Need Planning Manager
Ikea Supply Services (sweden) AB / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Älmhult
2025-05-14
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Supply Chain Operations (SCO) organization with its 1000 co-workers connects our customers with IKEA products in a simple, affordable and sustainable way. We deliver excellent transport and logistic solutions today, tomorrow and over time by optimizing replenishment solutions, defining physical goods flow capacity needs, managing the goods flow, sourcing & developing transport & logistics capacities and leading & securing Supply Quality.
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.
Within Supply chain operation, Supply Chain planning has the assignment to lead and develop tactical and operational supply chain planning with accountability for inventory, replenishment methods, need and logistic capacity planning to secure agreed service levels at lowest cost.
Are you a passionate leader with a strong supply chain understanding and a belief in what effective planning can do for IKEA? Do you like to work close together with key partners in a process-oriented way across IKEA to reach common goals where the need planning agenda is a key enabler for future business success? Do you want to be the true link between planning and execution? Do you want to be part of a diverse, energetic team - leading across a dynamic, changing and developing business environment? Then this just might be the right opportunity for you!
The world around us is changing. Embracing the full opportunities of multichannel retailing puts new demands on IKEA to develop and implement new planning solutions.
We also need to be fast in responding to disruptions and changed conditions in our supply chain - building up resilience.
Within Capabilities in the new operating model and sales & supply planning transformation we see an efficient and effective need planning as a game-changing opportunity to achieve the right accuracy in planning at the right cost in our supply chain.
We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges. In this role, you will report to Supply chain planning manager, and the role will be based in Älmhult.
Job Description
As Need Planning Manager you will:
Ensure agreed availability (according to SL goals) at lowest possible cost (supply plan accuracy, Inventory turns, stock structure) for the assigned product range areas.
Lead business and people of assigned area through developing, motivating, and coaching Need Planning Team Managers
Create pre-conditions for excellence in execution by proactively securing executable supply plans for assigned range areas & geographical regions
Be responsible for recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession plans for Need Planning Team Managers
Drive the competence agenda for all Co-workers in the assigned area
Contribute to and initiate geographical forums with other supply stakeholders as well as lead initiatives together with Supply Chain stakeholders in order to ensure an executable supply plan and healthy stock structure for the assigned geographical region
Being active member of Supply chain planning management group and take lead in together deliver our action plans and goals.
Qualifications
As a person, you have a strong passion to guide the organisation into the future, having a strong drive in the field of planning. You have leadership skills to lead business and people in a global assignment. You have the drive to develop your co-workers and yourself to deliver excellent results. You strive to obtain a good collaboration and interaction with a big number of various stakeholders throughout IKEA. Moreover, you have a desire to find new ways and make them happen through engaging and motivating people. You go the extra mile and find new solutions to enable IKEAs journey to become a true Omnichannel Retailer.
To succeed in this role, we believe you have:
High interest in taking leadership to build the next generation need planning function for IKEA
Knowledge of agile mind-set and ways of working
IKEA value chain knowledge, experience from different functions across IKEA
Strong knowledge and understanding of the IKEA supply chain and processes
A passion for planning and leading in a global assignment
Strong knowledge of IKEA leadership and team dynamics
Knowledge of Range & Commercial
The desire and capability to be a great communicator and by this build trust and relationships to handle multiple stakeholders in a global environment.
Additional information
Submit your application, CV and letter of motivation, online via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters no later than 28th of May 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible, since we will start to call candidates from start of process. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Catarina Sandwång at
catarina.sandwang@inter.ikea.com if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Samuel Karlsson at
Samuel.karlsson@inter.ikea.com Looking forward to receiving your application!
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Arbetsgivare Ikea Supply Services (sweden) AB (org.nr 556391-1469)
Ikeagatan 1 (
visa karta)
343 36 ÄLMHULT
Arbetsplats Ikea Supply Services Sweden AB
Jobbnummer 9338581