Production Engineer -IKEA Purchasing Operations

Production Engineer Plastic Team
IKEA Purchasing Operations North Europe, Älmhult, Sweden

Do you have a solid base in manufacturing and quality improvement methodologies? Would you like a position where you work with one of the best manufactures in the world? Then this might be a chance for you!

Develop and secure the engineering and quality needs to deliver products which satisfies customer expectations.

As a Production Engineer you lead the engineering and quality agenda with the overall goal to improve the customer satisfaction. You are the main contact towards the suppliers and works as part of the business team together with the supplier to develop and secure the production process, handling of quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements. Amongst others you:

-are responsible for Quality Assurance
-perform Product audits and production risk assessments at suppliers
- are responsible for Supplier development

Is this your next challenge?
For this position holder it is important to know how to build and maintain business relations, having excellent communication skills, being a good team worker and empathetic, respecting values and being persistent. You are able to prioritize. Easy adaptation to changes and willingness to take responsibility is also necessary.

You have a background in engineering, quality and production development; preferably having an engineering education and 2-5 years of working experience. Since we are working in a global context, you need to have good communicative skills and speak fluently English.
Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested to take your next step in a big global company to develop yourself further and see how far you can go!

GROWING TOGETHER
For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that our co-workers share our values, such as togetherness and enthusiasm, constant desire for renewal and simplicity. We offer a fun, dynamic and challenging position in a global organization.

Our attitude towards our colleagues is very simple ? honest and frank employees always get a chance to grow both in their personal and career life, so all of us can contribute to a better everyday life for us and for our customers. We listen to our colleagues, we understand their needs and we support their ambitions and skills.

In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. If you have any questions about the current recruitment process, please contact our HR Service Centre, +46 (0) 476-5 87500.

If you want to be part of something big, this could be the right challenge for you. We are looking forward to getting to know you soon!