Production Engineer, Plastic

3 giorni fa


Assago, Italia Inter External A tempo pieno
Company description

About IKEA

One brand, many companies, and many, many people – that's us in a nutshell. Spread all over the world, we have a passion for home furnishing and an inspiring shared vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people. This, together with our straightforward business idea, shared values, and a culture based on the spirit of togetherness, guides us in everything we do.

To offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. To meet the needs of our customers we have a unique business model and value chain. It includes product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales. And of course, it starts and ends with our customers.

About Purchasing Development

As Purchasing Development, we purchase the materials and the production capacity to produce both home furnishing products and food. We have more than 1,200 co-workers global wide and operates in 27 locations, this includes 6 category areas and Raw Materials.
Job description

You will work in a small, 3-member micro-team with a Business Developer who negotiates prices and take care of the overall commercial relation with the supplier and a Supply Planner who handles logistics. As part of the annual action plan, you will be responsible for the constant improvement of the quality of IKEA products as well as the production process and workflow through tools such as 5S, Lean, and machine capacity utilization. All with the aim of reducing production inefficiencies, in terms of sustainability and business ethics. You will also perform:

Developing relationships with suppliers – the micro-team regularly travels to the field in order to understand and solve issues firsthand, we see production from the ground up, help with the implementation of action plans, and cooperate in audit processes, Data analytics – this will be a primary function and most of your office-hours. Operations – helping suppliers with entering up-to-date product documents into the system to secure compliance, resolving claims from A to Z, regular communication with suppliers (emails, calls), meetings with management and the team
Qualification
To be successful in this role, below competences are required: Proven experience in Quality & Compliance / Production environment, good knowledge of materials properties, production processes and technologies, Ability to think out-of-the-box and critically in the constant search for ways to improve our products, Analytical thinking, which you will use in analyzing processes from the beginning of product implementation, to data evaluation and finding improvements, cost savings, better design or quality, Patience and good communication to help you find common ground with suppliers of different nationalities and to meet IKEA's business demands. Ability to manage time well, to balance between the factory floor and office work.
More Information
The job location for this position is in Assago (Milan), Italy. Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Supply Planners work closely with our suppliers. The selection process is ongoing, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible in English, no later than 17th July 2024.

If you have questions about the position, please contact hiring manager, Emilio Cabrini. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Generalist, Gabriele Turco.



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