Product Development Specialist

1 month ago


Älmhults Kommun, Sweden Ikea Full time

About IKEA Components

IKEA Components is a global business within the Inter IKEA group, responsible for developing, sourcing, packing, and supplying components, materials, and IKEA retail equipment products. Our mission is to create a better everyday life for many people by integrating backwards in the IKEA value chain.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Product Engineer to lead the development and implementation of new products, moves of products from one supplier to another, and the improvement of existing products based on product documentation, quality performances, and customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead from a Category perspective and secure scalability for further implementation at other suppliers
  • Communicate changes and progress to relevant parties
  • Lead Product and Production risk assessments
  • Assess and improve supplier development capabilities
  • Ensure clear product documentation with CTQs
  • Approve product and packaging tests before progressing to the next phase
  • Act on deviation during product adaptation
  • Support Production Engineer during startup
  • Keep together all the news and communicate project status in an effective and clear way

About You

You have the capability to keep total project portfolio and see synergies in news development for optimization of time and resources. You know and have experience with production processes and technologies, including lean manufacturing tools. You understand democratic design and customer needs and expectations regarding function, customer friendliness, and products critical to quality (CTQ).

You have good knowledge of materials' properties and construction and its impact on cost and sustainability. You are comfortable evaluating the suppliers' technical and quality performance to produce products, genuinely interested in understanding the reality of production and continuous improvements.

You have the ability to make decisions and solve problems with a holistic view. You have high energy in self-driven work to deliver better products for the many people by working together with suppliers and co-workers in IKEA Components. You are effective in communication and able to communicate complex topics in a simple way across a variety of stakeholders.



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