WHY YOU WILL LOVE US

We’re 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”. How we realize this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values guide our work and build our inclusive, open and honest culture. It’s all based on a spirit of togetherness and enthusiasm. We work hard, but we have fun doing it. We’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.

WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU

• You have experience in sourcing, negotiating contracts, bid tendering & related process
• You have Excellent organizational skills, computer skills (e.g. excel) and numerical skills.
• You are fluent in spoken and written Chinese and English
• You are an excellent negotiator
• You have experience in change management
• You have good problem-solving skills
• You are self-reliant and motivated with proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• You have a detail-oriented mindset
• You are willing to take on project ownership and accountability
• You have project management experience
• You have good negotiation and cost analytics skills
• You have high degree of business ethics
• You are competent in procurement activities with accuracy and precision
• You are self-motivated and able to work independently

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

• Work with Store Business Navigation & Operations Managers to ensure what are closely connected to all stores/units and inspire, support and challenge store colleagues to bring about constant improvement
• Work with store A&A to analyze purchasing benefits, costs, investments and develop procurement cases. By doing this, we ensure the following:
• Purchasing: Use professional purchasing skills and setup effective select scales and systems based on different procurement type and amount to find the most suitable vendor. Scope include: Property: equipment, office equipment and stationary, stores consumables and communications; Engineering: showroom rebuild, small size building maintenance; Service: equipment maintenance, security, cleaning service and other broker service
• Process Optimization: Optimize vendor selected regulation and standard, centralize procurement and develop purchase tools to increase efficiency. Keep updating new purchasing method and evaluating the possibility of establishing new business models based on purchasing scales. Follow I-Way spirit to cultivate partner who is worthy of developing a long-term cooperation
• Budgeting: Through analysis procurement, set out a budget which meets the environment change and develop plan. And execute purchasing based on business priority and needs
• Risk Management: Setup vendor evaluation regulation and non-scheduled/ scheduled superintend process to develop more suitable cooperators and purchase process through effective purchasing quality control. Also, assist on budgeting evaluation in order to lower down the possibility of happening significant risk
• Commercial: Understand IKEA product and commercial plan. Support company business plan by profession according to develop priority including stimulate sales growth, support and challenge sales team, secure company financial goal. Working together with store operation manager and A&A manager to ensure effective practice tools, methods and plan
• Train negotiation skills to the rest of the organization
• Negotiate with the stakeholders for a balanced (financially and operationally) procurement requirements
• Negotiate directly with the vendors to secure savings (financially) and secure the most preferential commercial terms (rates, payment days, option to extend/renew, flexibility, scalability, etc.)

TOGETHER AS A TEAM

To navigate the growth of IKEA and steer business towards sustained long-term profitability through sourcing strategically to improve cost effectiveness and stability of supply with quality, integrating and optimizing demands and supplier base to lead organization efficiency, and providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date market information for effective decision-making. Ensure compliance with Dairy Farm and IKEA's policies and tendering procedures..

STAFF BENEFITS

Annual Fixed Bonus, 5-Day Work Week, 17 days Public Holiday, Paid Leave (Paid Annual Leave, 14 weeks Maternity Leave, 5 days Paternity Leave, 1 week Marriage Leave), Employee Medical Coverage, Non-Contributory Retirement Plan, Staff Purchase Discount, Birthday Coupon, Referral Bonus, Excellent Career Path

Personal data collected will be kept and handled confidentially by authorized personnel for recruitment purposes only. It might also be disclosed to our subsidiaries, associates and agencies authorized to process the information for appointment. The Company will retain the applications of candidates not selected for a maximum period of 24 months after the selection process is finalized. Our Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS) is available at our career site and can be provided upon request by contacting our Human Resources Department. Applicants not heard from us within six weeks may consider their applications filed for future reference.