Sourcing Procurement Specialist Business Developer - Purchase Development Category Area Food - Protein
Sourcing Procurement Specialist Business Developer - Purchase Development Category Area Food - Protein
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Job Description
About the job
As a Business Developer you will be an informal leader of a 3member microteam. With a Production Engineer who takes care of the production process and food quality and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. Based on the analysis you will develop and implement common action plans with your suppliers and partners delivering excellent performance in running operations and building professional long term business development. You will be tasked to reduce costs to develop better design for our customers and identify new purchasing possibilities all within the framework of sustainability and ethical business practices.
About the assignment
Being a Business Developer you will be overall responsible for supplier performance and relationships. Among other things you are:
- Responsible for building professional and longterm relationships through IKEA way of doing business based on a shared business model trust and transparency.
- Professionally challenge suppliers to constantly improve all aspects of supplier performance according to supplier action plan.
- Lead supplier development projects to create and implement action plans together with suppliers which delivers to Category Business Plan.
- Secure the analysis leading to conclusions and making things happen
- Responsible for lowering total cost at the supplier level through optimizing value chain.
- Partner with suppliers to continuously increase the competitiveness through new purchasing possibilities such as new technology new material and/or production techniques.
- Lead the business agenda by involving and engaging competence needed such as logistics quality manufacturing and sustainability.
- In addition to the Business Development role you will also be responsible to secure compliance to IKEA Purchasing Manual and other agreed working methods product documentation and social & quality compliances.
Qualifications :
About you
You are able to establish and develop high performing and diverse supplier base which can meet the needs of our business and customers. You have a high interest in understanding the markets we are working in as well as the reality of production. Additionally we believe you should have:
- Bachelors degree in Business Economics Supply Chain Management Engineering other relevant degree or relevant experience.
- 24 years sourcing experience (preference within food sector).
- Purchasing experience working with Total Cost and Value Chain Analysis.
- Hands on experience in supplier development and vendor management.
- Experience in contract negotiations.
- Ability to run complex RFQ/RFP/RFI.
- Proven track record of product price negotiations.
- Selfdriven and strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Highly effective communication skills. Able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
- Proven record of developing business plans and consistently meeting/exceeding results.
- Indepth and factbased analysis skills.
- Ability to build strong trustful relations with suppliers and stakeholders.
- Finely tuned indirect leadership skills.
- Organized and capable to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Have the energy drive and commitment to deliver better product for the many people.
- The drive to be independent and autonomous to lead suppliers. There is indirect people management however this role will not have direct reports.
- Travel required (3050%).
Additional Information :
At IKEA we value diverse backgrounds perspectives and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us!
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability status or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications merit and business need.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
