Product Requirement Engineer

Product Requirement Engineer – Range Area Cooking & Eating
IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.
For the Range Area Cooking & Eating we are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer
We are asking for a Product Requirement Engineer that can translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements. You will be responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make products safe, loved by our customer and sellable on all our markets.
Job Description
As Product Requirement Engineer you will work in the product development team as the requirement specialist. You will also create strong relationship with Requirement development department and as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation.
You will have good knowledge into IKEA specifications, production knowledge, standards and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for.
In this assignment your main responsibilities will be:
• Develop product requirements for sustainable, safe and functional products
• Create product documentation
• Secure compliance for the range on all market
• Develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product
• Responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g. product development team, engineers from Purchasing Organisation and Test labs.
Qualifications
You probably have a University Degree in engineering or similar and a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or creating and documenting product requirements. In the product requirement engineering field you are regarded as experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take great responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish. Preferably you have a proven experience with food contact requirements.
• You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others. You have a passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way. You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams and making things happen by involving and engaging people. For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen.
You will be welcomed to a workplace with trust and support from leaders and colleagues and there will be high expectations on you to perform and develop yourself and the business. You will be part of a team with smart and caring people that are very proud of what we do and also love to have a lot of fun!
Additional information
So, are you the one we are looking for? If so, we will be happy to receive your application in English.
The position is permanent and located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.