Job Description: A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share your uniqueness. Join the team of about 30 dedicated purchasers over the globe experienced in sourcing of marketing services, agencies and products. We have a strong understanding of supplier landscape and industry standards helping us to support IKEA. Job Responsibilities: Developing and execute the category strategies with the objective to drive a sustainable procurement value, achieve procurement objectives and actively manage suppliers, business partners and risks. Act as expert for the category demonstrating an in-depth understanding of procurement process and marketing industry - specifically in are of creative, content production, CRM, PR or social media. Drive collaboration with country teams to ensure strategic direction for relevant categories Ensuring good compliance and governance against internal rules and policies, manage risks enabling to implement People and Planet Positive strategy Aligning with internal business partners on business requirements, create insights using internal and external data. Build strong relationship with business partners on global level, as well as on individual markets Driving category relevant initiatives / projects (7 steps sourcing process – from identifying needs to contracting) Managing suppliers to deliver on internal KPIs Cooperating with other departments to ensure end – to – end process (legal, finance, etc.) Job Requirements: Fluency in English Experience (min 5 years) in marketing procurement University degree in Business, Business administration or marketing Strong communication and negotiation skills Possibility to travel (international travels) Job Details: Company: Ikea Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Conshohocken, PA, USA Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here careerstrivia.net