Solution Architect (Ivalua)

Company Description

IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. 

Inter IKEA Group brings together three areas: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost. 

Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities. Read more about SCD here 

Within the SCD Procurement Development we manage and develop procurement management capabilities, processes and relate​d digital solutions. Our mission is to secure the total supplier lifecycle from beginning to end of cooperation. This comprises of all major activities such as supplier sourcing, category strategy development, supplier relationship management and deviation management. 

We are now looking for a Solution Architect – Ivalua within Procurement Development Area in Supply Chain Development. 

 Do you get energy from influencing, interacting and working together to deliver great business results, this is probably a very interesting assignment for you! 

The assignment as Solution Architect - Ivalua: 

• A spider on the web working with our internal digital team, Ivalua team, Implementation partner team and Application Maintenance teams.  
• In collaboration with stakeholders, bring ideas or business needs into business value through solutions. 
• Understand the digital product leader’s overall application portfolio, business priorities, and success measures to design robust architectures and solutions. 
• Proactively identify and advise on opportunities to deliver better business result (e.g. related to technology trends and players, roadmaps, customer value, cost, benefits, impact, risks, dependencies). 
• Secure, develop and review high-level design to support running business and provide guidance towards service improvements and service transition. 
• Collaborate with other Solution Architects and Enterprise Architects ensuring that the product/platform adheres to the Technology Architecture. 
• Communicate the solution architectures and transition roadmaps to relevant internal and external stakeholders within and across organization(s). 
• Govern and seek understanding, agreement to ensure aligned and consistent solution implementations across IKEA. 

Are you the right candidate? 

• We believe you have a solid Ivalua configuration background. 
• Working and Implementation experience with Ivalua Supplier Relationship Management, Source to Contract, Purchase to Pay function. 
• Experience working on SQL and other databases, including software configuration.
• Working experience on Web technology, Cloud platform and SaaS solutions. 
• You have knowledge of data integration approaches like ODI, Kafka, MFT and API. 
• You have practical experience working in Agile and DevOps. 
• You are passionate about technology; trends & constantly keep you updated in how new technology can be utilized to bring value in a modern enterprise system landscape. 
• You have a good understanding about system integrations and can discuss technical interfaces on the needed detail level. 
• You have excellent analytical skills and apply a systematic approach to think through end-to-end solution architecture, encompassing all necessary solution components. 
• You have strong stakeholders’ management skills.  
• We believe you have experience from global implementation projects or larger solutions/platforms. 
• Ivalua L3 certification would be an added advantage. 

Additional information

This is full time permanent position based out of Warsaw, Poland. We look forward to receiving your application in English.

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.