Sourcing Leader
Logistics, Sales & Operations · Supply Chain & Transport · Procurement · Purchasing
In short
Responsibilities
- Lead complex RFx, supplier selections, negotiations and contracting.
- Turn business needs and segment direction into effective sourcing approaches.
- Work across different indirect procurement segments and supplier markets.
- Create competition and challenge established solutions.
- Work closely with stakeholders, Legal, Finance and other procurement colleagues.
- Balance cost, quality, sustainability, risk and business needs.
- Lead and support challenging supplier and commercial situations.
- Coach Sourcing Specialists and share sourcing experience.
- Help develop common sourcing processes, tools and ways of working.
- Explore and apply e-auctions, digital sourcing, automation and autonomous sourcing.
Requirements
- Strong experience in sourcing, procurement or category management.
- Experience from two or more indirect procurement segments, preferably across Machinery, Energy, Digital and/or Professional Services.
- A strong track record of leading complex sourcing activities and negotiations.
- Good understanding of supplier markets, commercial agreements and cost drivers.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and balancing different business needs.
- Strong commercial and analytical thinking.
- The ability to influence, collaborate and create clarity in complex situations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience helping establish or transform a sourcing or procurement organisation.
- Experience developing sourcing processes, tools or ways of working.
- Hands-on experience with e-auctions or digital sourcing platforms.
- Experience introducing automation or autonomous sourcing into procurement.
- Experience helping others grow their sourcing competence.
Benefits
- Opportunity to influence how IKEA sources.
- Work across different indirect procurement segments and supplier markets.
Skills
About IKEA
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers. The IKEA retail business…
Company
IKEAJob Posted
3 hours ago
Expires
in 1 week
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Älmhult, Sweden
Warsaw, Poland
Delft, Netherlands
Applicants
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