Goods Flow Team Manager (Outbound) - IKEA Bang Yai

The IKEA vision is 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 can afford them. We operate in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand – and have an ambitious expansion plan to bring a little bit of Sweden to new markets in the region. We are part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA.

We also develop, own and operate Shopping Centres that are anchored by IKEA and create walkable communities by including residential, office and other types of real estate in our development plans.

We work towards making sustainability a natural part of our everyday work. We are active in our communities, driving and supporting social initiatives that benefit children, women and the environment.

Your assignment

• Report to Goods Flow Manager and assist in monitoring, control development and execution of logistics/goods flow action plans.
• To secure efficient goods flow by having a close cooperation with the commercial partners of sales and communication & interior design in the areas of sales space management.
• To plan, organize and monitor store goods flow process from receiving to sales locations replenishment; fulfilling the goal of being ready prior before store opening.
• Contribute to the range management process by adhering efficient with smooth phase in and phase out procedures (space dimensioning and goods allocation).
• To optimize utilization of existing store logistics capacities (space, equipment and people) and goods allocation and planning of resources.
• Responsible for optimization of total supply chain costs by monitoring and giving inputs about deviations from “Global Service Agreement DS/Retail”. Thus impacting loading quality and arrival precision.

Your profile

• Fulfilment performance monitoring, how KPI's used to monitor business performance and how they influence each other.
• Knowledge of working methods preventing goods' damages during all Goods flow processes
• Knowledge of techniques of effective merchandising principles that make it easy to shop and keep sales spaces full and attractive.
• Knowledge of creating, following and maintaining guiding framework documents with internal and/or external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the process for allocating products to sales locations in the IKEA store.
• Knowledge of standard operating procedures for forklift drivers, and their purpose to keep all co-workers safe and secure during logistics operations.
• Knowledge of ways of planning Logistics resources and processes (e.g. staff, organizational structure, equipment, in-delivery schedule) in accordance with potential sales scenarioes.knowledge of ways of planning Logistics resources and processes (e.g. staff, organizational structure, equipment, in-delivery schedule) in accordance with potential sales scenarios.
• Ability to deliver, making things happen with speed, simplicity and flexibility even in unpredictable situations.

Please apply by 26 September 2024.