Strategic Cloud & Data Platform Supplier Leader

Interikeagroup; Delft; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Inter IKEA Group seeks a Supplier Relations Leader for Cloud, Infrastructure, Data & AI Platforms to own strategic relationships with Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Databricks and other global technology partners. You will translate technology priorities into stronger partnerships, shaping long-term value and smarter commercial outcomes across the enterprise.

The role spans governance, negotiations, and joint business planning, driving cost optimisation and platform simplification while building

Formación

• Strong experience in supplier relationship management, sourcing, procurement or technology commercial management.
• Experience managing hyperscalers, cloud providers, infrastructure suppliers, data platforms or comparable strategic technology partners.
• Understanding of cloud economics, infrastructure and platform ecosystems.
• Knowledge of cloud consumption, enterprise commitments, licensing and commercial models.
• Experience supporting complex technology negotiations, renewals or strategic agreements.
• Understanding of cloud transformation, data platforms and AI-enabled technology ecosystems.
• The ability to connect supplier capabilities and roadmaps with enterprise technology priorities.
• Experience managing strategic or business-critical supplier relationships.
• Strong commercial understanding and negotiation capability.
• Experience driving supplier performance, innovation and joint value creation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• The ability to engage credibly with architecture, engineering, platform and senior technology stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Own strategic relationships with major cloud, infrastructure, data and AI platform suppliers.
• Develop supplier strategies aligned with IKEA's technology and business priorities.
• Lead executive governance, strategic reviews and joint business planning.
• Drive supplier performance, development, innovation and long-term value creation.
• Support complex commercial negotiations, renewals and strategic agreements.
• Challenge supplier pricing, consumption, licensing and commitment models.
• Connect supplier roadmaps with IKEA's cloud, infrastructure, data and AI strategies.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, platform simplification and improved commercial governance.
• Build IKEA's internal knowledge and negotiation capability for major technology platforms.
• Work closely with Procurement, Technology & Platforms, architecture, engineering, data and other business stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate supplier, concentration, commercial, operational and technology risks.
• Manage escalations and support resilience and business continuity.

Descripción del empleo

Inter IKEA Group seeks a Supplier Relations Leader for Cloud, Infrastructure, Data & AI Platforms to own strategic relationships with Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Databricks and other global technology partners. You will translate technology priorities into stronger partnerships, shaping long-term value and smarter commercial outcomes across the enterprise.

The role spans governance, negotiations, and joint business planning, driving cost optimisation and platform simplification while building