Engineering Manager - RA Batroom & Water

We are looking for an Engineering Manager for Range Area (RA) Bathroom & Water 

For the many people around the world, the bathroom is among the most important rooms driving both satisfaction and frustration at home. At the same time, the growth potential for bathroom business is untapped for IKEA. We just started an exciting journey of transforming the total range of Bathroom & Water, creating dream bathrooms that are cleverly designed, inclusive and sustainable. We have also been assigned to lead Water agenda across Range Areas enabling water efficient living at home, in close collaboration with Development & Innovation, as well our partners.  

Our business is about developing products, it’s at the center of all that we do, our daily job. We are looking for you, who love working with the IKEA range, are passionate about home furnishing and the business we’re in and enthusiastic about solving real needs in people’s homes. You will be important in our journey where we have decided to dare to be IKEA, optimize for relevance and have the best possible products at lowest possible price.​  

About the job

We are looking for an Engineering Manager and one of your main responsibilities is to lead the range development of engineering in the business across strategic, tactical and operational points of view. Working in RA Bathroom & Water, means that You will do this by taking lead of, and organizing, the Range & Engineering function for development and running operations. Together with the management team you contribute to the creation of the RA Bathroom & Water business plan and portfolio, in line with Range strategy and IKEA directions. You will take the lead and secure roadmap and implementation for engineering related topics like standards, materials, requirements, shared solutions and platform development etc. In Range Area Bathroom & Water, we work with 18 material categories across Furniture, Accessories and Water products. Our products are designed and tested for durable quality in wet environment, as well as innovative solution for less and better water through our product offering.  

The Engineering Manager:  

• Is an experienced leader within engineering with a proven record of product development and business development and performance over time in a similar context.  
• Has experience of working with varied material categories and navigating in complex environment. 
• Deep interest, knowledge and heart for engineering and innovation, leading business and people together.   
• Lead the product development of the Range Area in an efficient and effective way by collaborating with Product Engineering colleagues in other RA’s, working close to your team.  
• Lead topics across organizations and together with stakeholders through transformation with curiosity and possibility to recognize opportunities throughout the whole value chain.  
• Is used to prioritizing and simplifying for your teams and organization, for best use of time and resources.  

Your values-based leadership, leading by example every day, and knowing your business are pre-requisites to lead, build and develop the engineering team. You have a mindset focused on development, and you are comfortable exploring the unknown and not having all the answers. Leading with trust and giving space for people to take own initiatives comes naturally to you. At the same time, you can give clarity, direction and you are confident taking both easy and challenging decisions, all with a clear mission to create the best preconditions for engineering activities.  

The Engineering Manager is crucial for the development of the business, and we believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important.  

Additional information 

The role is permanent and is based in Älmhult. 

To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading your CV in Smart Recruiters, including your answers to these two questions:  

• What do you believe is your contribution to this position?  

• What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?  

Please keep your answers short and concise.  

Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email.  We look forward to receiving your application at the latest September 28th 2025. 

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Range Area Manager Bathroom & Water Yi Ding at [email protected] and questions about the recruitment process, feel free to connect with Recruiter Jonas Levin at [email protected]