Product Requirement Engineer BA CHILI

Company Description
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.
Business Area Children and Lighting (BA Chili) is having ambitious plans to continue developing and securing our top position.
In BA Chili 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”
We are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer with textile experience that can translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements. You will be responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make our 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 expert. You will also create strong relationship with the Requirement specialist department as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation. You will have good knowledge of the IKEA specifications, product development requirements, 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
Identify and connect legal and market specific requirements on products
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 Textile 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.
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.
You also know how to apply agile development methods and you are experienced and motivated to work in a rapidly changing environment.
It’s an advantage if you have experience in working with children’s textile products.

Additional information
The position is 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.
Please apply no later than the 16th Feb.2022 with your CV and cover letter in English, and please note that we are interviewing continuously and will close the advert if we find the right candidate before closing date.
If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Product Engineer Manager Isabell Pettersson at isabell.pettersson@inter.ikea.com. 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!