Production Engineer

• Developing relationships with suppliers
• Data analytics
• Operation - helping suppliers with entering up-to-date product documents into the system to secure compliance, resolving claims from A to Z, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team

• Relevant experience of 4-8 years in hard goods - mix materials / ceramics / paper
• Proven experience in Quality & Compliance / Production environment, good knowledge of materials properties, production processes and technologies
• The ability to think out-of-the-box and critically in the constant search for ways to improve our products
• Analytical thinking, which you will use in analysing processes from the beginning of product implementation to data evaluation and finding improvements, cost savings, better design or quality
• Patience and good communication to help you find common ground with suppliers of different nationalities and to meet IKEA’s business demands
• The ability to manage time well, to balance between the factory floor and office work
• Professional Certifications (preferred): Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management

Professional Certifications: Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management

• Access to a huge knowledge base and experience in both leadership and the material, production and value chain
• Trust and space to test and try, explore, make mistakes and learn from it, and develop us and our partners