Production Engineer, New Category Textiles

One brand, many companies, and many, many people – that’s us in a nutshell. Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people. This, together with our straightforward business idea, shared values, and a culture based on the spirit of togetherness, guides us in everything we do.

To offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. To meet the needs of our customers we have a unique business model and value chain. It includes product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales. And of course, it starts and ends with our customers.

Job specific key tasks and responsibilities

• Product and production quality Assurance 
• Evaluate potential new supplier’s production facilities and quality systems. 

• Secure implementation of specifications, product requirements, compliance to product requirements at Suppliers 
• Informed and accountable for Supplier quality performance and provide feedback from a customer perspective. Undertake corrective improvement actions based on KPI analyses. 
• Collaborate with Suppliers to create action plans (APL) 
• Assess production risks and strive towards stable processes.
• Supplier development related to cost out, automation initiatives, efficiency improvements and waste reduction (lean)
• Recycled & renewable material development/implementation contributing to Material Plan
• Lead product improvement for better customer satisfaction and affordability

• Manage compliance deviations - agree and confirm causing party, root cause analysis incl containment, corrective and preventive actions.
• Act on deviations (such as safety, quality alarms, claims), and implement corrective actions. 
• Support PTE in the Development phase with production knowledge and Supplier input 
• Support PTE with corrective actions related to product adaptation. 
• Manage implementation with support from PTE - verifying measurement systems (MSA) and production capability on CTQs.
• Manage information flow to/from IKEA and Suppliers, for example labels follow up, consumption, technical data, benchmarks.

To be successful in this role, below competences are important for you.

• Textile background, solid experience of leading suppliers/production or product development
• Very good knowledge of production processes and technologies
• Very good knowledge of IKEA requirements, standards and test methods
• Very good at evaluate the supplier’s technical capability and Quality performance to produce the IKEA product(s)
• Good knowledge of Democratic design and customer needs and expectations regarding function, customer friendliness and products critical to quality (CTQ)
• Good knowledge of Quality assurance set up including cost calculation and materials.
• Good knowledge of Lean production methods and tools (Root cause, FMEA, fishbone, process control etc)
• Good knowledge IKEA documentation system (e.g. PDOC and CONNECT)
• Understanding of IKEA Strategic Landscape, IKEA Business model for growth and key processes (e.g. PDP, SDP, DPOP) and IKEA Purchasing Manual
• Understanding of relevant Category Plans and Total Cost.

We are looking for..

• Mature, strong leadership, challenging, demanding and fair, good coach
• Drive and energy, “hungry” for business
• Goals oriented, hands-on approach and make things happen
• Good in conflict handling and looking for win-win solutions (firm & adaptable)
• Embracing and enabling innovation, automation and entrepreneurship
• Able to work both with details and with a holistic view, to draw conclusion and to be decisive
• Process oriented with good analytical skills and a structured approach.
• Capability to build trust and relationships, for long- term business partnership
• Excellent communicator in English, with assertive and influencing stakeholder management
• A team player (not working alone), inclusive and open
• Ready to relocate

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes provided competence requirements are met for the role.. For this recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in Core Business Supply. 

The last day to send your application is 19th of August. Please note that we will review applications continuously, so do not delay—make sure to show your interest in the role as soon as possible. We are interviewing on an ongoing basis and will close the advert once we find the right candidate.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact P&C Generalist, Madalina Mititelu.