zoom out” and see the big picture.
Structured and have strong project management skills.
Experienced in working within a global and highly complex environment.
With the ability to work with and through others since this team collaborates with many others within Inter IKEA.

Additional information
Sounds interesting? Then why not apply?
Please submit your application by uploading your CV in Smart Recruiters by 10th April 2025 including your answer to below question:
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Femina Ladhani Karlsson, People and Culture Recruiter at [email protected] Visa mindre

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Solution Architect – Infor M3 & Food P2P, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

The IKEA Food business have been on a transformation journey for many years to be more integrated into the overall IKEA business, organization and Way of working. On this journey we’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply chain; therefore we need some amazing people – these position is not an exception. To strengthen our organization in a long term perspective, we are now looking for a Solution Architect within the areas of Supply Chain Planning.

In the role as Solution Architect you will work with:

· Detailing IT functional and non-functional requirements for given business requirements
· Secure that IT solutions fulfil the agreed needs by develop and review high-level design and approve the low-level design of the implementation.
· Govern that the design of the solutions conforms to the overall solution architecture and in line with the overall enterprise architecture.
· Contribute to definition of the stories and epics in the tertial planning of the Digital Product Area backlog.

What we’d like you to bring to the table
We expect you to have a solid experience in Infor M3 and good knowledge of how to work with M3 process and technical development, preferably in a large-scale business. You have a strong personal leadership, are curious and great in building relationships with end users, business stakeholders and other related product and platform teams. As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both process, platform and people.

For the position we believe that you are:

· Structured and experienced in using models, methods and tools within analysis and design
· Knowledgeable of general IT frames e.g. standards, infrastructure and platforms, frameworks, Ensure that the solution design conforms to the overall solution architecture and is development concepts and processes.
· Analytical with a mindset to solve problems and can see the big picture while focusing on details to deliver conclusions and create solutions from them
· Knowledgeable in Supply Chain processes and way of working from a large global Retailer and/or wholesaler.
· Experienced in integrated planning and agile ways of working.

For the position we believe that you have deep knowledge in the Infor M3 and Infor OS platform together with its related modules that support the different business processes.

To be successful in the position we believe that you have:
· Solid experience in the Infor M3 programs that support the business planning and operations processes such as Supply Chain Planning and its connection to master data, warehouse management, Shipping & Distribution and Financial management.
· Knowledge and experience from different Supply chain planning methods and fulfilment models and how it’s supported by M3.

Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA offer and make it more accessible for the many people. 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.


Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

Additional Information

We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. 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. This position can be based in Älmhult, Malmö and Pratteln.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 2 Apr. 2025. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Business Analyst – Infor M3 & Food P2P, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job
We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together we can do great things.

The IKEA Food business have been on a transformation journey for many years to be more integrated into the overall IKEA business, organization and Way of working. On this journey we’re doing some amazing things in IKEA Supply chain; therefore, we need amazing people to join us on our journey! To strengthen our organization in a long-term perspective, within the areas of Supply Chain Planning, we are now looking for a business analyst.

As the Business Analyst you will work towards the Procure to Pay -P2P/Inbound processes and Need & Supply planning area with:

· Identifying, analyzing and challenging processes as well as solution improvements
· Document functional business requirements
· Support the quality assurance process by validating Test Cases and support test activities
· Creating training materials and delivery of training as well as creating solution and process documentation

What we’d like you to bring to the table
We expect you to have a solid experience in Infor M3 and good knowledge of how to work with M3 process and technical development, preferably in a large-scale business. You have a strong personal leadership, are curious and great in building relationships with end users, business stakeholders and other related product and platform teams. As a person you are appreciated for collaborative spirit and how you lead with strong focus on both process, platform and people.

To be successful in the position as Business Analys we believe that you have:

· Deep knowledge in the Infor M3 and related programs that support the business planning processes such as Supply Chain Planning and its connection to master data, warehouse management, Shipping & Distribution and Financial management.
· Experience from different Supply chain planning methods and fulfilment models and how it´s supported by M3.
· Experience in business analysis and the requirements process.
· Good communication skills in both written and spoken English.
· Structured and have strong analytical skills.

To really enjoy yourself as a business analyst we hope that you are results driven and enjoy taking leadership. If you on top of this know how to coordinate, facilitate, plan and manage workshops and activities we really want to talk to you!

Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Franchise, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA offer and make it more accessible for the many people. 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.


Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.

Additional information
We look forward to receiving your cover letter and application in English. 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. This position can be based in Älmhult, Malmö and Pratteln.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 2 Apr. 2025. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

Company Description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. 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.
Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people".
Job Description
To realize our ambitions in the IKEA Supply Strategy, IKEA has recognized the need to improve and modernize our work methods. We are upgrading our current Procurement Platforms to enable Procurement processes for all of IKEA. This new position is a great opportunity to take a leading role in the Ivalua Procurement platforms, which support our direct and indirect procurement operations.
We are looking for a Platform Manager with an accountability for the Ivalua Direct and Indirect Procurement Platforms. You will lead the technology development and operations for the IKEA platform and its surrounding applications that support the Ikea business within the Supply Procurement Business Unit.
You will build, lead and develop the Platform team, which is part of the Supply Data & technology department. You will also lead the evolution of the technology landscape that support our IKEA Supply transformation ambitions, identifying and establishing the relevant technologies and operate the necessary platforms.
More specifically, in this role you will be:
Accountable for the IKEA Ivalua Procurement Platforms’ technical development, integration, infrastructure, and operations, including overall solution designs and platform roadmap, leading towards uniformity and commonality across Inter IKEA.
Lead all aspects of delivery throughout their lifecycle, including performance, financials, continuous improvement, and adherence to Agile Ways of working supported by the new digital product and platform organizational set-up.
Create, manage, and maintain technology development and life cycle plans in alignment with the targeted technology landscape, ensuring high availability and reliability through effective test- and release management.
Steer and manage strategic relations with suppliers and partner closely with service providers, IT functions, and various stakeholders to prioritize assignments (OKRs), monitor performance, support, and resource utilization.
Ensure the Ivalua platforms comply with data security, privacy regulations, industry standards, and regulatory requirements, generating regular performance reports using metrics and KPIs for senior management and stakeholders.
Develop and manage the budget for the Ivalua platforms, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and driving the team's adoption of DevOps to shorten development life cycles and deliver high-quality outputs.
Lead by example, empowering co-workers to perform and grow according to agreed goals, supporting both current and future needs, and playing a lead role in co-creating, refining, and promoting IKEA’s position, standards, and frameworks for technology services.

In this role you will report to our Platform Area Manager within Supply Data & technology.
Qualifications
Are you our next Platform Manager? We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference.
As a person we see that you are valued for your collaborative spirit and your strong leadership, which focuses equally on processes, platforms, and people.
To be successful in this job you have:
Solid and broad management and leadership experience, with a strong ability to inspire people towards clearly set objectives and to lead and mentor a distributed team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders across different levels and knowledge areas, and to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders through excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Extensive knowledge and experience in working with integrated end-to-end landscapes, particularly with Ivalua technology, including data security, regulatory compliance relevant to cloud-based Oracle platforms, and disaster recovery planning and implementation.
Demonstrated experience in integrated planning, agile Ways of working, the Product and Platform model, and proficiency with project management tools and software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.
Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset for identifying and addressing issues before they impact the business, alongside strong financial acumen to manage budgets and ensure cost-effective use of resources.
Proven track record of driving innovation and continuous improvement within technology platforms and business processes, with a commitment to staying current with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices in Ivalua platforms and cloud computing.


Additional information
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Marc Molinaro, Data & Technology Manager, [email protected] or Platform Area Manager [email protected]
This position is located in Malmö or Älmhult, Sweden. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest 31st of March, 2025.
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson at [email protected] Visa mindre

Company Description
Discovering and Developing Talent Together!
We search for a temporary P&C Leader to our Category Area Wood!
At IKEA, we see things a little differently, and we believe in discovering and developing the unique talent in each of us. We invest in your passions and encourage you to grow with them. Come and see things a little differently with us!
About IKEA Supply:
IKEA Supply is dedicated to sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing IKEA products to our retailers worldwide. Our mission is to ensure product availability across all markets and sales channels at the lowest total cost. In Purchasing Development, we adhere to the IKEA Business idea – to produce a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. Affordability, accessibility, sustainability, and quality are our main priorities. With around 1300 co-workers in over 20 locations globally, we stay close to our suppliers and the market.
Job Description
As the People & Culture Leader, you will, together with business leaders, translate IKEA's People strategy into actionable plans that meet the business unit's needs today and tomorrow. You will play a crucial role in developing and implementing people capabilities and processes across Inter IKEA, PD and within your unit. Acting as a strategic and tactical partner on all people-related topics, you will act as a role model for IKEA culture and values, enabling excellence in business performance and operations. You will be part of Category Area Wood Management team as well as the P&C functional team for Purchasing Development.
Key Responsibilities:
Embed the IKEA People strategy into strategic business plans.
Lead organizational development, enhancing capabilities to navigate complexity and transformation.
Facilitate leadership and organisational development for a more front led organisation
Develop and implement IKEA People & Culture Capability processes in Purchasing Development and the Category Area.
Lead strategic workforce planning to ensure the right competence is in the right place at the right time.
Nurture a diverse and inclusive workplace at IKEA.

Qualifications
Are you the right fit? We are looking for someone with a strong passion for developing people and business simultaneously. You should be adept at translating business needs into concrete actions for performance and growth. Navigating a global multicultural environment and supporting remote leadership and communication is crucial.
To shine in this role, we see that you have:
A deep understanding of the IKEA landscape, vision, concept, and business idea.
Profound knowledge in IKEA's frameworks for People and competence development.
4-5 years of experience leading a strategic People and Culture agenda in a global context.
Expertise in leading change and transformation.
Strong in digital literacy, with capabilities to navigate, lead and develop business and people processes through data analytics and digital tools.
Strong holistic and strategic thinking abilities, with excellent collaboration skills to build relationships across organizations.



Location: Älmhult, Sweden
Reporting to: People & Culture Manager Purchasing Development, Cecilia Lindholm
Additional information
The role is a temporary assignment, from now until August 2026.
Curious to know more? For further information about the role, please contact direct manager for the position, People & Culture Manager Purchasing Development, Cecilia Lindholm at [email protected], or People & Culture Recruiter, Femina Karlsson at [email protected]
Does this opportunity align with your experience and future ambitions? Then we look forward to receiving your application in English by March 26, 2025. We will be interviewing continuously, so please apply as soon as possible.
Join us in Growing Together!
IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. As the world’s leader in life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop with us. Visa mindre

Company Description
At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We strive to be the leader in sustainable, affordable life at home, inspiring and enabling customers to fulfil their needs and dreams at home.
We are now looking for a Strategic Topics Developer to join the Strategic Sustainability Topics function on a permanent basis.
Job Description
As a Strategic Topics Developer, you will lead or take active part in exploration and development projects connected to the sustainability topics that have been identified as strategic for the IKEA franchise system, including air pollution, biodiversity, climate, fair & equal, land use and water. The main aim is to further contribute to positively transforming the IKEA business, by setting the right pre-conditions for full integration of sustainability. You will work closely together with internal stakeholders from Inter IKEA Group core businesses, as well as IKEA franchisees and also external stakeholders and experts.
Main responsibilities:
Lead strategic topics’ related projects and initiatives spanning over the total IKEA value chain, together with and on behalf of the strategic topic leaders and other sustainability co-workers across the IKEA business. That includes mapping gaps, setting goals, defining proof points and creating input to Business plans, Roadmaps and Action plans while working with and through business teams and sustainability teams across all IKEA business units.
Support the Strategic Topic Leaders, together with the Sustainability Analysts, in the development of needed methodologies, goals and KPIs to measure performance and progress of the strategic sustainability topics.
Track progress towards approved goals and KPIs, gather feedback from internal and external stakeholders, and use data to identify improvements and suggest adjustments of plans and tools.
Lead or contribute to projects related to strategic topics, including documenting learnings, to secure agreed best practice and implementation / integration across the IKEA franchise system.
Liaise with Impact & Assessment, Public Affairs and Range Operations on relevant legislation and compliance needs, developments and movements and give input for needed actions in the business.
Support the strategic topic leaders with the annual double materiality assessment led by the Impact & Assessment function, as well as other assessments.
Support Inter IKEA businesses in capacity building initiatives to enable the integration of strategic sustainability topics into the IKEA business units’ priorities, by leading / supporting initiatives such as competence development and expertise.
Contribute with content to legal reporting, relevant sub-reports, revisions of components in the IKEA Strategic Framework, legal consultations and others.
Liaise with Impact & Assessment function, internal legal team on relevant legislation and compliance needs, developments and movements and give input for needed actions in the business.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you live and share the IKEA culture & values on a daily basis, are a true team player and are open minded. You lead and drive areas of responsibility on your own, or through others. You have a proactive and structured approach, paired with excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills. The ability to easily create trustful relationships and to be the spider in the web, making all involved stakeholders work towards overall goals, is essential. You have the capacity to lead and challenge stakeholders without formal authority, and to lead change in a diverse global environment.
As a Strategic Topic Developer, we expect you to:
Good understanding of the end-to-end IKEA value chain.
Broad understanding of relevant aspects of the IKEA business and the IKEA Strategic framework, organization, ways of working and governance.
Proven experience of stakeholder management and ability to make complex topics understandable.
Experience in working in the core processes of the IKEA value chain with focus on cross functional collaboration.
Master project management skills and have proven track record in leading complex global projects.
Have excellent English communication and presentation skills, both written and spoken.
Good knowledge in data analysis and data visualization.
Have solid change management skills and experience from driving strategic change.

Additional information
This is a permanent position based in Sweden in Älmhult
We welcome all applications. Please submit your CV and letter of motivation in English, online via our recruitment system Smart Recruiters no later than 20th March 2025, and tell us why you would be a good fit. Visa mindre

Process Developer - Supply Chain Development
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Älmhult, Sweden
Full-time
Company Description


IKEA Supply is one of our three core businesses in Inter IKEA and 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. Supply Chain Development is going into the next phase of a great journey. By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development agenda into one organization, embedding process and the development and management of digital solutions into the business, we create the best preconditions for meeting the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. SCD’s mission is to design & secure the preconditions for a world class supply chain, run and improve everyday solutions, keep together and optimize the development and innovation agenda.
We are now looking for a Process Developer within area Procurement Development, Supply Chain Development.?The position is based in Älmhult, Sweden or Warsaw, Poland.
About Area Procurement Development
SCD Procurement Development is part of Supply Chain Development. In SCD Procurement Development we develop and embed processes and solutions to support throughout the whole life cycle partnership with a supplier, from potential cooperation to the end of joint business. This comprises all major activities such as acquisition, price management, durability and quality, including deviation & claim management. Our support, covering IT tools and adaptation to legal compliance as well as our own rules and regulations, is directed to all IKEA supply units.
Job Description
We are looking for a Process Developer in Procurement to support the development and operations of a value driven and user-friendly digital product in SAP S/4HANA platform,
As a Process Developer you will create sustainable customer value, growth and profitability for IKEA by leading and contributing to the company processes development; how we work, lead and organize, with process orientation as the starting point.
As Process Developer you will be responsible for:
• Identify and propose process/sub process design and/or improvement initiatives and prepare basis for decisions
• Gather, understand and analyze business benefit of identified process improvement potentials
• Support implementation and establishment of the process including identifying competence development needs
• Facilitate and push the implementation of way of working with process oriented business development in IKEA
• Lead, manage and/or support process improvement projects (incl IT tools). Interact with related functions and matrixes in the development of the solution
• Secure consistency and interdependencies in the process development towards other connected processes
• Improve, develop & keep process documentation up to date according to defined framework (process maps, working methods, task descriptions, measurement specifications, learning material, …)
• Secure follow up of process performance according to set KPI's
• Participate in external networks for benchmarking and to enhance knowledge in relevant processes
Qualifications


Are you our next Process Developer? We see that you are a strong business person with a passion for process work, with energy to simplify way of working! We see that you are highly driven by development and constantly being on the way. You dare to think differently and you have an agile approach and adapt as we go. You are interested in process way of working, digitalization and finding new ways of working and are highly motivated to do this by leading business through people and collaborate and interact with different stakeholders.
You have proven experience and knowledge or willingness to develop yourself in:
• The specific processes, organizations and business in the field of work
• The IKEA value chain, the process landscape and the IKEA organization
• Process development, improvement methods/tools and practical experience of process development
• Cost/benefit and how to affect its result through process development
• Change management
• Lean manufacturing, Six sigma, IPS, e.g.
• Previous experience with SAP products will give you an extra edge

As a person you have:
• Strong analytical skills, planning skills, tactical capability, clarity in communication, ability to take the lead around given responsibilities
• Ability to listen to and understand the needs of the business. Both in the everyday needs, but also translate future plans and strategies into development plans or initiatives
• Positive team player spirit and you can secure that development is synchronized both within a project but also across other development areas
• Positive attitude, self-going, persistent and motivated by taking on challenges
• Experience of and inspired by leading and dealing with change
• Understanding of IKEA way of working, business model and total cost approach
Additional information


If this seems to be for you, we are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your?CV and motivational letter?in English. Apply as soon possible but no later than 20th of March 2025.
This role will be placed in Älmhult, Sweden or in Warsaw, Poland.
If you have questions about the position, please reach out to hiring manager Piotr Andrukiewicz at [email protected]. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to People & Culture Specialist Olivia Swärd at [email protected].
We look forward receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company Description
Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer 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. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy.
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.

Job Description
“Tull”
This is what we call it in Sweden and if you have it as a profession, your role is called Tullspecialist, or in this particular case Klassificerare. At IKEA this specialist role goes by the title Customs Classification Specialist.
A day in this role, at the core of the product development at IKEA of Sweden (IoS) in Älmhult, is filled with support to the IKEA organisation globally regarding customs issues and working with the customs classification of our product range.
We can promise you (with a guarantee) a stimulating and dynamic work environment, with a lot of contacts worldwide and challenges that will trigger your problem-solving skills.
The challenges can be to find the right Tariff number for the classic BILLY bookcase, or for the newcomers in the range. Because when it comes to reaching out to the many people, the right classification is one of many important things that makes a difference.
As you know, the correct customs classification on all our products are highly important and it takes a kind of deep passion to get all of the details correct – all the way.
Besides this you will be responsible of binding Tariff information in EU, support all import countries and contribute in awareness sessions to our entire organisation.

We are so curious about what you can bring here! You will get a deep understanding of the IKEA processes, as well of the organisation as we mentioned before. In your everyday work, there are lots of contact with people from IKEA and authorities all over the world, which will give you a very good view of our range and development.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone who has a background from trade, with a solid knowledge of customs classification, based on previous work experience.
In a nutshell - you know a lot about of customs regulations and legislations - and how to interpret it.
You have appropriate training within the area of customs or trade.
As a person you are persistent and are motivated by and put pride in securing that all information are correctly handled in a good way.
You know how to?create a good?understanding about customs classification of products in a communicative way.
You also have some knowledge about free trade agreements and country of origin.
Many different functions at IKEA of Sweden need support in customs related questions and therefore you need to have the ability to create clarity, build and maintain networks as well as have confidence in speaking in public.
Your analytical mindset is sharp, spiced with a natural curiosity to seek information.
For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that you share our values. Values like leadership by example and that you are constantly being on the way with a cost-conscious mind set is important.
Your skills in English are very good, both spoken and written.


Additional information
We look forward to receiving your CV and Cover Letter (in English) where you tell us more about yourself and why you believe you fit into this job. 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. This position is a permanent role and is based in Älmhult, Sweden.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply your application via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters, but no later than 14th Mar. 2025.
If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist, Katie Pettersson at [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company description
You see things a little differently. So do we! At IKEA, we believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us. Are you passionate about the IKEA business, culture and values and want to contribute to make beautiful homes available for the many? Then this opportunity might be for you.

The role of IKEA Supply is to supply the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality products available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. 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.

Job Description
In Customs and Trade Compliance, we act as a strategic partner and trusted resource to create a culture of compliance and drive the continuous pursuit of operational excellence. Our mission is to enable an agile and compliant value chain through active customs and trade facilitation, to make the IKEA vision and strategies a living reality.

We are now looking for a new colleague to join us in this exciting mission! The role as Customs Classification Manager is responsible to secure the timely assignment of customs tariff codes with a high degree of accuracy to receiving country interpretation for the entire IKEA range that includes home furnishing and food, as well as IKEA Components. The role is required to manage the end-to-end classification process in close collaboration with key stakeholders within the IKEA Range and Supply businesses to secure proper classification of IKEA products. The role will be responsible for classification and validation capabilities and associated end to end processes that enable the application of additional customs and trade compliance requirements throughout the IKEA supply chain.

Main responsibilities:
Responsible to lead, manage and develop a team of Customs classification specialists. Actively inspire, empower, coach, and support the team to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments, while fostering a strong culture of compliance and ethical conduct.
Support classification team in working closely with key stakeholders to enable an accurate tariff assignment according to receiving country expectations based upon product and product specifications.
Establishing a 4-eye principle framework that considers country variations in interpretation of customs product classification.
Manage a classification framework that considers trade remedies, trade defence, free trade agreement, and other government agency provisions associated with assignment of customs tariff codes.
Provide the framework for managing the BTI/Binding ruling processes.
Provide classification resources that support internal and external audits.
Establish metrics and reporting mechanisms to measure the effectiveness of the classification program, providing regular updates to leadership.
Serve as the primary advisor to leadership on all global classification matters, providing strategic insights and recommendations.
Responsible for securing that all tasks are performed compliantly according to set or agreed requirements.
Responsible to coordinate Global projects having a customs classification need.
Develop and deliver training programs for internal stakeholders on global classification requirements, ensuring awareness and understanding across the organization.



To be successful in this role, we believe you need to have
Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in global trade compliance, with at least 5 years in a leadership role focused on compliance.
Deep expertise in global trade compliance regulations, including export controls, sanctions, and customs regulations.
Previous experience in import and export industry from a global and/or regional environment.
Demonstrable knowledge and skills in the application of import and export related rules and regulations to business goals and daily operations.
Demonstrable ability to develop and build compliance into the business while meeting the business needs.
Demonstrable skills and abilities to contribute to self-audits and audits by external authorities.
Previous experience dealing with government authorities.
Strong networking skills, as well as the ability to build meaningful relationships and inspire people.
University degree or equivalent experience.
High level of communication and negotiation skills.
Fluent in English, both written and spoken and can easily communicate complex classification topics.



Additional Information
We look forward to receiving your CV and Cover Letter (in English) where you tell us more about yourself and why you believe you fit into this job. 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. This position is a permanent role and is based in Älmhult, Sweden.

We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply your application via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters, by no later than 14th Mar. 2025.

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Laurie Everill, Customs and Trade Compliance Manager, Email: [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, feel free to connect with Katie Pettersson, P&C Specialist, Email: [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application! Visa mindre

Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we! At IKEA, we believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.

IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously re-invent us as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
We are transforming how we work across IKEA, building a foundation to execute the IKEA strategic goals in a more efficient and effective way. This includes a new way of developing IKEA where we execute long-term strategic objectives, while responding to changes in the world around us with agility and speed. The starting point is End-to-end process orientation and a new approach to developing, running and innovating capabilities through empowered teams, supported by agile ways of working.
Job Description
Within the?Business Process Management team?we lead the Manage goods flow end to end process, driving cross-functional collaboration to enhance the end-to-end process for total IKEA value delivery, aligning with IKEA strategies. This involves:
Securing aligned and anchored prioritization and sequence in E2E Goods Flow Roadmap
Enhancing operational excellence through process development and continuous improvements
Co-developing and operating the IKEA Business process management framework through the BPM network and process developer community
Delivering value through leading transformational business development initiatives like compliancy, transparency and efficiency e.g. through GS1 standards and Smart tags
Securing a holistic approach to business transformation and change management related to the IKEA operating model

As we navigate through our transformation journey, we recognize the need for a setup that allows us to keep together scope/initiatives which span across several capability areas. We are looking for two business development leaders. As a business development leader you will secure refinement, breakdown and hand over of work to relevant capability areas where development is driven. meaning there is no permanent “taking over of responsibilities” from existing lines.
The two assignments will have different focus areas, which one speaks the most to you?
One Business Development Leader who will align plans across areas and processes and serve as the single point of contact for Food, IKEA and for Business stakeholders as well as for the Innovation, supporting the DIN networks related to Supply.

The second Business Development leader will focus on the planning leader assignment in the forming Traceability core team where you together with Business Process Owners, Capability Planning Leaders and the Process and Capability Area Architects create and deliver a plan to accelerate traceability and compliance.

More over, for both assignments key responsibilities will be:
Secure alignment and collaboration cross capability areas.??
Stakeholder management/Change management and communication – maintain stakeholder map
Business Engagement – one point of entry for stakeholders
Lead from strategy to work break-down for defined scope and secure priority setting?
Responsible for keeping the breakdown of work in relation to the initiative scope in consistency with the overall IKEA integrated plan enabling transparency across the Capability areas progress and scope??
When applicable, facilitate Tertial Planning on Epic level, monthly follow-up/sync on Epic level for defined scope?
Participate in Capability Area Forum and Cross-capability area planning forum to secure priorities?
Collaborate with Enterprise Architect??and coordinate EA assessments

Qualifications
Are you driven by a passion for IKEA Supply Chain and have in-depth understanding of the IKEA value chain and systems? If so, we want to hear from you!
To succeed in this role, we believe you have:
Strong knowledge of methods and mindsets for making progress and leading change in complexity (high uncertainty, unpredictability and high interdependencies)
Understanding of portfolio and project management principles and ways of working, traditional and agile
General insights to new technologies, to be able to understand digital as an enabler for developing new business capabilities
Experience from indirect leadership– enabling high performing teams
Strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire others at all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated experience in change management, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, and training delivery.


This position requires cross-organizational leadership beyond Supply and Inter IKEA. You will report to the Roadmap Manager in Supply Chain Development.
Additional Information
Sounds interesting? Join us in transforming how we operate IKEA to create value for our customers in an efficient and scalable way. We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment where development and constantly being on the way is in focus!
The position is based in Malmö, Sweden and will require travelling.
Please send your in CV and Cover Letter (in English) where you tell us more about yourself and why you believe you would fit in to this job. Send your application via our recruitment system Smart Recruiters no later than 11th of March 2024. For more information about the role, please contact Hiring Manager, Fredrik Åkerberg at [email protected]. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist, Olivia Swärd at [email protected]
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Company Description
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. A big mission which requires people with big passion. Come join us in this journey and let’s make the world better together!
Are you curious and passionate about contributing to the development of supply chain and people? Do you get energy from influencing, interacting, and working together with stakeholders to deliver great business results?
If so, come and join us!
At Supply Chain Operations we connect our customers with IKEA products in a simple, affordable and sustainable way. We lead, plan and execute the supply of IKEA products between suppliers and retailers. 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
As a Need Planner in IKEA you will ensure exciting and stimulating assignments which will help you and the company grow!
You will be responsible for the need planning process to secure an efficient and effective supply chain planning. You will do this through an accurate and balanced Need Plan that achieves agreed service level at lowest total cost. This will ensure that we have our products accessible for the many people and fulfill our Vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.
You will sit in the center of the supply chain having stakeholders in many dimensions. You will be the link between range development, IKEA suppliers and sales and flows and by that you will get great learning of the totality of Ikea Supply chain and Ikea business and the possibility to build network across many organizations and functions within IKEA. Exciting, isn’t it?
You will be part of a big and diverse Need planning community from which you will get a great support in your onboarding.
As a Need Planner you will also, among other assignments:
Be responsible for inventory level and the stock structure worldwide in assigned product ranges.
Be responsible to review and balance the total need versus capacity in order to make an executable supply plan for assigned range.
Proactively create, execute and follow up need plans on operational and tactical level and act on deviations when needed
Be responsible to plan the need for NEWS and Discontinued products, by securing needed stock for sales start dates and end date sales, communicate and handover to relevant supply chain partners for execution
Lead initiatives together with Supply chain stakeholders in order to identify potential overstock / stock out situations and to act on deviations.
Take lead within Sales & Supply Planning and collaborate with all value chain partners in order to secure agreed service levels at lowest total cost

Qualifications
Is this your next challenge?
As a person you have a passion for planning and working in a global assignment in a changing environment. You get energy from leadership, working with multiple stakeholders and handling numerous assignments on operational and tactical level. You love working with people and building trusting relationships by using your excellent communication skills.
Additionally, will be a benefit if you have knowledge in:
• Supply Chain Planning processes
• How Planning adds value to service level and cost
• Planning tools and systems
• Solving problems through analytical reasoning
• Analysis of large sets of data
We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of future opportunities!
Additional information
Does this sound like you? Yes? Then, why not apply?
Thank you for reading this far. Please submit your CV and cover letter in English latest by 2nd of March 2025.
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment please send your questions forward through the Smart Recruiter system.
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