Production Engineer, Category Area Wood, Pigment & Veneer

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. 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. 

• Operation resolving claims from A to Z regular communication with suppliers (emails calls) meetings with management and the team securing implementation of specifications product requirements compliance to product addition to this you will participate on setting of the audit plan preparation gap analysis and gap closing. Assessing production risks and striving towards stable processes. 

• Managing Quality Complianceby requesting specific articles from Suppliers for spot checks conducting spot checks in product documentation in case of deviations - agree and confirm causing party root cause analysis including containment corrective and preventive actions. 

• Identifying Product Improvement opportunities together with its implementation once approved by stakeholders. 

• Being part of the Product Development - support Product Engineer in the development phase with production knowledge and Suppliers input implement product on the factory floor. 

• Data analytics suppliers quality results. 

Luboš has been working at IKEA for 15 years now as a Production Engineer. He says this about his work experience: 

When you mention IKEA 90% of people think of a huge department store. They have no idea whats behind it. At IKEA Purchasing we are like the lighting and sound engineers just like in the theatres. We are not in the forefront but our important task in the background is to ensure the quality of products for IKEA customers. And we have perfect scenery I mean the entire supply-chain landscape of a large international company. 

Position requires travelling up to 50% of working time

Qualifications :

Please read what you need for the role: 

• Proven experience from Quality & Compliance / Production environment good knowledge of materials properties production processes and technologies wood processing knowledge is a plus. 

• The ability to think out-of-the-box and critically in the constant search for ways to improve our products challenge suppliers production processes share best practices and good examples. 

• Analytical thinking which you will use in analysing 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 IKEAs business demands 

• The ability to manage time well to balance between the factory floor and office work. 

• Driving license (cat. B) 

• Multitasking readiness to work with many tasks / projects simultaneously. 

• Project management 

Additional Information :

The job location for this position is in Warsaw Poland. 

Travelling is a part of the assignment since our Production Engineers work closely with our suppliers. 

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. Please apply latest by  30th of October 2026.

Please note thatwe dont acceptapplication throughemail. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time