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IKEA is one of the world's leading home furnishing companies. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.
IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.
Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units in Supply and we are on an exciting journey! By gathering the end-to-end supply chain development and innovation agenda into one organization, embedding management and development of processes and digital solutions into the business, we will meet the future with the right competences and business capabilities. By this we will also create the preconditions to a world class supply chain that enable IKEA to efficiently respond to the ever-changing customer needs. Read more about SCD here.
The SCD Intralogistics organization is responsible to establish, lead, support and develop logistics solutions for the various IKEA units that have a logistical and fulfilment component, including the development and innovation agenda of intralogistics at IKEA global. In practical terms, Intralogistics shall lead and educate in creating concepts, processes and solutions for IKEA Handling and Storage as well as to act as center of expertise for all establishments of logistics units around the globe. The organization is in strong lead towards a more mechanical and automated goods handling.
Do you get energy from influencing, interacting and working together to deliver great business results, this is probably a very interesting assignment for you!
Job Description
As a Process Developer, you will develop and maintain the Handling & Storage processes and contribute to the integration of the Handling & Storage process in the global IKEA processes.
You are an expert in the field of intralogistics and know the core of the operations of distribution centers and customer distribution centers.
You are responsible for all processes, concepts, tools and working methods related to the Handling & Storage process.
As a Process developer you are responsible of the prioritization and development of identified business needs through business analysis.
As the Process Developer you will among other tasks:
- Be responsible for the logistical set-up process within any Intralogistics project and secure a verification of the developed ways of working and that all Intralogistics business requirements are met
- Lead concept and process improvements, as well as development initiatives and prepare bases for decision material
- Be responsible to develop and keep process documentation up to date as well as related working methods and learning material
- Be responsible for all processes, concepts, tools and working methods related to the Handling & Storage process
- Secure coordination and consistency in the process development towards other connected processes
- Be responsible for the prioritization and development of identified business needs and process improvement potentials through business analysis
Travels are included periodically in this position
Qualifications
You have a strong passion to guide automation & design into the future, having a strong drive in the field of logistics, digitalisation and automation. You have a strong interest in Supply Chain and Intralogistics as well as in technology, digitalisation, automatics and robotics. Last but not least, you have the passion to drive and develop the business and yourself to deliver excellent results and a strong desire to collaborate and interact with all stakeholders.
We also see that you have:
- Very good understanding of the processes within a logistics unit
- Good understanding of how your everyday work adds customer value by delivering result
- Capability to build trust and relationships, in order to build long-term business partnership internally and externally
- Ability to handle complexity and to deal with multiple activities simultaneously
- An agile mind-set and move with speed and direction
- A university degree in the relevant area of study is a plus or 3-5 years of relevant work experience
- A good knowledge and understanding of IKEA processes and organisations as well as a strong knowledge of IKEA's supply chain is plus
- A good overview of the IKEA System landscape is a plus
- Fluent in English both written and verbal
Additional Information
We offer you a position in a fast paced, truly global environment where development and constantly being on the way is in focus! And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow together with us in an international network with future oriented projects and technical innovations. 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!
The position is based in Dortmund, Germany and will require travelling.
Submit your application online and in English via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters (please note that applications sent via e-mail will not be accepted) latest on the 3rd January 2025. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process or about the role, please send a message to our recruiting team via SmartRecruiters and we will come back to you.
At IKEA, we continuously look for better ways of working, following our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people. It is in our culture to work together and to be open, straightforward, and inclusive. We welcome all applications. Our culture and values are based on equal opportunities, and we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities.
We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!
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What We Do
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 is operated through a franchise system. Today, 12 different groups of companies market and sell the IKEA product range under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Any jobs published on this page are offered by different companies operating under the IKEA Trademark.
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943.
