Lean leader / continuous improvement leader

IKEA Industry, part of Inter IKEA Group, is the world's largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of the IKEA value chain. IKEA Industry has 41 production units in 10 countries with about 18,500 co-workers. Every year, IKEA Industry produces more than 100 million pieces of furniture for IKEA customers.

Purpose of function is design, implementation and documentation of continuous improvement activities  in production unit  and cooperation with all departments including production process improvement.   

Your role is to develop and analyze processes and conceptions focused on continuous improvement and IPS. You will provide support to organization in implementing projects and lean way of working.

You will lead the teams through the change by trainings about methods and tools , workshop facilitating and providing the continuous support.

You will actively  cooperate  with managing director and other managers on elaboration of concepts of plant development.

You will report to Production Manager of one of our production unit.

- university education (technical area)

- proven experience with lean tools implementation     

- industrial experience at least for 3 years

- communication and presentation skills in English (B2)

Wage (gross)

The position is located in Malacky, close to Bratislava in Slovakia. Some international travelling will be required. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact tatiana.kristekova@inter.ikea.com ( People and Culture Manager).