Product Requirement Specialist Food

Job Description
Is it important to secure that we are having healthy, safe and compliant food? If yes, this could be your next challenge.
We are looking for a Product Requirement Specialist for Food, to support the development and verification process, with identification, documentation and interpretation of relevant national and international regulations and standards for food products development.
Your goal is to participate in the creation of pre-requisites for a healthy, safe and compliant range of IKEA Food products. By building a network of stakeholders in external alliances and standardization organizations, you will influence relevant new and existing legislation, regulations and standards.
Internally you´ll work in close collaboration with different teams for product development and product engineering.
Depending on the demands on the Requirement Engineering team, your area of responsibility might vary slightly and you will have the possibility to engage in and broaden your knowledge in other requirement areas as well.

To be successful for this role, we expect that:
You who have good knowledge and experience in identifying legal requirements and standards applicable to food development and packages.
Your understanding of the ways in which food legislation and standards are being developed and maintained and how they are applied in food development is good and deep.
You have an interest in improving ways of working and to take the lead in your contacts with internal and external stakeholders as the true networker you are.
Your skills in English are very good, both in verbal and in written communication.

Furthermore you:
You know how to interpret complex subjects and identify needed actions, while translating these complex issues to something that is easy to comprehend
Show the way forward for development of product requirements for Food and secure that they are documented and communicated in a clear and simple way
Support the organization with competence development activities and implementation of product requirements

Additional information
The product range is our identity and Range & Product Engineering at IKEA is one of the most important enablers to ensure that we live up to our vision. We have the responsibility to lead and ensure that IKEA always develop and create outstanding, creative engineering solutions that are built on requirements enabling all products to be safe and healthy at all times. We lead proactive identification and establishment of needed product requirements and associated verification methods to meet the exponential growth of demands in an ever-changing world.
The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Please send us your application in English – CV and motivation letter – no later than 4th July 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 candidate.
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Hiring Manager Jens Ekwall at jens.ekwall@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!