Product Design Developer - BA Food

At IKEA BA Food IoS we are passionate food lovers that develop and provide food for the many people around the world. Every year around 680 million visitors experience a taste of Sweden in the IKEA Restaurants, Swedish Food Markets and Bistro´s in our different markets. With Food at the heart of everyday life, we offer honest food for people and the planet.  

We are on an exciting journey the years to come. We will strengthen the way we work with Food and the Product Design Developer role is an essential part of that. The Food team will strive to create customer success with our offer by focusing on price and quality, design, function, taste, environment and most importantly health. Based on the needs of our customer we want to continuously challenge and develop our range and the customer experience and contribute to growth.

The Product Design Developer is part of the Range Product Design Functional team and reports to the Range & Product Design Manager. This position is a temporary to cover paternity leave until September 1st 2023.

The position will be based in Malmö until August 2023 then in Älmhult. At the heart of IKEA in Älmhult we will create the IKEA Food Hub where we will come together across IKEA to deliver on more healthy, sustainable & delicious food.

As Product Design Developer you lead the Food Product Design Development products & formulating recipes for both packaged products and dishes.
Act as a leader in the Product Development teams working end to end in Develop News Process process and contribute in creating a high performing Development team.
Design development of better products delivering to all 5 dimensions of Democratic Design being the specialist in form and function always starting with the price tag
Content owner of the product development project with both vision and action
IKEA Product Design & Identity from start to end, creating unique product design for IKEA Food products and dishes.
Visualization and communication of the ideas and product movements before and during the development process to Product designer & Food designer (mood boards, drawings, pictures & prototypes)
As a product design developer, you will be involved and working together with development teams performing research into both the product and the potential market for it.
Responsible to transform knowledge in life at home to insights into actions on product level
Will support development of global, regional as well as market specific with strong insights around Swedish flavors, heritage, cooking as well regional and local.
Co-create with development partners throughout total value chain
Contribute to creating the Range and Product plan and functional contribution to team
You’ll be someone with their eye on future developments and consumer trends and you’ll have a real passion about food!


Does this sound like your next challenge?
You are warm welcome with your application but please note that due to summer vacation we may not come back to you until the beginning of August. Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. The last day to send your application is the 19th of July. 


Please also 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. 

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact recruiting manager Anh Linh on anh.linh@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Recruiter Louisa Jörgensen at +46 704219743.