IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.

Do you want to lead IKEA into the future where we even stronger position ourselves as a leader in life at home? Are you a passionate leader with the ability and courage to lead from vision to action that develop Business and People together? Then you might be our new Deputy Engineering Quality Requirements (EQR) Development Leader.

There are exciting times in Business Area (BA) Bedroom & Bathroom. The agenda is filled with great opportunities and now is the chance to be part of a team that is making a big impact on the many people. 

About the assignment

As our Deputy EQR Development Manager you will lead the product requirement development both from a customer, legal, market and compliance perspective, for our range in BA (Business Area) Bedroom & Bathroom.

About the role

Your main focus will be to lead, motivate and develop our team of requirement engineering specialists. You will be responsible to secure the development of relevant customer and market requirements with the purpose to secure sellable and compliant products on all markets. Together with other stakeholders you will work to secure the development of relevant product design requirements, and be responsible to co-ordinate requirement changes being implemented in the BA. 

You will lead, secure and organise continuous documentation compliance work, and together with other BA leaders you will lead projects and activities related to better ways of working, processes and tools. You have the responsibility to secure that new and innovative solutions are meeting customer expectations, and organise that we can test and verify that they do. In addition you will also have the exciting task to act as a steering group member to matrix projects.

About you

To be successful in this role you have experience working in a leading position and you enjoy the technical innovation and business agenda. Ideally you have a university degree within engineering, or equivalent technical experience. You have a good understanding of product development from the technical perspective, preferably from the consumer goods sector. You have experience from working with customer and product requirements, quality improvements, compliance questions and design engineering.

You are result oriented, have a lot of energy and the desire to constantly find new ways to develop yourself and your team. You are also able to work in both strategic and operational dimensions. You are business minded and you have a simple and straightforward communication style which build credibility and trust. You are driven by a constant desire of renewal and you are able to act and drive in a changing environment.

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering working environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. At IKEA we believe that when you as an individual grow - IKEA grows!

If you are interested to apply, please send us your CV and motivational letter in English by Sunday 5th November.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Johanna Hansson at +46 (0)73 376 1744

This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, an inspirational working environment, based on creativity and innovation, which gives you the opportunity to work and interact with people from all around the world. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö, and an IKEA shuttle bus run back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.