Production Engineer, Candles & Chemicals

Job ID: R0007534

Date posted: 21/05/2024

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.

At IKEA, we see things a little differently. We onboard our suppliers as partners with whom we create long-term relationships. We want them to grow with us, become more efficient and achieve affordable sustainability.

• You can have the confidence and freedom to do things your own way, including organizing your time. Your well-being is our priority. A variety of rewarding work awaits you, which you will be able to combine alongside your hobbies or family.
• Use opportunities for learning and growth working with suppliers! You will be able to travel to look at various manufacturing companies, understand new and different technologies, people and cultures.
• Everybody is seen as a talent. In regular informal talks with your manager you can explore your development and career opportunities. We will support you on the way by internal and external trainings. We embrace making mistakes and learning from them.

Are you ready to be part of a journey towards affordable sustainability for our customers? Are you the Production Engineer we are looking for?

As Purchasing Development, we purchase the materials and the production capacity to produce both home furnishing products and food. We have more than 1,200 co-workers global wide and operates in 27 locations, this includes 6 category areas.

You will work in a small, 3-member micro-team with a Business Developer who negotiates prices and take care of the overall commercial relation with the supplier and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. As part of the annual action plan, you will be responsible for the constant improvement of the quality of IKEA products as well as the production process and workflow through tools such as 5S, Lean, and machine capacity utilization. All with the aim of reducing production inefficiencies, in terms of sustainability and business ethics. You will also perform:

• Developing relationships with suppliers – the micro-team regularly travels to the field in order to understand and solve issues firsthand, we see production from the ground up, help with the implementation of action plans, and cooperate in audit processes,
• Data analytics – this will be a primary function and most of your office-hours.
• Operation – helping suppliers with entering up-to-date product documents into the system to secure compliance, resolving claims from A to Z, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team.

To be successful in this role, below competences are important for you.

• Proven experience in Quality & Compliance / Production environment, good knowledge of materials properties, production processes and technologies, Chemical background will be additional asset,
• The ability to think out-of-the-box and critically in the constant search for ways to improve our products,
• Analytical thinking, which you will use in analysing processes from the beginning of product implementation, to data evaluation and finding improvements, cost savings, better design or quality,
• Patience and good communication to help you find common ground with suppliers of different nationalities and to meet IKEA’s business demands,
• The ability to manage time well, to balance between the factory floor and office work.

This position will be based in Warsaw. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers need work closely with our suppliers. The selection process will take place continuously, so please send in your application in English as soon as possible but latest 27th May.

Please note that we don’t accept application through email.

If you have questions about the position, please contact hiring manager Agnieszka Stawarz-Narojek at Agnieszka.stawarz@inter.ikea.com. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Katarzyna Ziółkowska-Niezgoda at Katarzyna.ziolkowska-niezgoda@inter.ikea.com.