Älmhult is home to IKEA Range & Supply that has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA retail channels with home furnishing solutions available for the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces around 2,000 new products around the world and the total range is almost 10,000. So what happens in Älmhult definitely doesn't stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

We have a new IKEA direction with many opportunities within our reach and we are taking next steps together to set ourselves up for success. Over the next few years, all of us need to be better than ever. We will strengthen the core of what we do in Range & Supply.

Range & Product Engineering is part of Range & Product Development in Inter IKEA. The Product Engineering organization enables, thru innovation and advanced engineering to live up to and strengthen our democratic design and thereby support the Business Areas to deliver to better homes and better products.

Business Area TESEC consists of Textiles, Collections and Social entrepreneurs’ business development. In BA TESEC we are a group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and making the impossible possible. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people”. 

Do you want to be part of developing great products that will take IKEA into the future where we even stronger position ourselves as a leader in life at home? Do you want to be responsible to capture technical, safety, legal and market demands for the product area you work in, as well as develop new tangible, technical requirements built on the insights of customer’s needs, expectations and behaviors? 

In BA TESEC we develop time limited collections which include articles surprising with new design, functions and materials. Here you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of product types and face many technical challenges every day.

As a Product Requirement Engineer you will be as technical specialist in product development team with assignment to deliver collections. Below is main part of your job responsibilities:

• Identify and assign relevant product requirements to products in development
• Develop part of the technical documentation for new products with focus on compliance and quality.
• Secure all relevant documents are connected to product documentation and maintain it up to date throughout product life.
• Develop test plans based on product requirements
• Prepare prototypes and make them available for test labs
• Make test orders, analyze and draw conclusions from test results and take decision on next step in the development together with other members in the development teams
• Develop new requirements and test methods when needed
• Have a close dialogue with the purchasing organization and suppliers to secure successful implementation of product documentation and create understanding for the technical agenda.

Knowledge:

• University Degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written
• Knowledge and ability to work with technical requirements, market requirements, customer requirements, technical solutions and innovation.
• Product engineering, such as design for cost, circularity, manufacturing
• Knowledge in digital tools (CAD, virtual prototyping and visualizations)
• Product documentation and verification methods
• Previous experience from textile, natural fibers industry is advantage
• IKEA specific: IKEA vision, Democratic Design, IKEA business model and IKEA value chain.

Motivation:

• IKEA vision.
• Problem solving and bringing technical solutions into products.
• A passion to develop new, better and sustainable solutions for the customers.
• Reaching goals/plans and to see the result of a team effort.
• A strong will to influence and make a difference.

Capabilities:

• Technical project leading capabilities (facilitate, inspire, stimulate and coach)
• Build relationships, intercultural and cross functional collaborations
• Problem solving skills and ability to apply creative and analytical thinking
• Communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical terms
• Translate project ambitions into technical product solutions
• Drive multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to scope & plan detailed development tasks
• Prioritize, take decisions and delegate

Sounds interesting?

The position is permanent and located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.

Please send us your application in English – CV and motivation letter – no later than Jan. 7th, 2022. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit. 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.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Product Engineering Manager Nikolay Pishiev at [email protected] . If you have questions regarding recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Katie Pettersson on +46 702 99 42 48.

We are looking forward to your application!