Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy. 

In Range Area Children’s IKEA we believe that children are the most important people in the world and home is a great playground. We know that play is learning for life, sleep is growing for life and that time together with family and friends is most important. By taking a 100% child perspective we show kids and their parents that we are on your side.

We also know that they struggle with small wallets, lack of time and a lot of pressure. This is why we have decided to become the world’s most affordable and sustainable home furnishing destination for children and their families.

Our range crosses all the functions found at IKEA, from beds to textiles, closets to boxes, desks to soft toys. We have a truly diverse range and big variety in materials!

To our amazing Engineering team at Range Area Children’s IKEA we are now looking for a Packaging Solution Engineer!

As our new Packaging Solution Engineer you will be a part of developing the new IKEA Children’s product range as well as improve and maintain our running range articles. Your main responsibilities will be (but not limited to):

• Developing packaging solutions suitable for a multichannel environment, meeting demands on form, function, cost, quality, and sustainability.
• Creating packaging solutions that work through the total value chain and the whole product lifecycle.
• Securing that packaging solutions meet all legal requirements.
• Keeping packaging related documentation up to date and according to IKEA standards
• Exploring new innovative materials for packaging and discovering ways to improve costs, reliability, and sustainability in packaging.
• Improve our working methods for virtual development of packaging solutions.

We believe you have knowledge in packaging construction in terms of drawing technique, technical solutions, and design for manufacturing. You have experience and knowledge from working with 3D tools, preferably Artios CAD & SolidWorks.

Furthermore, you have knowledge in packaging requirements and global packaging test methods and standards. You have a theoretical or practical knowledge about packaging and its impact in the value chain, from raw material to the co-worker and customer perspective.

In this role you need to have analytical and creative skills with a passion for details. You will work with many stakeholders and need to have effective communication ability, work in a proactive way, and make things happen through involving and engaging people.

As a person you are highly committed and confident in your expertise and has a prestige less approach. You are motivated by working in a rapidly changing environment. You find motivation working with product documentation, even when it becomes repetitive, and you can also be very pragmatic and with a hands-on approach.

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

What you will get

You will get a ton of trust from managers and colleagues and there will be high expectations on you to perform and develop yourself and the business. Your manager will do the best to clear the way so that you can succeed in your job and develop towards your best self at work and most importantly: You will be part of a team with smart, hardworking, caring, and down to earth people.

Please send your application – CV and motivation letter, in English - by the 22nd of April 2024.

Please note that we are continuously interviewing candidates and may close the ad earlier.    

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Hiring Manager Urban Ignell, [email protected] or People & Culture Recruiter, Monaka Perumal [email protected]