Jimmi J.

Main responsibilities: * Responsible for managing and developing 4 different functions (Commodity Managers, Commodity Buyers, Purchasers and EMS Fulfillment Planners) * Accountable for the management of our internal warehouse of strategic components incl life cycle management of components, handling processes, budget, KPIs and general follow up * Member of the Global Sourcing Management team

People and Business responsibility of the procurement agenda of indirect material & services for our Customer meeting points, Distribution Centers, INGKA Centers and INGKA Investments in Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Ukraine. As of 1st of August 2021, due to expansion in the SEE region and the large scope of Italy this position was divided into 2 and Italy was excluded from my scope. *Sets the Procurement goals and action plans to support business priorities in the respective markets and achieves results in line with the IKEA vision and values * Develop and build high performing procurement team and support/coach in the development of co-workers * Own the agreed market procurement agenda by planning and prioritising * Source the right needs for the markets in alignment within Procurement (e.g. Category area managers). * Develop strong relationships throughout Procurement functions and functional managers in the markets/countries under my responsibility

Responsible for Material Handling & Storage category area within IKEA IMS. The main assignment as Category Manager at IKEA IMS is to develop and implement the Category Area Plan and to lead the category team. Activities: * Lead and secure a competent and high performing category team that perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments. * Accountable for category segment/-s plans, purchase projects, supplier development and initiatives within category. * Build effective, long term relations with key stakeholders. * Take an active part in the development and implementation of IKEA IMS Business Plan. * Set budget, goals and follow up for the category.

Responsible for the Segment Material Handling within the category Material Handling & Storage. The main assignment is to develop and implement the category segment plan based on the Purchase Development Process and take overall responsibility for leading the sourcing activities in the category segment. Responsibilities: * Lead the purchasing assignment for a specific segment/-s end-to-end * Matrix leadership of the category segment team securing competent and performing teams that performs to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments. * Responsible for development and implementation of the category segment/-s plan based on the purchase development process and fact based business leadership.

* Be part of the global Matrix and Develop and implement purchasing strategy, for service and maintenance, within all segments of the Category "Material Handling & Storage" (Forklift trucks, Racking, Air Quality equipment for containers etc) * Create and negotiate global terms and conditions for the service and maintenance Agreements within the category according the requirements set together with the stakeholders

Deploy capacity at our external cap producers. Installing 8 production lines and dismantling old generation caps in 3 different locations.

Owner and developer of relation with Openings & Closures key suppliers. Key working tasks: * Strategy implementation * Price negotiation * Contract management

Responsible for two commodities; PCBs and Mechanic standards. Key working tasks: - Setting and implementing strategies for the commodities - Phase -in and -out suppliers - Negotiations - Supplier selection

Sourcing responsible during development phase and launch of the products. Key working tasks: * Price negotiations * Capacity management * Contract management

As a Business Controller I had a wide range of responsibilities. Main working tasks were: * Closing * Budgeting/Forecasting * Resource planning * Headcount reports I was also part time Project Manager for a global Improvement project called GPU. Main ambition was to stream line the R&D organization by implementing ONE common process and ONE common tool. In this role I was the process and system owner for the resource planning system, and I was responsible for training and implementation in DU China

I supported the sales organization by analyzing potential customers if they were solid enough to be granted credit.

I was financially responsible for Dermatology and Orthopedic Institutes. Main working tasks were: * Budget * Forecast * Closing * Pricing I was also elected to be the first line IT-support for our department.