Production Engineer, Protein Category in IKEA Food

Inter IKEA Group; Älmhult; On-site; SEK 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Inter IKEA Group is seeking a dedicated Production Engineer to enhance our operations within the food industry. In this role, you will lead the engineering and quality agenda, aiming to secure the highest standards for our products. You will collaborate closely with suppliers to improve production processes and manage quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have a background in food engineering, complemented by 2-5 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in English and strong communication skills are essential as the role involves significant interaction with global suppliers.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in the food industry.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to deliver high-quality results on time.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and quality agenda to improve customer satisfaction.
• Main contact towards suppliers for developing production processes.
• Responsible for handling quality deviations.

Skills

Quality assurance expertise

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering education in food engineering

Job description

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

Do you have a solid base in manufacturing and quality improvement methodologies within the food industry? Would you like a position where you will have a great impact on the way IKEA is working together with our Suppliers across the world? 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 high quality of our products to millions of customers each year? Then this might be a chance for you!

For this position it is important to know how to build and maintain business relations, having excellent communication skills, being a good team player, respecting values and being persistent.

You are able to prioritize, set a clear agenda and like to deliver high quality results on time. You have ability to make decisions and solve problems with holistic view. You have high energy and self-driven way of working to deliver better products for the many people by working together with the suppliers and co-workers in IKEA.

We believe that you have a background in food engineering, quality and production development; preferably having an engineering education and 2-5 years of working experience within the food industry.

Since we are working in a global context, you need to have good communicative skills and speak fluently English. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested to take your next step in a big global company to develop yourself further and to develop IKEA Food together with us!

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

• are expert in quality assurance and follow up
• are familiar with product audits and production risk assessments at supplier sites
• are responsible for supplier development so you have experience in lean manufacturing and six sigma
• are leading the continuous improvements agenda from a production perspective
• have the interest and drive to build trust and partnership to reach common goals

Qualifications

We believe that you have a background in food engineering, quality and production development; preferably having an engineering education and 2-5 years of working experience within the food industry.

Since we are working in a global context, you need to have good communicative skills and speak fluently English. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested to take your next step in a big global company to develop yourself further and to develop IKEA Food together with us!

About IKEA Food

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 over 50 markets and every year 650 million guests are enjoying the IKEA Food.