Supply Planner Intern

Supply Planner will be responsible for a variety of responsibilities as below:

• Secure operational capacities by ensuring high quality of capacity data from suppliers and by working continuously towards exceptions together with Need Planner and Supplier in a proactive manner.
• Contribute to tactical capacity planning based on supplier performance on agreed capacity
• Update and secure correct business set-up information in all relevant systems. Furthermore work with systems and reports, to proactively detect and act on possible deviations from goal.
• Prepare suppliers for best replenishment and delivery solutions by continuously maintaining & developing supplier delivery performance and sender lead-times.
• Contribute to identifying best logistical offer, furthermore implement, maintain and review by having customer and total cost in mind.
• Actively contribute in the planning and execution of the best set-up for range changes at supplier, constraints periods and activities.
• Continuously follow-up, analyse and take action to improve supplier delivery performance and ensure goods are shipped in time from suppliers.
• Secure correct availability information from supplier to IKEA Retail in such quality that it can be for the benefit of customers.
• Develop and maintain suppliers’ logistic competence towards becoming responsible on their own performance through: working closely with suppliers, running Supplier Development Projects and providing them relevant trainings & working methods.
• Contribute to supplier development by taking a lead from logistic perspective and engage relevant competence in IKEA and at Supplier to assess supplier logistics capability and running supplier development projects.

Qualifications

Qualification

• Supply chain or business administration major

• Can work for 8 months

• Can work 3-4 days/week

• Fluent in English and Mandarin

• 2-3 related supply chain internship experiences