Production Engineer - Category Paper

Production Engineer - Category Paper(Default)
Älmhult, Sweden
Full-time

Company Description
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!
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 Paper, you will have access to a huge knowledge base and experience in both leadership and paper material, production and value chain. We offer trust and space to test and try, explore, make mistakes, and develop us and our partners.
Job Description
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
are responsible - together with our partners – identified areas for improvements and cost savings
perform Product audits and production risk assessments at suppliers
are responsible for Supplier development

Qualifications
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 you have experience in indirect leadership. 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 years of working experience. You also have good communicative skills in English.
Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a time with our suppliers.
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, an inspirational working environment, based on creativity and innovation, which gives you the opportunity to work and interact with people from all around the world. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö, and an IKEA shuttle bus running back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.
Additional information
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.
The last day to send your application is 19 of June 2022.