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Production Engineer, Protein Category in IKEA Food

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

Do you have a solid foundation in manufacturing and quality improvement methodologies within the food industry? Would you like a position where you will have a significant impact on how IKEA collaborates with our suppliers worldwide? A role that offers you the chance to challenge existing manufacturing techniques with a win-win mindset? A position where you lead the work to secure high quality for our products reaching millions of customers each year? Then this might be the opportunity for you!

Job Description

For this position, it is important to know how to build and maintain business relationships, possess excellent communication skills, be a good team player, respect values, and be persistent.

You are able to prioritize, set a clear agenda, and enjoy delivering high-quality results on time. You have the ability to make decisions and solve problems with a holistic view. You have high energy and a self-driven approach to deliver better products for the many people by working together with suppliers and colleagues at IKEA.

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

Since we work in a global context, you need to have good communication skills and speak fluent English. Travel is part of the assignment as our Engineers spend a lot of time with our suppliers. You are interested in taking your next step in a large global company to develop yourself further and to develop IKEA Food together with us!

Qualifications

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

• are an 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
• lead the continuous improvement agenda from a production perspective
• have the interest and drive to build trust and partnership to reach common goals

For us at IKEA, the most important thing is that our colleagues share our values. We offer a fun, dynamic, and challenging position in a global organization.

Additional information

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

The recruitment will take place continuously, so please send in your application in English as soon as possible but no later than 26 July 2026. For this role, we have 3 positions open.

If you are the right person for this position, we can offer you an assignment in a global organization with great possibilities to build and create something new, where your ideas are heard and where the goal is always "to create a better everyday life for the many people"!

IKEA Food develops and provides the food sold and served in all IKEA Restaurants, Bistros, Swedish Food Markets, and IKEA colleague restaurants. IKEA Food has over 400 restaurants in over 50 markets, and every year 650 million guests enjoy IKEA Food.

Please note that, due to the summer vacation period, there may be longer response times and some delays in the recruitment process, particularly during mid-July and early August. We appreciate your patience and look forward to hearing from you.