Quality Specialist

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Purchasing and Logistics Area North is part of IKEA Supply and is responsible for different business units across the IKEA value chain. The role of Purchasing and Logistics is to supply the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions.

If you are the right person for this position, we can offer you an assignment in a global organization with a great possibility to build and create something new, where your ideas are heard and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”!

As Quality Specialist your function will be to support both business teams and suppliers in the IKEA Quality GO/NOGO standard implementation process. You will verify compliance against requirements, standards and ways of working to deliver products satisfying customer expectations in all aspects of IKEA design, this way contributing to global business success. 

About the assignment
Plan and perform audits according to IKEA standards working instruction.
Plan, perform audits and execute assessments according to IKEA standards working instruction as well as quality part of purchasing manual.”?
Support the business teams and suppliers in implementing the containment and corrective actions.
Lead the product gate check before first delivery and secure four eyes principles.
Lead global/local projects related to quality.
Coach and train business teams and suppliers in the IKEA quality standards as well as in utilization of problem solving tools in the daily work and specifically related to quality deviations.


Please note that we will interview continuously, so please send us your application online as soon as possible, but on March 19th  the latest.

For more information or any questions regarding this position, please contact Malin Augustsson, Deputy Quality Compliance Manager via e-mail at malin.augustsson@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact Helena Sjölander, People & Culture Generalist via e-mail at helena.sjolander@inter.ikea.com 

IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA Purchasing & Logistics is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing & Logistics Area North (PLAN) is one of 8 Purchasing & Logistics Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, Moscow and Kaunas. PLAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Transport & Logistics Services, Customs Service Centre, Quality Support Centre and Warehousing Logistics.