Job Description

Our team within IKEA

At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.

We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work.

We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.

We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.

We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.

What you need to know

• Position is Permanent Full Time, 76hrs/fortnight.
• Location of role is IKEA Tempe, NSW.
• Internal job title at IKEA is Fulfilment Integration Manager. Reporting line is to the Fulfilment Manager.
• As our store operates 7 days per week, you must have the availability to work a rotating roster with a mix of day and evening shifts. You also have the availability to work alternating weekend shifts (both Saturday and Sunday).
• As part of the recruitment process this role requires a pre-employment check for final candidates.

About this work area

As Supply Chain Planning & Inventory Manager your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading, coaching, and developing a team while building robust relationships across Fulfilment Operations and the wider business.
• Creating an inclusive and supportive team culture that values collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance to achieve business goals and deliver outcomes.
• Partnering with commercial and fulfilment teams to deliver commercial activations, range changes, and operational forecasting that support customer and business outcomes.
• Securing and monitoring effective range management and stock accuracy through proactive planning, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proactively drive improvements to stock structure and inventory health to enhance operational efficiency, availability, capacity, and cost effectiveness.
• Leading the adoption of fulfilment solutions and ensure maximum system effectiveness, operational efficiency, and cost consciousness.
• Coordinating and supporting the implementation of local, national, and global fulfilment initiatives in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Fostering capability development across the store and championing continuous improvement initiatives that enhance end-to-end fulfilment operations.

As Supply Chain Planning & Inventory Manager, you are:

• A collaborative, people- centred leader who has a passion for coaching and developing others with the ability to build capability, foster collaboration and empower your team to achieve shared goals. Leadership experience is essential.
• Equipped with sound knowledge and experience with forecasting, range management, inventory management, and sales and inventory planning.
• Comfortable using data and performance insights to guide planning and business decisions.
• Well versed in developing and implementing business strategies, aligning people and priorities to achieve shared goals and results.
• Able to connect, influence, engage, and align diverse stakeholders to successfully deliver business priorities and initiatives.
• Passionate about continuous improvement, with the ability to translate insights into practical solutions that enhance customer and business outcomes.
• Experienced working in an omnichannel retail, fulfilment, logistics, supply chain, or inventory planning environment.

We need people like you

At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us!