“IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process 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. IKEA Purchasing Area South East Asia has co-workers based in Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and Jakarta; and is one of nine Purchasing Areas in the world”

• Responsible for Quality Assurance including to secure process control for key processes at suppliers
• Perform Product audits and production risk assessments at suppliers
• Responsible for Supplier development according to IKEA Supplier Operating Standard (ISOS) & GO/NOGO requirements
• Lead the running range development with suppliers and sub suppliers to secure full compliance to IKEA requirements
• Lead the Supplier Development Process in quality and manufacturing areas with responsibility to identify and implement actions and execution of projects
• Responsible for improvement projects related to production processes and best practices / knowledge sharing to create pre-conditions for the suppliers to take full responsibility for their performance
• Lead product deviation process with sense of urgency and capture learning from previous product deviations. Secure root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions for received Quality Alarms and Claims
• Lead industrialization of news development
• Secure implementation of new and updated requirements
• Secure final inspection and regular follow up and feedback to the suppliers regarding quality performance and work proactively to improve Customer Experienced Product Quality
• Evaluate potential new supplier’s production facilities and quality systems

• Lean & continuous improvement: Able to Set up & coordinate lean manufacturing deployment & managing continuous improvement
• Product development: Able to work closely with Development and Technical team to ensure new product starts right at the first time
• Quality problem solving skill: Establish quality improvement and address quality issue with problem solving tools
• Quality engineering: Oversee manufacturing process to comply with minimum quality
• Training & coaching skill: Able to develop trainings & workshops for suppliers
• Knowledge of audit and assessment techniques, and analysis of suppliers working methods and performance
• Good at evaluation of supplier’s technical capabilities and quality performance to produce the IKEA product(s)
• Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal
   

Start work date: As soon as possible

Contract type: Local

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life a home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. 

The recruitment will take place continuously so please send in your application in English as soon as possible

If you want to be part of something big, this could be the right challenge for you. We are looking forward to getting to know you soon!