Located in Shanghai, Development Centre East Asia is affiliated to the IKEA of Sweden. Our assignment is to lead product development capabilities close to people and partners in strategic locations to deliver IKEA product range with simplicity, speed and low cost. Through Democratic Design we ensure a relevant product range on IKEA markets with a strong IKEA identity and uniqueness.

We are now looking for Sourcing Specialist, come to join us!

ABOUT THE JOB

As Sourcing Specialist, you will work closely with our development teams to develop range and products with speed and IKEA identity, by leading total supply chain perspective and bring the supplier and customer closer through product development.

• Together with development team members, secure best democratic design at the lowest total cost.
• Responsible to bring the industry insight and opportunities into product development and draw conclusions, including leading optimal material and technique selection, through own competence and by involving right competence.
• Responsible to secure input and preconditions from the DevC to the category, in order for the category to define optimal sourcing set-up for new product developments.
• Responsible to conclude business case based on the optimal sourcing set-up from category and by calculating GM, GP, and R52 in all channels.
• Overall responsible for sourcing activities and performance connected to the product development, including optimal logistics set-up, phase in and phase out, considering both supplier and retail perspective
• Responsible for leading preconditions to secure availability at lowest total cost.
• Establish & develop high performing and diverse supplier base which meet the needs of our business and customer, together with our category teams.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for the people with:

• Knowledge & Experience in mix materials & industries.
• Interest of people’s life at home and energy, drive and commitment to deliver better products for the many people.
• The IKEA values truly reflect personal values.
• The capability and willingness to connect, influence and convince, with strong entrepreneurial mindset.
• The capability to analyse, translate number and information into insights and conclusions. And use the conclusions to connect the dots and form a bigger picture.
• Knowledge and experience of industry and production lines is preferred, able to translate from product solution to industrial language and set-ups.
• Fast learning, reflective and self improve type of profile.
• Excellent analytical and logical skills. Fact based thinking and mindset.
• Sensitive to prices and margins. Business development thinking with great commercial sense.
• Innovative thinking, curiosity and always interested in knowing more and going for the root cause.

Sounds interesting?
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.

Curious to know more? Let´s connect!
For more questions about the role, please contact People & Culture Support Emma Yao ([email protected]).