Logistics Leader

About you

You are a performance-driven leader, passionate about people and strive to help your team achieve and develop as much as you do for your own achievements. Your passion for logistics and working in a fast-paced and constantly changing retail environment helps you to reach exceptional results. You have a deep interest in home furnishing, people's life at home, and strongly identify yourself with the IKEA product range.

About the job

Your job is to lead and inspire the city shop Logistics team to secure goods availability, efficient low-cost goods flow processes and logistics competence in the city shop.

You will contribute to the city shop success by securing overall availability, quality of logistics and service operations, follow up of performance and costs of logistics operations. You are an active partner in the city shop commercial and business planning process.

About the assignment

In this role, you will be a part of the Logistics and Recovery team within the IKEA City Shop in Kyiv, accountable for the Logistics area within the team and you will:

• Lead the city shop Logistics and work with the country Logistics team as well as the city shop commercial team to secure the highest goods availability for customers at all times at the lowest possible cost.
• Analyze and act on the results of the IKEA Customer Satisfaction Survey, IKEA Brand Capital report and commercial reviews.
• Actively participate in the management process to create the city shop business plan using global and country input to develop and follow up on all logistics actions that support the country business plan and direction.
• Ensure all relevant country strategies and priorities are aligned in the city shop business and action plan. Secure the quality of products, merchandising and customer shopping experience in the city shop.
• Secure development and correct usage of long-term logistics capacity in the city shop according to range frame. This includes space, equipment and people as a part of the total supply chain capacity.
• Identify, recruit and develop the many talents in the city shop, specifically in your team, to secure succession planning.
• Live the IKEA values and nurture a strong and thriving IKEA culture that inspires colleagues to reach extraordinary achievements in the city shop.
• Ensure that the city shop Logistics works in compliance with the IKEA Code of Conduct, internal IKEA regulations and local legislation relating to health, safety and security and the environment.
• Monitor the Logistics performance in order to take relevant actions to achieve the goals for growth, budget and performance in the city shop business plan and logistics action plan.

Your profile

• Wholehearted customer orientation
  
• Passion for home furnishing and knowledge in this area
  
• Value driven person
  
• Experience of working in a retail and/or logistics role
  
• People oriented person and with experience of leading the team, preferably within retail or Warehouse logistics field
  
• Understand budget, cost and key performance measurements used to plan, follow up and steer the business.
  
• Analytical and numerical skills.
  
• Understand the business plan process in the store.
  
• Understand sales steering and how to optimise store capacity and secure availability.
  
• Business-minded with a clear customer focus.
  
• Proven record of meeting agreed budgets and goals, and work on plans over a number of years. Experience of applying tactical and operational thinking.
  
• Proven record of communicating confidently and clearly in English.
  

The IKEA Group is a leading home furnishing retailer. We are a values driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We have 355 IKEA stores in 29 countries. Join us and discover exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.

Join IKEA now and apply for the position online by 31st of August in English.