Company description

Would you like to be part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? By developing affordable products and solutions for people all around the world? Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden and here the IKEA range is developed based on the Democratic Design process, and made available to stores and customers across the world.

Job description

We are looking for you who have deep insights into the needs and dreams of our customers in their life at home and know how to lead design process through an entrepreneurial approach. As a Product Design Developer at IKEA of Sweden you bring product ideas to life through attention to all dimensions of the IKEA Democratic Design process – form, function, sustainability, low price and quality.

As a Product Design Developer you will be part of engaging the full capabilities of the value chain to deliver democratic design products with unique IKEA identity and commerciality to create a better everyday life for the many people. You will work together with a multifunctional team of experts in innovation and design, engineering, sourcing, supply marketing and communication and sales. Together, you co-create the final home furnishing offer through a holistic and customer centric approach according to the IKEA Democratic Design principles and the IKEA identity.

As a Product Design Developer, you are responsible for:

• Design development of better products delivering to all 5 dimensions of Democratic design being the specialist in form and function always starting with the price tag
• Content of the product development project with both vision and action
• Securing IKEA unique identity and Democratic Design in each and every product
• Transforming knowledge in life at home to insights into actions on product level
• Co-creating with development partners throughout total value chain
• To when applicable use existing platforms, shared solutions, standard colors and materials to design for lowest price
• To feed in to development of platforms, shared solutions, standard colors and materials
• Identify and enable stories of the product design development to be used in communication
• To contribute in creating a high performing project team
• To contribute to creating the Range and Product plan

In order to be successful you need to work closely with your team members and be capable of visualizing ideas and concepts in a simple, clear and inspirational way to bring people on board in the product development process. You will work in close collaboration with other project teams within the business area.

Qualification

A Product Design Developer is someone who has a genuine interest in developing products; someone who has the ability to see things from a customer’s perspective and conceptualize things that don’t exist. In order to be successful in the job as a Product Design Developer, we expect you to have a university degree in a design discipline or product development or equivalent knowledge and several years of experience in working with product development.

A Product Design Developer is someone who is innovative, curious and likes to challenge the existing. Someone with the ability to work with conceptual ideas, who is able to turn these into final solutions and to lead the content of the project from start to end.

You are curious with an eye for design and get motivated by finding new ways of working. You are energetic, driven and determined, enjoy working closely with people, at a fast pace and have great communication skills

If you have any questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact HR Generalist Charlotte Johansson 072-352 7946. Last day to send in your application is 10 December.

Warm welcome with your application!

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