Shape strategic partnerships across cloud, infrastructure, data and AI
The best supplier relationships are about much more than contracts and performance reviews. As Supplier Relations Leader for Cloud, Infrastructure, Data & AI Platforms, you will own strategic relationships with some of IKEA’s most important global technology suppliers.
Your portfolio may include suppliers such as Microsoft, AWS, Oracle and Databricks. You will work at the intersection of commercial strategy, cloud transformation, technology platforms, data and AI. Together with internal stakeholders and suppliers, you will translate IKEA’s technology priorities into stronger partnerships, improved commercial outcomes and long-term value creation.
Why this role matters
Cloud, infrastructure, data and AI platforms are increasingly important to IKEA’s digital capabilities, operational resilience and future development.
The suppliers within this ecosystem operate complex commercial and consumption models and have significant influence on IKEA’s technology direction and cost base. Managing these partnerships requires more than traditional supplier management. It requires strong commercial leadership, sufficient technology-market understanding and the ability to engage credibly with senior technology, architecture, engineering and platform stakeholders.
You will help IKEA optimise strategic technology partnerships, strengthen negotiation capability and reduce dependency on external expertise. You will contribute to building and retaining deeper cloud, infrastructure and platform knowledge within IKEA.
A day in your life with us
You will:
- Own strategic relationships with major cloud, infrastructure, data and AI platform suppliers.
- Develop supplier strategies aligned with IKEA’s technology and business priorities.
- Lead executive governance, strategic reviews and joint business planning.
- Drive supplier performance, development, innovation and long-term value creation.
- Support complex commercial negotiations, renewals and strategic agreements.
- Challenge supplier pricing, consumption, licensing and commitment models.
- Connect supplier roadmaps with IKEA’s cloud, infrastructure, data and AI strategies.
- Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, platform simplification and improved commercial governance.
- Build IKEA’s internal knowledge and negotiation capability for major technology platforms.
- Work closely with Procurement, Technology & Platforms, architecture, engineering, data and other business stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate supplier, concentration, commercial, operational and technology risks.
- Manage escalations and support resilience and business continuity.