SASA - IND - Product Engineer (New Business)
SASA - IND - Product Engineer (New Business)
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Job Description
- Product Development News Moves Improves:
- Lead from a Category perspective and secure scalability for further implementation at other suppliers
- Communicate changes and progress to relevant parties.
- Assess Product and Production risk assessments.
- Participate in Engineering Readiness Meetings (ERM)
- Ensure clear product documentation with CTQs.
- Approve product and packaging tests before progressing to the next phase.
- Support Production Engineer during startup.
- Manage Quality Compliance:
- Participate in development of specs incl IOS MAT
- Ensure approved product documentation meet all requirements.
- Lead product improves and act on deviations (such as safety or quality alarms) requiring product adaptation.
- Improving selected suppliers development capabilities by assessing and guiding gap closing
- Stakeholder management establish network with IoS ICOMP Business Teams and Development Suppliers.
Qualifications :
KNOWLEDGE:
- Very good understanding of Democratic design and customer needs and expectations regarding function customer friendliness and products critical to quality (CTQ)
- Very good understanding of Democratic Design and customer needs and expectations regarding function customer friendliness.
- Very good knowledge about DPOP and WoW in the Range Area
- Very good knowledge of the product requirements standards and test methods to verify requirements of products.
- Good knowledge of materials properties and construction and its impact on cost and sustainability
- Good knowledge of production processes and technologies
- Good knowledge in Solid works PDOC and IKEA specifications
- Understanding of IKEA Strategic Landscape especially IKEA Purchasing Strategy IKEA Business model and IKEA Business Model for growth and key processes (e.g. PDP SDP DPOP) and IKEA Purchasing Manual
- Understanding of relevant Category Plans and Total Cost
MOTIVATION:
- Strong motivation to work in team lead through engaging and coaching people.
- Result oriented high energy and selfdriven way of working to deliver better products by involvement of right stakeholders at IKEA & Suppliers.
- Sense of urgency and a never compromise attitude towards quality.
- Eager to actively search for information and continuously learn from good examples and mistakes and share experiences.
- Interest and drive to build trust and partnership to reach common goals.
CAPABILITIES:
- Capability of project leadership and its key element as scope time plan stake holder and change management
- Capability to work and align cross business teams optimize anchor and deliver products impacting many suppliers and regions.
- Process oriented with good analytical and structured approach.
- Capability to act in reality and follow up to secure proper and consistent implementation.
- Ability to make decisions and solve problems with a holistic view; always act with the customer supplier and total IKEA in mind.
- Good communication skills in English both written and verbal
Key previous experience and skills needed before the job can be taken up:
- Experience in product development and implementation of product specifications in production environment.
- Experience of relevant production technologies and materials and working with Production & Product Risk Assessment (FMEA).
- Understanding of customers needs and expectations towards the key and secondary functions of different products (e.g. safety durability ergonomics etc.).
- Has a good balance between overall/holistic view and details.
- Ability to understand standards and share and live IKEA values.
- Core experience of minimum 5 years.
- Experience in hard goods mix materials glass wood ceramics
External candidate
- Experienced in product development and industrialization of products.
- Knowledge about Total Quality Management
- University degree in Engineering or corresponding
- Good knowledge about continuous improvement
- Project leadership experience
- Ability to work with and through others.
- Experience to work in a processoriented environment.
- Knowledge about Solid Works Product construction testing and documentation.
Internal candidate
- Track record of delivering excellent results in previous position
- Understanding of IKEA business model and total cost approach in IKEA
- Knowledge of IKEA value chain
- Knowledge of IKEA relevant processes (e.g. DPOP SDP PDP)
- Experience in leadership and cooperating in teams.
- experience of leading projects
- Good understanding of purchasing teams and suppliers daily operational activities
- Experience from IoS product development or Product Requirement and compliance PR&C
Additional Information :
This position is based in Bangalore India and you will report to the Business Development Manager at SASA.
Extensive travelling is a part of the assignment since we work closely with our suppliers.
Sounds interesting
Please send us your application CV and letter of motivation. We really want to get to know you so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. Please note that the selection process will take place continuously which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. So dont delay please send us your application as soon as possible.
Please note that we dont accept application through email. All applications must be submitted through SmartRecruiters system. Please apply before May 27 2025.
If you have questions related to recruitment please write to Recruitment India.
Please note that InterIKEA coworkers will be prioritised in this recruitment.
We are an equal opportunity employer:
At IKEA we value diverse backgrounds perspectives and skills. We are committed to providing coworkers with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We encourage individualism and invite you to come join our team and be yourself with us! We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability status or any other applicable characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications merit and business need.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
