Innovation Leader Within Supply Chain Development

ARE YOU READY TO CHALLENGE THE FUTURE OF LOGISTICS?

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.

Have you ever thought about the future of logistics and fulfilment or maybe even should look like? Would you like to be working at the forefront of logistics and fulfilment trends and be part of a team working with innovation topics. Do you like to explore, create and connect using IKEA values as a guide? Join IKEA’s logistics and fulfilment focused innovation team as an Innovation Leader to establish the future of logistics for IKEA!

Please note, this is a temporary position to cover for a parental leave. 

Job Description

As an Innovation Leader you will be part of a team dedicated to logistics & fulfilment innovation, scouting and equipment development in IKEA Intralogistics, part of Supply Chain Development.

As an Innovation Leader you will be responsible for:

• Working across different parts of IKEA with varied partners and stakeholders leading a broad range of assignments.
• Driving and managing methodology, ideation, and research activities.
• Leading, coordinating, and holding together the Explore & Create phase of the innovation process (DNS) from an Intralogistics innovation scope perspective.
• Taking the lead within the team in rapid experiments, early prototyping, simple testing, and benchmarking.
• Support our partners with the preparation of the Innovate and Create phase of the innovation process (DNS).
• Securing ways of working in relation to documentation, budget, communication, and governance.
• Leading additional assignments connected to the service offer of the innovation team.

Qualifications

Innovation is a mindset more than a list of tasks. As a leader for the innovation process, you need to be open to change, embrace change and be able to lead change. You are willing and able to challenge reality with critical thinking, in a constructive and structured way. You have the capability to communicate complex situations in a simple way to a broad audience and work with innovation topics, as well as guiding others in these processes. It appears natural to you to have the courage and ability to speak up and work proactively. Last but not least, you find energy in navigation the unknown and are able to see a structure where nothing is apparent.

As we are a logistics and fulfilment focused team, you will have a higher chance to succeed if you have:

• An educational background or matching experience in supply, logistics, warehousing supply chain or equipment development.
• Proven experience in innovation focused environment
• Experience with “leading in the unknown”
• Experience with project management and facilitation of work for large groups

Additional Information

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Development Manager Innovation Matthew Ritchie,  . If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist, Ellinor Asschier, This position can be based either in Älmhult, Sweden or Dortmund, Germany

We look forward to receiving your application in  English latest 12th of May 2024. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.