IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of 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. Within Supply, 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.

The task of IKEA Components within IKEA is to pursue the development of future unique and customer-friendly solutions within fittings and components to the IKEA range. We create substantial cost and quality benefits for IKEA in our development and trade of raw materials, components and fittings. IKEA Components is part of the IKEA group and shares the IKEA vision and values. Our business is global and employs 1300 people based in Sweden, Slovakia and China. Through co-operation with IKEA Purchasing Offices, we are also represented at several other sites around the world.

As a Production Engineer, you will secure and support the engineering and quality agenda with the overall goal to improve the customer satisfaction. Furthermore, you will be the main contact towards the suppliers for Engineering and Quality topics. As part of the business team, you will work with suppliers to: develop and secure the production process, handle quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements.

The Production Engineer in IKEA Components is the main contact towards the suppliers for Quality & Engineering and works as part of a business team to develop and secure production process, handling quality deviations and securing compliance to all IKEA requirements.

Production Engineer will together with a team:

• Secure Quality Assurance including supporting for implementing process control for key processes in production
• Perform product audits and production risk assessments at supplier
• Lead the running range at the suppliers and sub-suppliers to secure full compliance of IKEA requirements
• Lead the supplier development for quality and manufacturing with responsibility to identify and implement actions and execution of Supplier Development Process projects
• Lead product deviation processes, securing root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective/preventive actions
• Secure implementation of new and update requirements
• Secure final inspection and regular follow up and feedback to the suppliers regarding quality performance 

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Why we will love you

We believe that you are a person with analytical skills, you have an interest in understanding production and continues improvements. We also see that you have high energy and are self-driven. Furthermore, you have an interest and drive to build trust and partnerships to reach common goals.

As a production engineer we believe that you have good knowledge of production processes and technologies. You have the ability to evaluate our supplier’s technical capability and quality performance so that they can produce IKEA products. Furthermore you have knowledge within democratic design and customer needs. Preferable you have experience from steel components and materials.

We also see that :

• You have experience of at least 5 years in production environment.
• You have technical/engineering background.
• You have a good knowledge of Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma methods and tools.
• You are familiar with Quality Systems and Total Quality Management.
• You have the energy to improve things (proven record of implementing process / product improvements)
• Very good computer software skills (MS Office applications)
• You have the energy to improve things (proven record of implementing process / product improvements)
• You have ability to solve problems, take decisions and navigate through complex technical issues with a holistic view
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

Sound interesting?
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.