Do you want to be part of our journey?

We are now looking for a Packaging Solution Engineer to our Business Area Textile, Social Entrepreneurship and Collections. Come and join us!

Packaging plays a major role in the entire supply chain, from product development to production, distribution, and storage. The basic functions of packages are to protect the product from damages, ensure efficient and convenient handling and inspire and inform in the buying process.

IKEA is on a journey to reinvent itself and the development of new and innovative packaging solutions are more important than ever. Packaging contributes greatly to our ambition to make a positive impact on society, people, and planet. Therefore, we will remove all single-used plastic packaging material from our supply chain whenever possible.

You will be joining a product development team with an overall responsibility for the packaging solutions, to secure that our products reach our customers home neat and clean in all our sales channels.

You work in close co-operation with different stakeholders throughout the value chain to find the optimal packaging to best cost with a strong customer and sustainability focus. 

Among other tasks, you will be responsible to develop, optimize, improve, and document packaging solutions, always with a continuous improvement approach and a strong customer and sustainability focus. You will verify that the packaging solution comply with set requirements and customer needs.

You will also work with stakeholders throughout the value chain to identify needs, requirements, limitations, and opportunities for best possible packaging solution for manufacturing as well as for storage and transport and contribute to the development of IKEA common packaging standards, requirements, and shared solutions. Follow performance related to packaging and identify packaging improvement potentials and lead the execution of the same.

You have a University Degree in engineering or equivalent experience and knowledge, preferably within the area of packaging materials and solutions. You have experience in product development and/or creating and documenting packaging drawings, requirements, and verification methods. 

You have good communication skills, and you like to work together with others to reach common goals.

You will also take the lead in your own work as well as the ability to drive and take initiative to improve our ways of working. You are solution oriented with the ability to prioritize and take quick decisions.

IKEA of Sweden is a truly global environment, with colleagues from all over the world, therefore you need to be fluent in English, both written and spoken.  

The position is 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+ 46 766-113408.

We are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert when we find the right candidate. So, don´t hesitate to apply today by submitting your CV and motivational letter. At the latest 6th of June 2022.