SASA-IND-People & Culture Specialist

Ikano Retail owns and operates IKEA stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico. We have an ambitious expansion plan and encourage our people to move between roles and even countries. We are not afraid to take on responsibility. We strive to make a positive impact on people and the planet. We laugh and have fun on a daily basis, working together. And we are always looking for people who share our values to join the IKEA family.

• You will be managing or supervising high-value sourcing and commercial activities for sub-indirect categories such as facility management, marketing, travel, and other external consultancies.
• You will be implementing and giving trainings on procurement guidelines, processes, and practices to drive business with higher efficiency and lower costs.
• You will be coordinating with business functions to steer forward our supplier code of conduct (IWAY), for supplier’s adherence to ethical, social, and environmental compliance in their business operations.
• You will be facilitating gate-check forums for sourcing and vendor on-boarding, and providing operational and advisory support to business functions on most efficient and effective way for their procurement activities.
• You will be handling query redressal on procure to pay (P2P) system and processes, to streamline purchase cycle.

• You have an Indirect procurement background and familiar with daily activities of sourcing manager.
• You have strong commercial negotiation skills and ability to monitor important industry and market insights.
• You understand procurement systems and able to drive process improvements.
• You have ability to manage variable workloads and prioritize tasks.
• You are fluent in English and proficient in Microsoft office suite.
• Prior experience or exposure to IKEA sourcing and social compliance will get an added advantage.  

The selection process will take place continuously, so if you are interested in this interesting and exciting position, please send in your application in English as soon as possible but latest 28th Feburary 2026.