Market Developer IKEA Components

We are now looking for a Market Developer who will contribute to total IKEA business through developing relations and market activities with concerned Home Furnishing Suppliers and IKEA Purchasing in the area of furniture components needed for final IKEA products.

It is the responsibility of the Market function at IKEA Components to be the one point of entry and to meet with the Home Furnishing Suppliers buying components from us. In the meeting with the Home Furnishing Suppliers it is the responsibility of Market to manage develop and improve the Home Furnishing Suppliers purchase of components in order to reduce total cost of components secure availability sustainability and the right quality. It is also the responsibility of the Market function to collect demands needs and expectations from the market and provide IKEA Components with this market knowledge.    

Your main responsibilities as Market Developer are:

Building close business partnership with IKEA suppliers and IKEA Purchasing

Securing the best buy for IKEA suppliers and continuously developing the offer

Collecting demands needs and expectations and providing market knowledge

Being responsible for development and implementation of market activities towards Home Furnishing Suppliers

Creating network and securing common agenda with relevant internal stakeholders in order to develop the business maximize IKEA benefit and achieve our goals

Leading the offer process based on the collected demands needs and expectations from IKEA Suppliers

Monitoring competitors on the market to secure competitiveness.

Qualifications :

 You have minimum 3 years working experience in market or sales development preferable in a multinational environment

You have excellent skills in working with the price set up in Supply Chain

You are knowledgeable in the area of economics and finance

You have excellent communication skills you can build and maintain business relations perfectly

You have basic technical knowledge about materials and function of components

You are flexible and you can handle challenging situations in a positive way

You have great convincing skills you are assertive type of a person

You speak English fluently

You have capability to see things in a holistic view

You are energetic and dynamic personality

You are passionate about people and leading the business.

Additional Information :

This position is full time and based in our office in Warsaw Poland Supply Area Central Europe. You will report to Market Manager and will belong to the international team with employees located in Poland Lithuania and Slovakia.

At IKEA we believe that were better when were physically together for collaboration dialogues and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats the energy belonging and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend most of our time in the IKEA workplace with flexibility to work from home.

Sounds interesting

Submit your application as soon as possible however not later than 25th of April 2025. 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.

We are looking forward to receiving your application in English!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime