Supply Planer, Category Food, Animal based products, temporary, fulltime (m/f/d)

Are you are interested in how goods are delivered to the customers on time and at a lowest possible cost? Do you want to learn about production capacity planning and order flow? Do you like both, working with numbers and people? Do you want to help IKEA have happy customers and reach great business results?

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.

For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that our co-workers share our values, such as togetherness and enthusiasm, constant desire for renewal and simplicity. We offer a fun, dynamic and challenging position in a global organization.

We are looking for a Supply Planner to join the Protein Food team in Dortmund. As a Supply Planner you will be the link between IKEA and its suppliers on operational and logistic subjects. You will ensure that the agreed business setups are followed, updated, and improved to secure the highest level of product availability for IKEA's customers, with the lowest total Supply Chain cost. If you are curious, self-motivated & eager to support with your knowledge on supply chain & logistics, then this is a great opportunity for you!

As a Supply Planner you will:

• Ensure the agreed service level by monitoring and taking required action on delivery precision
• Work closely with IKEA suppliers to provide them with relevant information, training, working methods and help them develop to the required performance levels
• Take the lead in operational capacity planning at supplier level and contributing to tactical capacity planning
• Follow-up, analyze and take actions, leading supplier logistics development through value chain improvement with a total cost approach
• Continuously update requests to responsible functions within the Supply Chain, including suppliers
• Daily troubleshooting, as well as finding solutions to avoid similar problems in the future
• Be curious and motivated to find more efficient and better was of working.

• Relevant university degree or equivalent knowledge from working experience
• Good knowledge of Supply Chain cost drivers and logistics, including different replenishment- and delivery solutions
• Good knowledge of production planning processes and understanding of the whole supply chain from raw material to customer would be an advantage
• Capable to run detailed data analyses
• Very good knowledge of Excel
• Organized and capable to prioritize
• Details and Solutions oriented
• Strong communication and negotiating skills
• Fluent English in both written and spoken

Capabilities & Motivation

• Drive and motivation to find common interests and agenda, to build trust and partnership with stakeholders to reach common goals
• Desire to find logistic improvement opportunities and making them happen
• Comfortable to work in a routine environment (following working methods, sequences etc.) and interested in working with details in a structured way
• Energized from being the link between IKEAs needs and IKEAs orders to our suppliers
• Share the IKEA values, culture and have a strong interest to work for a home furnishings company.

Sounds interesting?

We offer you a variety of tasks with a fun, friendly, non-hierarchical, open and international team atmosphere. We also hope you want to contribute with your unique competence to IKEAs future growth!

Sounds interesting?

The position is based in Dortmund, Germany. Submit your application online and in English via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters as soon as possible, but latest on November 1st, 2024. If you have any questions, please send an email to the recruiting team via SmartRecruiters and we will come back to you.

Please note that this is a temporary position that will end on 31.12.2025. For this position we are not offering relocation or mobility. 

Our culture and values are based on equal opportunities, and we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities. 

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!