ALTERNANCE: SPECIALISTE DIVERSITÉ ET INCLUSION F/H

Job description

Company description

One brand, many companies, and many, many people – that’s us in a nutshell. Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people. This, together with our straightforward business idea, shared values, and a culture based on the spirit of togetherness, guides us in everything we do.

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. To meet the needs of our customers we have a unique business model and value chain. It includes product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales. And of course, it starts and ends with our customers.

We are now looking to recruit a Production Engineer to join our Custom Made Worktops team in Purchasing Development!

If you are the right person for this position, we can offer you an assignment in a global organization with great development potential, where your ideas are heard and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”!

Job description

As a Production Engineer you will lead the engineering and quality agenda with the overall goal to improve the customer satisfaction. As part of the business team, you will work together with the suppliers to develop and secure the production process, handling of quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements. 

Main responsibilities and tasks:

·  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 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
·  Contribute to the  development projects  with your technical perspective
·  Work closely with the suppliers to  secure the product launch at due date
·  Contribute to product development  with customer needs in focus
·  In all situations act as an  IKEA ambassador
Qualification

We are looking for you who have:

·  Experience in production environment and/or process/product development
·  Experience or knowledge in board-based furniture manufacturing is an advantage
·  Engineering degree or equivalent technical background
·  Understanding of customers' needs and expectations
·  Good communication skills; wiliness and ability to work in team
·  Good balance between overall view and details
·  Very good computer software skills (MS Office applications)
·  Driving license Cat. B
·  Fluency in English, both written and verbal. German and Polish are an advantage

 Capabilities & Motivation

·  Process oriented with good analytical skills and a structured approach
·  Ability to lead projects and implementations to secure product quality and customer satisfaction for a reasonable price
·  Ability to make decisions and solve problems with a holistic view as well as always act with the customer, supplier, and total IKEA in mind
·  Genuinely interested in understanding the reality of production and continuous improvements
·  Result oriented, high energy and self-driven way of working to deliver better products for the many people
·  Sense of urgency and prioritization without any compromise on quality
·  Eager to actively search for information and continuously learn from good examples and mistakes
·  Engage and motivate people by sharing experiences and coaching others
·  Interest and drive to build trust and long-term partnership to reach common goals

*Please, note that this job requires frequent travelling.

More Information

Sounds interesting?

Submit your application online and in English via our recruitment system SmartRecruiters (please note that applications sent via e-mail will not be accepted) latest on the  26th of October 2023 .  

If you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process, please send a message to our recruiting team via SmartRecruiters and we will come back to you. 

Our culture and values are based on equal opportunities and we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities.

Please note that this position is based in Dortmund (Germany).

We are looking forward to receiving your application!