Business Developer Istanbul

Inter IKEA Group (Old Sandbox); Fatih; On-site; TRY 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Inter IKEA Group is seeking a Business Developer to optimize purchasing options, drive supplier performance, and build a robust supplier network. You will lead negotiations, coordinate the Purchase Team, and translate strategic goals into concrete actions across projects to IKEA stores.

The role requires strong leadership, negotiation, and financial acumen, with up to 50% travel. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy developing suppliers and products, this could be your opportunity.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge about the cost drivers in purchasing
• Very good knowledge of production process of purchased products
• Economic and financial knowledge
• Very strong negotiation skills and high decisiveness
• Strong interest in home furnishing products
• Active driving license cat. B
• Be passionate in leading business and people
• Be open and feel good in constantly changing work environment
• Be ready to work with many tasks at the same time
• Have drive and be full of energy; understand that time is money
• Always be ready to search for new solutions and question the status quo
• Ability to translate big picture into concrete actions and build relations effectively

Responsibilities

• Building/maintaining effective relations with suppliers
• Leading the business agenda
• Co-operation with suppliers from project phase to ready products delivered to IKEA stores
• Negotiations with IKEA suppliers to reach best purchase conditions (price, lead time, volumes)
• Set goals with each supplier and create action plans to realize full potential
• Evaluate and develop existing production capacities
• Support and develop Purchase Team
• Contribute to product development
• Optimize purchasing possibilities
• Build professional long-term business development
• Position requires travelling up to 50% of working time

Skills

Purchasing cost drivers

Production process knowledge

Economics/finance knowledge

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Multitasking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Job description

You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.

About you

• deep knowledge about the cost drivers in purchasing part of the supply chain,
• very good knowledge of production process (of purchased products),
• economic and financial knowledge,
• very strong negotiation skills and high decisiveness,
• strong interest in home furnishing products,
• active driving license cat. B,
• be passionate in leading business and people,
• be open and feel good in constantly changing work environment,
• be ready to work with many tasks in the same time,
• have “drive” and be full of energy. Understand that time is money,
• always be ready to search for new solutions; questioning “status quo”,
• capability to handle business with big picture in mind – and ability to transfer it into concrete actions.
• Build good relations and communicate with others effectively: listen to others, actively search for feedback and give feedback

About the job

Business Developer is responsible for securing excellence in running operations by optimizing the purchasing possibilities, developing performance of existing Suppliers and finding new ones. This way Business Developer is building efficient supplier structure. He/she is also responsible to co-ordinate Purchase Team group work to ensure the best result.

About the assignment

• building/maintaining effective relations with suppliers,
• leading the business agenda,
• co-operation with suppliers starting from the project phase until the ready products delivered to IKEA stores,
• negotiations with IKEA suppliers leading to reach the best possible purchase conditions (price, lead time, volumes etc),
• together with each supplier set the goals and create action plan that will enhance the full potentials of the business. Execute fulfilment of those goals,
• evaluating and developing existing production capacities,
• supporting and giving directions in order to develop Purchase Team,
• contributing to produce development,
• optimizing the purchasing possibilities,
• building professional long term business development.

Position requires travelling up to 50% of working time.

Additional Information

14 December 2017