Supply Planner - Category Area Wood- Temporal position

Experience Level: Mid Level | Posted Date: 2025-04-14

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Company Description

Welcome to Category Area Wood, the home of four wood related categories. With about 300 co-workers and 200 suppliers across the world, we create a strong wood supply chain for more sustainable and affordable IKEA products for the many.

Wood is an essential material and important part of the IKEA heritage. We can proudly say that around 60% of our sales in IKEA are connected to wood-based products. In Category Area Wood, we procure and source wood-based articles that our many customers enjoy amongst which are iconic IKEA families such as BILLY, PAX, IVAR, KALLAX, POÄNG and our kitchen ranges. Our culture is entrepreneurial and based on trust. We have the space to lead, explore and learn from mistakes. Are you ready to be part of a journey towards affordable sustainability for our customers?

You will be based in Supply North where we are working with suppliers in northern Europe and have offices in Älmhult, Kaunas, and Dortmund. The position will be placed in Älmhult!

Job Description

We are now looking for a Supply Planner to join our team working with Foil on Board business

As a Supply Planner you are the link between IKEA and our suppliers, leading logistics development and contributing to value chain development with a total cost approach. You will actively ensure that the agreed business set-ups are followed, updated and improved to secure the highest level of product availability for IKEA's customers with the lowest total Supply Chain cost.

You will be part of a small business team, working closely together to continuously develop our suppliers looking at improvements in cost, production set up, product development and logistics. 

A normal day as a Supply Planner could include:

• Developing logistics performance through common Action Plans with Suppliers
• Achieving excellence in running logistics operations in accordance with Category Plan, by interacting with respective stakeholders and complying with working methods
• Taking the lead in operational and tactical capacity planning at supplier level
• Planning and optimizing flow in a sending perspective in efficient delivery and supply solutions 
• Actively identifying best logistical offer, furthermore implement, maintain and review by having customer and total cost in mind
• Continuously follow-up, analyze and take action to improve supplier delivery performance and ensure goods are shipped in time from suppliers
• Defining and securing implementation of ways of working, systems & tools to support business decisions and suppliers to achieve logistics performance

Qualifications

Do you have knowledge of supplier capabilities, capacity & need planning? Could you take the leadership to ensure our supplier has goods ready in time and in full to fulfil customers’ need at lowest possible landed cost? Would you be able to translate the Category Plan into logistics solutions and always keep Total IKEA and Total Cost Development in mind? Then we are looking for you!

We wish that you tick the following boxes:

• University degree with Supply Chain management focus

• Minimal 1-2 years of planning and supplier management field experience
• Proactive and solution-oriented
• Ability to navigate with multiple stakeholders
• Well-organized in multiple tasks assigned within given time frame
• Strong data analytical skills
• Excellent Microsoft office and Power Bi skills
• Fluent oral English and good communicator
• Quick learner and good flexibility to adapt to change

Additional Information

Sounds interesting?

Please note this is a temporal position of 14 months!

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Femina, People and Culture Specialist, [email protected]. If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Yin Chen, Business Development Manager, [email protected].

Please apply with CV and Motivation letter in English Today or the latest application date 21th April  2025. We look forward receiving your application!