Would you like to be part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? By developing affordable products and solutions for people all around the world? Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden and here the IKEA range is developed based on the Democratic Design process and made available to stores and customers across the world.

At Business area Children’s & Lighting (BA Chili), we are a diverse group of 170 down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. We develop safe and affordable products for a beautiful, playful and more convenient life at home. Our mind set is that we only offer children’s products that we would give to our own children. We are passionate about how light can make us feel at home. Everything we do is based on a spirit of togetherness and enthusiasm, and now we are looking for someone who share our positive attitude and values.

In this role, as Packaging Solution Engineer (PSE), you will develop, document and improve the optimal packaging solution for BA CHILI and HFB 9 Childreens IKEA in specific. The guiding principles for your work is all aspects of Democratic Design and total value chain throughout the product lifecycle. This is done in close cooperation with product developers, engineers, suppliers and store co-workers, to ensure that the solutions will work all the way from the supplier to the customer in an omni channel environment. Sustainability is high on the agenda with plastic free packaging. 

As a Packaging Solution Engineer you will:

• Work with multiple product areas (PA) both within market hall and furniture
• Develop, Secure and verify that the solution is meeting all packaging requirements
• Keep the documentation updated and correct according to IKEA Documentation Guideline and standards
• Find packaging improvement potentials and give input to action plan
• Capturing learnings, sharing knowledge, and communicating in BA and Matrix dimension

We are looking for you who are passionate about creating the best packaging solution for the customer at the right price, with the right quality, with beautiful design and with a clear focus on sustainability. We believe that you have an education within engineering as well as theoretical and practical background within packaging and its impact of the value chain - from raw material to the co-worker and customer perspective. 

You have knowledge in packaging construction in terms of drawing technique, technical solutions and design for manufacturing. Furthermore, you have knowledge in packaging requirements and global packaging test methods and standards. To succeed in this role you need to master SolidWorks and Artios CAD as tools in your work.

For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen. To be successful, you also need to have both analytical and creative skills and the ability to transfer knowledge, concepts and ideas into packaging solutions.

The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Please apply in English before 9 May. 2022.  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 candidates. So don’t delay, please send us your application today.

For further information regarding the assignment, please contact the Product Engineering Manager Johan Ferner at [email protected]. If you have questions regarding recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Katie Pettersson on +46 702 99 42 48.