Production Engineer Textile Filled products, Kaunas

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When you grow, IKEA grows too.

Production Engineer Textile Filled products
IKEA Purchasing Services (Lithuania), Kaunas, Lithuania

Do you have a solid base in textile and sewing industry? Would you like a position where you work with one of the best manufactures in the world? Then this might be a chance for you!

Develop and secure the engineering and quality needs to deliver products which satisfy customer expectations.

As a Production Engineer you lead the engineering and quality agenda with the overall goal to improve the customer satisfaction. You are the main contact towards the suppliers and work as part of the business team together with the supplier to develop and secure the production process, handling of quality deviations and secure compliance to all IKEA requirements. Amongst others you:

·  Responsible for Quality Assurance including process control for key processes in the production
·  Responsible for continuously improve the supplier's production processes
·  Responsible for Supplier development for quality and manufacturing with a long term view
·  Lead production risk assessments at suppliers

Is this your next challenge?
For this position holder it is important to know how to build and maintain business relations, having excellent communication skills, being a good team worker and empathetic, respecting values and being persistent. You are able to prioritize. Easy adaptation to changes and willingness to take responsibility is also necessary.

We see that you have a solid production background.You have a background in engineering, quality and production development; preferably, you have an engineering education and 3-5 years of working experience. Since we are working in a global context, you need to have good communicative skills and speak fluently English.
Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested to take your next step in a big global company to develop yourself further and see how far you can go!

Growing Together
For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that our co-workers share our values, such as togetherness and enthusiasm, constant desire for renewal and simplicity. We offer a fun, dynamic and challenging position in a global organization.

Our attitude towards our colleagues is very simple – honest and frank employees always get a chance to grow both in their personal and career life, so all of us can contribute to a better everyday life for us and for our customers. We listen to our colleagues, we understand their needs and we support their ambitions and skills.

In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. If you have any questions about the position please contact Business Development Manager Linas Starkevicius at If you have any questions about the current recruitment process, please contact local HR Ramune Danileviciute, Please send your application in English only!

If you want to be part of something big, this could be the right challenge for you. We are looking forward to getting to know you soon!

IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of the supply process is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing Area North Europe is one of total of 9 Purchasing Areas within IKEA, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund and Kaunas.

Job ID

277284BR

Removal Date

29/03/2017