Supply Planner, Food Bardi

Supply Planner, Food
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Company description

Ciao!

Buna!

Merhaba!

**Assalam - u - Alaikum!

That's how we say 'Hello' in our offices in Purchasing & Logistics Area South.

You don't need to master all these languages, but we do believe you enjoy working in a multicultural environment.

We are looking for a Supply Planner in our Food Team.

**Job description

About the Job**:

The Supply Planner is an active member part of the Food team; he/she will take the leadership in the purchasing team to ensure supplier has food ready in time and in full in order to fulfil customers' need at lowest possible landed cost by:

- Achieving excellence in running logistics operations in accordance with Category Plan, by interacting with respective stakeholders and complying with working methods.

- Taking the lead in operational capacity planning at supplier level and contributing to tactical food capacity planning.

- Developing logistics performance through common Action Plans with Suppliers.

**Your tasks will include**:

- Secure operational capacities by ensuring high quality of food capacity data from suppliers and by working continuously towards exceptions together with Need Planner and Supplier in a proactive manner.

- Contribute to tactical food capacity planning based on supplier performance on agreed capacity.

- Update and secure correct information in all relevant systems.

Furthermore work with systems and reports, to proactively detect and act on possible deviations from goal.

- Prepare suppliers for best replenishment and delivery solutions by continuously maintaining & developing supplier delivery performance and sender lead-times.

- Contribute to identifying best logístical offer, furthermore implements, maintains and reviews by having customer and total cost in mind.

- Actively contributes in the planning and execution of the best set-up for range changes at supplier, news and discontinued, constraints periods and activities.

- Continuously follow-up, analyse and takes action to improve supplier delivery performance and ensures food is shipped in time from suppliers.

- Contribute to supplier development by taking a lead from logistic perspective and engages relevant competence in IKEA and at Supplier to assess supplier logistics capability and running supplier development projects.

**Qualification

Your knowledge, skills and experience include**:

- At least 2 years' experience in logistics/order management.

- (for internal) Preferred previous experience in Supply Planner roles in Home Furnishing Business.

- (for external) preferred experience in the food logistics industry

- Flexibility and good change management skills.

- Capability to delivery results through involving and engaging stakeholders within IKEA and Supplier.

- Able to translate the Category Plan into logistics solutions; always act with the Customer, Supplier, Total IKEA and Total Cost Development in mind.

- Capability to perform complex analysis, and draw conclusions to support the right business decisions and implementations.

- Fluent in English

**More Information

In return, Food Team offers you a challenging position with great development possibilities.

You will work in an environment where your ideas are heard, where there is an opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people".