Business Development Manager - Purchasing Development
Business Development Manager - Purchasing Development
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Job Description
Being a Business Development Manager at IKEA means several things. As a part of the Global Category Management Team you will actively contribute to the development of the Category Business Plan securing business results and developing people as well as continuously exploring new business opportunities in your area of responsibility.
As Business Development Manager you will:
- Set the business direction with clear Action Plan(s) to improve and develop business and supplier performance and deliver to Category Plan using the Supplier Development Process
- Be accountable for professional and longterm relationships with suppliers through the IKEA way of doing business based on a shared business model trust and transparency
- Identify and startup new suppliers according to business needs through the business development team and/or by giving assignments to New Business teams
- Lead and/or contribute to projects on behalf of the overall category or category area
- Be overall responsible for people development including setting the competence and leadership agenda to meet the business needs as well as securing recruitment development performance management retention and succession plans for coworkers directly in your team
- At any time use Factbased Business Leadership
Qualifications :
Who are you
As our Business Development Manager you have an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong ability to lead both business and people based on previous experience. You are good at both clarifying and inspiring building networks and longterm partnerships. You combine strategic work with a handson approach and you have the ability to communicate a complex assignment in a logical clear and simple manner. You like challenges and stepping into the unknown. You lead the business with an analytical and holistic view always keeping customer supplier and IKEA in mind.
What you bring with you
- Excellent proven leadership skills being a downtoearth leader providing clarity with a positive inspiring approach and leading through others with the aim of letting them shine in their roles and assignments
- Are solution oriented and have a strong business acumen with the ability to work on a strategic level as well as sustaining excellence in daily operations on an operational and tactical level
- Good knowledge and understanding in purchasing and logistics and specifically manufacturing and costdrivers connected to that
- Excellent understanding of business tools and systems to drive conclusions and actions
- Good communication skills in English both verbal and written with the ability to communicate clearly and in a simple way
- Able to take and execute through decisions
Additional Information :
Sounds interesting
This position is based in King of Prussia PA and will require some travelling.
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.
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Employment Type :
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Employment Type
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