Job ID: 259884
Date posted: 02/11/2024

WHO YOU ARE

We are on an exciting journey with a big growth agenda transforming from a traditional Retailer into a truly digital player. Do you see yourself in a role where you are in the driving seat for better digital procurement? Then come join us the Digital and Tech team in Group Procurement!

We are looking for you, a digital native, who is interested to use market capabilities to build the digital future of Ingka. To be successful in this role you can build trustful relationships with internal business owners as well as our Digital suppliers driving our Digital Journey. You have a deep insight in the digital technology market, what top performing peers are doing, and how to engage with partners to drive our business forward.

You have a strong business mind-set with an openness to change. It comes natural to you to both look for new possibilities and challenge existing ways of working. In addition to this, your experience has given you a very good understanding of the dynamics in big projects and driving business development on a global level with multiple stakeholders.

To be successful in this position, you have:

• Strong background and proven experience from working in a digital environment, preferably in a large-scale international organisation
• Experience in supplier- and partnership management
• Digital market insight, with interest in using digital innovation for business development
• Digital environment knowledge and interest in Digital Services
• Strong experience in the Digital Services area
• Good analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

YOUR RESPONSABILITIES

In this role as Category Leader, you will be the primary commercial interface towards leading global suppliers. You will be responsible to get the best possible commercial setup based on Ingka group’s objectives. You will be responsible for negotiations and complex agreements, where you together with internal business owners drive assignments.

An important part of your role is to build trustful relationships with internal business owners and identify key people with whom you will develop the business. You will be responsible for driving the implementation of strategies and secure governance of strategic supplier relationships. Moreover, you will be part of our change journey, where we are transforming into a core business digital unit with ambitious goals.

In this role you will report to the Category Manager in the Services Category in Digital & Tech, and the role is in Malmö, Sweden.

ABOUT THIS WORK AREA

Ingka Procurement is part of Ingka Group. We bring IKEA into the lives of the many people in more than 30 countries around the world. As IKEA grows, it will be increasingly important that we have a way of sourcing and supplying that is fit to grow with IKEA. Together with colleagues worldwide, we work to identify and understand all kinds of needs related to IKEA operations. Together with our suppliers, we meet those needs innovatively, cost-effectively and with sustainability built in from the start. We secure a high-performing supplier base that can contribute to and grow together with IKEA in the future. The category shall secure business objectives according to IKEA Strategy and Category Business Plan through establishing & developing supplier base which can meet the needs of our business and customer; contributing to optimizing our value chain that can make better service at lower total cost for the many people; delivering excellent results to meet goals. Our ambition is to develop meaningful and better procurement!

QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT? LET'S CONNECT!

We will review applications continuously and look forward to receiving your application in English consisting of a CV and motivational letter, no later than 4th of November.

In this recruitment there is no relocation support provided by IKEA; hence we are looking for people already living in the mentioned location. Also, please note that Ingka employees will be prioritized in this recruitment process.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to Alexandra Boyd at alexandra.boyd@ingka.ikea.com. If you have job specific questions, please contact Category Manager in Services, Håkan Johnsson at hakan.johnsson@ingka.ikea.com. .

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities do not apply for jobs unless they are 100% “qualified”. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we would like to consider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. We look forward to receiving your application. [From: “Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified” by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014].