Retail Supply Integration Specialist (Omani National) - IKEA

Job description / Role

Retail Supply Integration Specialist (Omani National) - IKEA - Regional Office

Job Role:
To contribute to a great meeting with the customer in all sales channels by ensuring a consistently high availability of our offer, with high quality and at lowest possible total cost.

PURPOSE OF JOB:
Create and constantly improve excellence in range administration and forecasting to achieve agreed service levels. Synchronise supply with commercial needs for the best possible customer perceived availability at the lowest possible total cost. Together with the commercial team ensure a smooth range management process and high-quality forecasts for input to supply planning.

About the Job:
- Administer the range for each selling unit in accordance with the country range strategy and the Sales Leaders decision.
- Align the offered range in each selling unit with the agreed range and initiating corrective actions in co-operation with the Sales Leaders if necessary.
- Support the Sales Leaders with forecast alignment by highlighting discrepancies between central and country/selling unit forecasts.
- Help with the establishment of new selling units by supporting the range selection and range administration.
- Provide range change planning information to the Sales Leaders and selling units in order to support a smooth range change planning process.
- Support range change implementation in the selling units by assisting the Sales Leaders in the creation of initial forecasts on news and allocation of discontinued split to selling units.
- Monitor and follow up sales goals for key articles identified in the business agreement between IKEA of Sweden Home Furnishing Business (HFB) and Retail Sales.
- Allocate unexpected deviations of discontinued items to the selling units while taking into consideration all commercial implications and monitor the range change process and initiate necessary actions within the Commercial Team.
- Support the Sales Leaders in the range selection by providing a range frame based on the selling units capacity and with input from the Retail Logistics Capacity and Flow Planner and according to global range dimensioning rules.

Requirements

- Excellent skills in retail and/or logistics processes, tools and working methods.
- Analytical skills with the ability to identify required business actions.
- Good understanding and actively use all IKEA manuals, particularly In-store Logistics and Retail Supply Integration the IKEA way manuals.
- Good skills in supporting an efficient and cost-effective commercial performance.
- Good numerical skills.
- Good understanding of the business plan process in the country.
- Good understanding of the IKEA Code of Conduct, regulations and legislation relating to health, safety and security.

Motivation:
- The IKEA values truly reflect personal values.
- Interested in home furnishing, peoples life at home and the IKEA product range.
- Enthusiastic about working with others in a team.
- Enjoy taking personal initiative and exceeding goals.
- A passion for logistics and working in a fast-paced and constantly changing retail environment.

Capabilities:
- Ability to build trust and communicate in a clear and targeted way with different people in various situations.
- Ability to manage a high-volume and vibrant retail environment.
- Ability to make things happen with flexibility, speed and simplicity.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.