Category Purchaser

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Date posted: 05/06/

Why we will love you

Can you see yourself as a true ambassador for IKEA Culture and values?

Do you have skills in stakeholder management and networking? Do you have broad experience from strategic purchasing and/or from the Energy Water and Waste procurement together with a genuine interest in sustainability?

Then we want you to come and join our journey

To thrive in this position, we see that you bring:
- Strategic Procurement Expertise: You should have a thorough understanding of strategic procurement, particularly in the sectors of Energy and Waste. This includes knowledge of cost drivers and the value chain with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainable waste management practices.
- Regulatory Insight: You are familiar in the standard conditions and regulations that govern the Energy and Waste markets across the Nordic countries. Competence in the regulatory conditions in European countries is an advantage.
- Multilingual Communication Proficiency: Fluency in both spoken and written English is required. Additional Nordic languages would be highly beneficial.
- Supplier Management Skills: You have a track record of effectively developing and managing supplier relationships, ensuring the delivery of high-quality materials and services while fostering strong connections with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Advanced Negotiation Skills: Your strong negotiation capabilities enable you to secure advantageous terms and cultivate long-term, strategic partnerships.
- Global Perspective: Your experience in a global organization provides you with the insights necessary to operate across various international markets and cultural landscapes.
- Technical Acumen: Familiarity with SAP procurement tools, such as ARIBA or S4Hana, is preferred to enhance our procurement processes and operational efficiency.

Your responsibilities

We offer you an exciting position as purchaser within the Procurement organization of Ingka. With our sourcing and tendering process, you will be given the opportunity improve and develop Energy, Water, and Waste procurement areas to bring innovation through partnering with suppliers, to meet Ingka development needs in a cost-efficient way with sustainability built in from the start.

In a day with us you will do:

- Procurement management: Lead all procurement activities and projects within the Energy, Water, and Waste categories across the Nordic countries and potentially in other European countries. Focus on innovative energy and waste management solutions.
- Project Oversight: Manage the commercial aspects of project preparation, including supplier selection, pre-qualification, tendering, negotiation of services, materials, and equipment, as well as contracting and follow-up.
- Market Analysis: Actively monitor the market to make informed sourcing strategies, understand supplier markets, and identify relevant trends. Support strategic planning and goal achievement in the Energy, Water, and Waste categories, with an emphasis on sustainability and cost reduction in real estate development.
- Compliance and Partnership Building: Ensure strict adherence to procurement processes and build long-lasting partnerships with stakeholders and key suppliers based on a shared business model. Maintain trusted relationships aligned with the Ingka way of doing business, emphasizing compliance with IWAY and our Code of Conduct to ensure ethical and sustainable practices.

About this work area

We are Ingka Procurement, part of Ingka Group. We bring IKEA into the lives of the many people in more than 30 countries around the world. As IKEA grows it will be increasingly important that we have a way of sourcing and supplying that supports this journey. Together with colleagues all over the world we work to identify and understand all kinds of needs related to IKEA operations. Together with our suppliers we meet those needs innovatively, cost-effectively and with sustainability built in from the start. We secure a high-performing supplier base that can contribute to and grow together with IKEA in the future. Our ambition is to develop meaningful and better procurement

Questions and support? Let's connect

If you have job-specific questions, please contact the recruiting manager Atanas Stamov .

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter Alexandra Boyd

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, but please no later than 10th of May, . We do not accept applications through email so please apply through our career website. Application should be submitted in English. Please note that we prioritize Ingka co-workers for this recruitment process.

In this recruitment there is no reallocation support provided by IKEA. Hence, we are looking for people already living in the mentioned location.

Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis.

Warmly welcome with your application

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