Product Sourcing Developer

Are you ready to put in the next gear of moving IKEA and making us better together? 

In Range Area Kitchen & Appliances, we are a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.  We develop Complete Kitchens and have ambitious plans to continue developing and securing our top position.   

At Range Area (RA) Kitchen & Appliances we are now looking for a Product Sourcing Developer. 

As Product Sourcing Developer you are responsible to secure, supply chain and supplier perspective in the development of NEWs, Improves and Running range products. Likewise, you secure material selection in line with RA material roadmaps and Category Material Directions, and that supplier manufacturing capabilities are implemented in NEWs and Improves projects. You contribute to develop and delivering better products at lowest total cost, while acting as the interface from RA to other Supply stakeholders for operational and tactical topics to support growth and performance. 

Job Description

Among other tasks, you will: 

• As part of the Development Team, contribute to the development projects and securing final result according to Democratic Design. 

• Integrate supplier capabilities and supply chain perspective in News and Improves projects having a end to end perspective, by involving relevant stakeholders inside and outside the RA.

• Responsible for comparing different material and category capabilities, and evaluate different product cost scenarios, by exploring the different category capabilities in the initial phase of the product development process. 

• Secure input and preconditions from the RA to the category, in order for the category to define optimal global sourcing set-up for the IKEA range enabling growth and low cost. 

• Responsible to conclude business case and provide input to relevant stakeholders for News and Improves. 

• Lead and secure the availability of Retail Mixed Prices for News, and Running range according to Showability KPI and WoW. 

• Contribute to the execution of activities linked to phase-in and phase-out of articles from a cost perspective. 

Qualifications

To succeed & shine in this role you: 

• Have experience within related field such as product development sourcing, project leadership within business or product development, sourcing or business development experience. 

• Bring material and production knowledge. 

• Lead with a holistic view, always having customer, Supply Chain, supplier, total IKEA and total cost in mind. 

• Have the capability to lead and deliver results through own competence and involving and engaging others. 

• Lead and contribute in projects. 

• Analyse and draw conclusions from a total business perspective. 

• Can perform risk assessment and scenario planning. 

• Live and share the IKEA values. 

Additional Information

Are you ready to make the world a little better, together? We want to hear from you!  

We are looking forward to receiving your application – CV and motivation letter, in English, by June 2nd , 2024.

If you like to know more about the position, please reach out to recruiting manager XiuHong Yuan ( ). If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Carolina Reventberg;