Supply Planner

**Job ID**: R0010716

**Date posted**: 07/02/2025

**Company description**
Hej We are IKEA

One brand, a full value chain, and many, many people - that’s us in a nutshell.

Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: 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.

The Inter IKEA Group is a part of Inter IKEA Systems B.V., owner of the IKEA Concept and worldwide IKEA franchisor.

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.

IKEA Purchasing & Logistic Services México in Mexico City, Mexico is part of our Supply Area Americas region which also has an office in King of Prussia, PA and Curitiba, Brazil, and is a subsidiary of the Inter IKEA Group.

**Job description**
Are you are interested in how goods are delivered to the customers on time and at a lowest possible cost? Do you want to learn about production capacity planning and order flow? Do you like both, working with numbers and people? Do you want to help IKEA have happy customers and reach great business results?

We are looking for a Supply Planner to join Mattresses and Comfort Seating Category. These categories are part of the IKEA core business, and this team ensures that customers get their products with lowest possible cost and best quality.

**As a Supply Planner you will**:

- Ensure the agreed service level by monitoring and taking required action on delivery precision
- Be a collaborator in supply chain from end to end.
- Work closely with IKEA suppliers to provide them with relevant information, training, working methods and help them develop to the required performance levels
- Take the lead in operational capacity planning at supplier level and contributing to tactical capacity planning
- Follow-up, analyze and take actions, leading supplier logistics development through value chain improvement with a total cost approach
- Continuously update requests to responsible functions within the Supply Chain, including suppliers
- Daily troubleshooting, as well as finding solutions to avoid similar problems in the future
- Be curious and motivated to find more efficient and better ways of working

**Qualification** About you**:

- Relevant university degree or equivalent knowledge from working experience
- Good knowledge of Supply Chain cost drivers and logistics, including different replenishment
- and delivery solutions
- Good knowledge of production planning processes and high interest in optimizing the whole supply chain
- Capable to run detailed data analyses
- Very good knowledge of Excel
- Organized and capable to prioritize
- Details and Solutions oriented
- Strong communication and negotiating skills
- VMR prior experience is a plus

**More Information**
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

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.