Business Area TESEC consists of Textiles, Collections and Social entrepreneurs’ business development. In BA TESEC we are a group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and making the impossible possible. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people” 

Right now, we are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer that can translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements.

As a Product Requirement Engineer you will work in the product development team as the requirement specialist and some of the tasks will be that you are responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make our products safe, loved by our customer and sellable on all our markets. 

You will also create strong relationship with Requirement development department and as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation. You will have good knowledge into IKEA specifications, standards, and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for. 

Furthermore, in this assignment your main responsibilities will be develop product requirements for sustainable, safe, and functional products and identify and connect legal and market specific requirements on products. To develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product and to be responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g., product development team, engineers from Purchasing Organization and Test labs.
 

You probably have a University Degree in Textile Engineering and a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or creating and documenting product requirements. In the product requirement engineering field, you are regarded as experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take great responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish. 

You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others.  You have a passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way.  You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams and making things happen by involving and engaging people.

Finally, you also know how to apply agile development methods and you are experienced and motivated to work in a rapidly changing environment.
 

The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruitment specialist Christina Appelqvist + 46 766113408
Please apply no later than the 16th of January 2022, but note that we are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert if we find the right candidate before closing date.

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 introduces 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.