Strategic Supplier Relations Leader - Enterprise Apps

IKEA; Delft; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

IKEA is seeking a Supplier Relations Leader for Enterprise Applications & Business Platforms to own strategic relationships with key technology suppliers such as SAP, Workday, ServiceNow and Oracle. You will align supplier roadmaps with IKEA priorities, drive governance and negotiations, and lead strong commercial decisions across Procurement, Digital and Finance.

Location can be Delft (NL), Malmö (SE) or Warsaw (PL).

Qualifications

• Strong experience in supplier relationship management, sourcing or commercial management.
• Experience managing major enterprise software or SaaS suppliers.
• Knowledge of ERP, procurement, workforce platforms.
• Understanding enterprise software licensing and commercial models.
• Experience supporting complex software negotiations and renewals.
• Ability to connect platform roadmaps with business transformation needs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsabilités

• Own relationships with strategic enterprise application and business-platform suppliers.
• Develop supplier strategies aligned with IKEA business priorities and platform roadmaps.
• Lead supplier governance, executive reviews and joint business planning.
• Drive supplier performance, development and long-term value creation.
• Support complex commercial negotiations, renewals and enterprise agreements.
• Challenge software licensing, subscription and consumption models.
• Connect supplier product roadmaps with IKEA’s business, technology and transformation needs.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, simplification, consolidation and cost optimisation.
• Work closely with Procurement, Digital and business stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate supplier, commercial, operational and technology risks.
• Manage escalations and support business continuity when challenges arise.

Connaissances

Supplier relationship management

Sourcing and procurement

Commercial management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor governance

Description du poste

IKEA is seeking a Supplier Relations Leader for Enterprise Applications & Business Platforms to own strategic relationships with key technology suppliers such as SAP, Workday, ServiceNow and Oracle. You will align supplier roadmaps with IKEA priorities, drive governance and negotiations, and lead strong commercial decisions across Procurement, Digital and Finance.

Location can be Delft (NL), Malmö (SE) or Warsaw (PL).