Job ID: R0008037

Date posted: 18/06/2024

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.

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 and Wood Supply & Forestry.

Do you have a solid base in manufacturing and product development methodologies? Would you like a position where you work in a truly international environment? Then this might be a chance for you!

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.

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 lower prices.

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 part of New Business team, you will have access to a huge knowledge base and experience in both leadership and the material, production and value chain. We offer trust and space to test and try, explore, make mistakes and learn from it, and develop us and our partners. 

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with.

• Relevant experience of 4-8 years in industries such as Textiles / Hard Goods / Wood
• Proven experience in Quality & Compliance / Production environment, good knowledge of materials properties, production processes and technologies,
• 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.
• Professional Certifications (preferred): Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management.

This position will be based in Bangalore, India. This job requires travel to supplier sites. The selection process will take place continuously, so please send in your CV along with your motivation letter in English as soon as possible but latest 9-July-2024. Please note that we don’t accept application through email.

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So, don’t delay, please send us your application today.

If you have questions about the position, please write to Recruitment India.

We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA, we value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.