Production Engineer: Quality & Supplier Excellence

Inter IKEA Group (Old Sandbox); George Town; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Inter IKEA Group in Malaysia's Penang region seeks a Production Engineer to lead engineering and quality agenda with suppliers, handling quality deviations and ensuring compliance with IKEA requirements. You will develop and secure production processes with suppliers, drive SDP actions, reduce scrap and defects, and share best practices to raise overall quality and reliability across the supply chain.

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Qualifications

• Experience in production environment and/or process development.
• Engineering degree or equivalent technical background.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Knowledge and usage of Lean/Six Sigma on the production floor.
• Strong MS Office skills.

Responsibilities

• QA including process control for key production processes.
• Supplier development for quality and manufacturing with SDP actions.
• Lead the running range towards the suppliers and secure the supply chain with a robust quality management system.
• Continuously improve the supplier's production processes to reduce scrap and defects.
• Lead product deviation process with root-cause analysis and CAPA implementation.
• Industrialization of minor new product development and risk assessments.
• Secure final inspection and feedback to suppliers on quality performance.
• Lead production risk assessments at suppliers.
• Evaluate potential new supplier facilities and quality systems.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

MS Office

Quality Assurance

Teamwork

English Fluency

Production Engineering

Supplier development

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Inter IKEA Group in Malaysia's Penang region seeks a Production Engineer to lead engineering and quality agenda with suppliers, handling quality deviations and ensuring compliance with IKEA requirements. You will develop and secure production processes with suppliers, drive SDP actions, reduce scrap and defects, and share best practices to raise overall quality and reliability across the supply chain.

Join a global, empowerment-driven environment where you can grow alongside a world‑leading home