At IKEA, we're driven by a simple vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people.
By developing well-designed, functional, and affordable home furnishing products, we aim to make everyday life better for people around the world. Our value chain spans product development, sourcing, manufacturing, and retail, and success comes from close collaboration with colleagues and suppliers across the globe.
In Category Ceramics, you'll be part of a team working to develop and improve products that reach millions of homes. Together, we continuously challenge ourselves to find better ways of working, improve sustainability, and create products that combine great design, quality, and affordability.
As a Product Engineer – Ceramics, you will be responsible for bringing products from development into successful production. Working closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams, you will secure that products meet requirements for quality, compliance, functionality, sustainability, and affordability.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine product development, manufacturing, and supplier collaboration while contributing to products that make a difference for the many people.
Your main responsibilities will include:
We believe you have experience within product engineering, manufacturing, quality, supplier development, or a related field and enjoy turning product ideas into successful production solutions.
To be successful in this role, you bring:
Experience from ceramics manufacturing, product development, or related material-intensive industries is highly valued. At the same time, we welcome candidates from other manufacturing industries who bring strong product engineering and supplier development experience.
You are someone who:
What We Offer
At IKEA, you will be part of an international environment where development and learning are a natural part of everyday work. You will have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in product engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier development while collaborating with colleagues and partners across our global value chain.
Most importantly, you'll help create products that combine good design, functionality, quality, and affordability for the many people.
We recruit based on values, competence, potential, and diversity. We believe that different perspectives make us stronger and help us create better solutions for our customers and our business. Please send in you application latest by 28/7. We review applications continuously and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE
We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.
How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.
IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.
ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP
The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.
• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.
• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.
• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.
