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Company Description

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply, and we are on an exciting journey! In Supply Chain Development, we run and manage processes and solutions to secure excellence in operations. We serve as the home base for operational and expert functions, all providing preconditions for our integrated value chain. We develop the 'supply the offer' processes and secure continuous improvements. Furthermore, we lead the business transformation for Supply by defining the prerequisites for the future IKEA operating model. Finally, we drive the innovation and exploration agenda for 'what’s next' in the supply chain. All of this is done with a strong end-to-end approach, collaborating with stakeholders across the entire IKEA ecosystem.

About Capability Area Intralogistics

Intralogistics is part of Supply Chain Development. We optimize digital and physical flows in IKEA logistics and fulfillment units by providing innovative, technology-driven, automated solutions. We manage and develop IKEA’s supply chain planning capabilities and related digital solutions.

Job Description

The assignment as Platform Engineering Leader:

• Provide extensive IKEA business model knowledge and how it is reflected in the Technology Landscape to guide teams and enable efficient information flows within the area of responsibility.
• Drive the adoption of design patterns and efficient usage of cross-cutting technology platforms and solutions to be reused across platform teams in the domain, enabling efficiency and avoiding unnecessary duplications.
• Collaborate with Architecture to ensure overall solutioning and implementation from a technical engineering perspective, ensuring fit within the scope of a platform, performance, reusability, as well as business and architecture goals.
• Demonstrate strong ability to communicate technical concepts and processes clearly at an appropriate level to a wide range of audiences, including team members, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Ability to understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of technology as an integrated part of the business.

Qualifications

To be successful in this job you have:

• Extensive knowledge of design and architecture concepts.
• Extensive IKEA business knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of the assigned technology of the area and related Platforms, Products, or Services.
• Ability to encourage simplicity, efficiency, ownership, and accountability.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, network, and build strong relations with team members and stakeholders.
• Passionate about technology and innovation.
• Energized by working both independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Motivated by working agile and being open to change.
• Motivated by helping others grow their technical competence as teams and individuals.
• Ability to encourage simplicity, efficiency, ownership, and accountability.
• Edge & Hybrid Resilience - deep understanding of hybrid architecture and Edge computing.
• OT security: network segmentation, IEC 62443.
• Messaging/event systems (Kafka, MQTT, AMQP, OPC UA).
• High-level knowledge towards international standards in the areas, such as IEC61131, IEC61449, and ISA-95, especially if the role is more targeted towards architecture.
• Good understanding of enterprise system landscapes (ERP, WMS, TMS, MES, cloud platforms).
• Capability to map business processes to system flows in warehouses.
• Strong understanding of data exchanged between automation systems in warehouses based on
• Inbound, Orders, Inventory, and Outbound processes.
• Strong understanding about data exchange between WMS-WCS-PLC systems.

Additional information

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential, and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes. For this specific recruitment, priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Core Business Supply provided competence requirements are met for the role.

We look forward to receiving your application in English. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. This position will be based in Älmhult, Sweden. We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 8 June 2026.

At IKEA, we believe that we’re better when we’re physically together for collaboration, dialogues, and conversations. We believe in the power of human interactions; the informal chats, the energy, belonging, and creativity generated by people being in the same place. Our approach is that we spend the majority of our time in the IKEA workplace, with flexibility to work from home when relevant.