Do you have a solid base in manufacturing and quality improvement methodologies? Would you like a position where you work in a truly international environment? Then this might be a chance for you!

My name is Theresa, and I work as a Business Development Manager in Älmhult for category area Wood. Our current Production Engineer is moving on to a new assignment and now we are looking for his replacer. 

My team works with suppliers connected to two different Categories - Solid Wood, Pigment on Board.

Are you ready to be part of a journey towards affordable sustainability for our customers? Are you the Production Engineer we are looking for?

As a part of Category Area Wood, you will have access to a huge knowledge base and experience in both leadership and Wood material, production and value chain. We offer trust and space to test and try, explore, make mistakes, and develop us and our partners. 

Quality in all of our products is really important for us. In IKEA we work with our suppliers in a tight team of 3 functions, quality, logistics and business development. You would be the one leading the quality agenda in the business team, working very close with our Business Developers & Supply Planners. You are the main contact towards the suppliers to develop and secure the efficient production process, handling of quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements.

Amongst others you:
• are responsible for Quality Assurance

Implement new products at the supplier
• perform Product audits and production risk assessments at suppliers
• are responsible for Supplier development
Sounds exciting, right?

We are looking for someone who enjoys building and maintaining business relations, having excellent communication skills. You work well in a team and believe in respecting others. You adapt to changes, take responsibility and are able to prioritize. 
We believe that you have a background in engineering, quality and production development and you preferably having an engineering education and at least 2-5 years of working experience. You also have good communicative skills in English.

Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers.

This position will be based in Älmhult, Sweden. The selection process will take place continuously, If we find the right candidate we will unpublish ad. So please send in your application in English as soon as possible but latest 17th of February 2024. 

If you have questions about the position, please contact hiring manager Theresa Schwarz [email protected] If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Generalist Helena Sjölander [email protected]