Logistics Deviation Specialist, Supply Chain Operations, 2 years contract

At IKEA, we aim to make healthy and sustainable choices affordable and accessible for all. 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. Together we’ll innovate life at home through data, technology, retail, and home furnishing know-how. Get the chance to be one of our future architects, down-to-earth data scientists, unboxed engineers, cyber guardians, common sense makers and much, much more! Are you one of them?

We believe in you! You get the privilege and the responsibility to lead your assignment in a diverse team and partner with world-class service providers while finding innovative ways to drive the business for IKEA.

We grow with you! In regular conversations with your manager, you can explore your development and career opportunities, and we will support you on the way. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them. For us, at IKEA, that is the best way.

We develop together with our partners! We are good listeners, and we build relationships. We are committed to helping our partners grow and develop their full potential together with us.

The title is Logistics Deviations Specialist and you will be part of newly created team of 10 spcialist and report to Logistics Manager. We know, our strength is in naming our products not our jobs 😉 but the job comes with lots of great possibilities, much like our furniture!

What will you get the opportunity to do with us?

• Take responsibility for logistics extra cost claims and support us in verifying and creating records of the costs and ensuring the proper usage of cost codes.
• Lead the fact based discussions and be able to prepare reports which supports your work. Lead the authorization of payments to Transport Service Providers and ensure proper documentation of each case.
• Work closely together with many internal stakeholders to follow up on extra cost levels per carrier, per unit and per distribution centre.
• Improve areas in our Supply Chain by monitoring extra costs levels, renewing, and creating action plans together with Supply Operations Managers that drive IKEA forward.
• Drive a cost-conscious agenda by sharing the extra cost levels with the Supply Operations Management and other stakeholders that will benefit from your actions.
• Build trustful, respectful, and long-lasting relationships with the Transport Service Providers. Create new processes on how we handle costs that lead IKEA into the future!

What would we like to see in you?

• You enjoy thinking a step ahead, organizing the information you collect and presenting it to stakeholders.
• You feel comfortable with speaking and writing in English so as to speak with stakeholders from all over the world.
• You have outstanding communication skills.
• You have 2 years of exposure to Supply Chain or have a financial background.
• You enjoy creating, shaping, and maintaining trustful, respectful and long-term relationships with many stakeholders.
• The IKEA values are reflected in your values.
• You are as passionate as us to learn, share findings, and create a better everyday life for the many.

Did we pique your interest?

If so please send us your CV in English.

This role is full-time, 2 year contract and based in our Warsaw office. We believe in meeting people, members of your team and other co-workers to create, inspire and share. Therefore, we would like for you to be in the office according to IKEA work-from-home policy.