Production engineer - purchase development - protein based food

Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing and food products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.

IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.

IKEA Food develops and provides the food sold and served in all IKEA Restaurants, Bistro´s, Swedish Food Markets and the IKEA co-worker restaurants. IKEA Food has over 400 restaurants in 53 markets and every year 650 million guests are enjoying the IKEA Food.

Do you have passion for food? Would you like to be part of a fantastic IKEA Food journey?

Do you have a solid base in

quality and food systems/

manufacturing within the food industry? A position that offers you a chance to challenge existing manufacturing techniques with a win-win mindset? A position where you will lead the work of securing the high quality and Food Safety of our products to millions of customers each year? Then this might be a chance for you!

About the assignment

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

• Lead the Supplier Development for quality and manufacturing with responsibility to identify and implement actions and execution of the projects
• Lead implementation of new products at suppliers
• Evaluate potential new supplier's production facilities and quality systems, understands holistic picture for the Americas
• Secure supplier & product quality/safety compliance following GFSI standard
• Collaborate with global teams within quality matrix to develop IKEA food safety and quality policies and performance
• Leading the continuous improvements agenda from a quality & production efficiency perspective striving for cost out
• Must be willing to actively search for information and continuously learn from good examples and mistakes. 
• Have the interest and drive to build trust and partnership to reach common goals.
• Are results oriented and self-driven in ways of working to deliver better products for the many people by working together in IKEA and with suppliers.
• Support product audits and production risk and food safety assessments at suppliers.
• Build and maintain business relations, have excellent communication skills, be a good team player, be persistent and live our IKEA values. 
• Travel required - 30% (domestic & internationally)

Required:

• Practical knowledge of HACCP and HARPC analyses, be able to identify gaps
• Awareness of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methods and tools (FMEA, RCA, fish bone, 5 why etc).
• Experience with New Product Development, Sensory and laboratory testing
• 3-5 years of working experience within food industry (FSQA or Production)
• Project Management skills

Preferred:

• University degree in Engineering/Food Science or comparable field
• Experience in production with a process-oriented environment
• Previous experience as Process or Production Engineer in manufacturing, Quality systems, Food Safety, regulatory and compliance

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.

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!

Co-workers within Purchasing Development lead an exciting life! The mission is to develop business with suppliers in order to deliver IKEA Home Furnishing and Food products to our stores located around the world. The goal is to meet the price, quality and quantity expectations of our customers. In our Supply Area we are working with suppliers in the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico and Chile and beyond)

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.  

Want to learn more about current opportunities? Come say Hej (hello in Swedish) here:  https://about.ikea.com/en/work-with-us