Lediga jobb IKEA of Sweden AB i Älmhult

At IKEA, we believe great design should be accessible to the many people. As a Design Trainee, you will support the development of home furnishing products that combine form, function, quality, sustainability and low price – what we call Democratic Design.
Working closely with experienced designers and product development teams, you will contribute to developing products that strengthen the unique IKEA identity and create better solutions for everyday life at home.
Your assignment
During the trainee period, you will:
Support the development of unique IKEA products aligned with our Democratic Design principles
Work closely with experienced designers as mentors throughout the design process
Create sketches, renderings, prototypes and concept visualisations
Design products with a cost-conscious approach, enabling efficient production and lower prices
Explore solutions for flat-pack, standardized materials and efficient production
Present and communicate design concepts to cross-functional teams
Gain experience across different product categories and production processes

About you
You are a curious and creative designer who is passionate about home furnishing and life at home. You enjoy exploring new ideas, collaborating with others and turning insights into practical design solutions.
You likely:
Have a strong interest in form, function, materials and aesthetics
Are curious about people’s needs, cultures and everyday life at home
Enjoy experimenting with new ideas and seeing them develop from concept to product

Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Product Design, Industrial Design or Furniture Design
Skills in hand sketching, physical models, 2D graphics and 3D renderings
Interest in Scandinavian design and home furnishing
Ability to communicate ideas visually and verbally

Additional information
In your application, written in English, please provide CV and your portfolio (consisting of max 8 projects/works). An illustration of design process is welcome.
Please note that there is a preferred candidate for this position, but we welcome applications from all qualified candidates
Last day to apply is March 29th, 2026. Visa mindre

Hej Software Developer, looking to kick off your career with a golden opportunity? Then IKEA has the spot for you!
Are you ready to touch lives and living rooms all over the world? IKEA is looking for a software developer trainee who isn't afraid to think outside the box. Working with us is all about adding value, playfully challenging everything, and finding new ways to improve lives.
At IKEA, we do things a little differently. We like to break things (like rules) and make things (like planet-friendly?plantballs). We dare to try, and we dare to fail.?And above all else, we are driven by our shared vision – to create a better everyday life for the many people. If our culture speaks to your heart, we would love to hear from you!
In addition to the work assignment we offer a unique opportunity with a one year onboarding program together with other trainees in different roles and countries across IKEA, aiming to give you the best possible start in your IKEA journey. In the trainee program you will be able to get a deeper understanding of the IKEA value chain, business processes, tech challenges and opportunities, our culture and values and more.
Qualifications
We’re searching for someone who thrives in finding better ways to get things done and doesn’t take themselves too seriously. A co-worker who is passionate about the well-being of our planet and considers equal opportunities for everyone a no-brainer. Someone who enjoys collaboration and celebrates personal and professional growth.
Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
Passionate about technology and strives to improve their work every day
Enjoy working in a team and solving problems
A M.sc in Computer Science or related field
Maximum 1-2 years of work experience within the field
A wish to grow with IKEA and to help millions of people look forward to going home
Proficiency in backend development, preferably using Java and/or C# technologies.
Understanding and hands-on experience of Cloud services.
Knowledge and understanding of database technologies.
A curious mindset and a drive to learn new things.

Additional information
Get ready to dive deep into our technology stack, and most importantly, enjoy the journey!
This is a permanent position based in Malmö, with occasional travel to Älmhult as needed to meet business requirements. We are looking for 3 trainees at this time. The application deadline is 2nd Feb 2026.
The program is aiming to start May 2026.
Please note that we are not able to support with relocation for this position.
Questions about the recruitment process can be answered by Matilda Winninge [email protected]
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

Company Description


A job that connects hearts and homes
At IKEA Marketing & Communication AB, we believe creativity is the bridge between the heart of IKEA and the hearts and minds of the many people. Our mission? To craft marketing and communication that helps our retail markets grow, while positioning IKEA as a purpose-led brand and a true expert in life at home.
We’re based in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA – surrounded by 400+ talented co-workers: strategists, designers, developers, photographers, storytellers, and more. Together, we unleash creativity at scale and make ideas come alive.
What we do
We create “common content” that all IKEA retailers can use, plus tailored packages and on-request support to meet local needs. We also lead the global marketing agenda, ensuring IKEA stays relevant, inspiring, and true to our vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people.
What it’s like here
IMC is a place where you can do what you love. No dress codes, no closed offices — just open minds and open collaboration. Every day is different, every idea is welcome, and failures are seen as learning opportunities. We want you to feel that here, you can inspire billions of people all over the world.
At IKEA, our values and culture are our compass. We grow stronger together by building on each other’s strengths and differences. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and truly belongs.
Job Description


As Omnichannel Experience Leader, you’ll be the one making sure our communication is optimized for the omnichannel world — guided by consumer insights, data, and a deep understanding of behavior.
You will:
Define and lead the strategic omnichannel marketing and communication agenda together with other leaders.
Spot trends in channels and consumer experiences, and turn insights into action.
Feed relevant omnichannel input into integrated marketing communication (IMC) assignments and initiatives.
Establish smarter, more impactful ways of working with omnichannel experience input.
Lead or co-lead development and testing initiatives with internal teams, external partners, and platform owners.
Manage the roadmap and stakeholders in your area of responsibility.
Be a role model for IKEA culture, values, and code of conduct.

Qualifications


You’re inspired by our vision and believe marketing & communication can grow both the IKEA business and brand. You’re curious about life at home, passionate about people and behavior, and energized by learning every day.
You bring:
Senior experience in developing and implementing global marketing and communication initiatives for large businesses and brands.
Strategic understanding of the IKEA Concept and value chain (Retail, Range, Supply).
A visionary, inspirational leadership style with strong communication and change management skills.
The ability to build trust and strong relationships across diverse teams and levels.
A knack for simplifying complex issues to drive decisions and consensus.

Additional information


Practical details
This is a permanent role based in Älmhult, Sweden. We believe your presence with the team, working most of the time in the office, is important for success.
Ready to join us?
Apply no later than January 18th by registering your CV and answering three questions:
What makes this role interesting for you?
Why do you think you’re a good fit for this role? (Tell us about your experience, skills, and leadership.)
How can IKEA marketing and communication become even more relevant for consumers in the channels where they meet us?

For questions about the recruitment process, contact Matilda Winninge at [email protected] Visa mindre

You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.
IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain. We develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw material, which means develop, purchase and supply to IKEA suppliers. IKEA Components also have the assignment to provide After Sales service of components to the end customers. Our business is global and today employs 1500 people based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia and China.
But that is not all, we are currently growing. With responsibility for IKEA retail equipment, we are on a journey towards taking our assignment to the next step, creating a new IKEA business that is even more affordable, accessible and sustainable. The retail equipment range is an important part of the IKEA identity. It supports presenting, selling and handling of the IKEA product range, strengthens the IKEA Brand and helps visitors enjoy the full IKEA experience.
We are looking for a Business Developer Retail Equipment
Together with our stakeholders we form the future for retail equipment used within IKEA. You will be part of securing the business objectives according to IKEA Supply Chain Strategy and add value by delivering to Democratic Design. Some of your main tasks will be to be overall responsible for supplier performance and relationship. You support the suppliers in fulfilling our requirements and continuously improving their performance level. You will as well secure compliance to IKEA Purchasing Manual and other agreed working methods/requirements.
As a person you have strong communication and negotiating skills. You are analytical and can analyze data and information. Further you are driven and enjoy working for new solutions and optimizing the existing ones. In return we can offer you an exciting and challenging position within an international company. Many opportunities to further develop for the right person. We hope you would like to contribute with your unique competence to IKEA’s future.
You have extensive experience in developing complex business solutions, with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. You also have a strong business and strategic mindset, with the ability to lead initiatives through to final execution and proven ability to navigate in a complex stakeholder landscape with both internal and external stakeholders.
Furthermore, you have:
· excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
· strong capability to work with data analytics and translate insights into actionable decision-making
· broad digital competencies being able to drive and lead digital initiatives
· a desire to find new business opportunities and to build trustful partnerships to reach common goals.
You will play a key role, together with a great team, in securing an exciting IKEA’s low-cost expansion and implementing a wide range of retail fulfillment solutions in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. Sound exciting? We look forward to receiving your application
We look forward to receiving your application.
Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than January 12th 2026. Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
• What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?
• What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?
We want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Recruitment specialist Christina Appelqvist, [email protected] If you have any questions about the role please contact Hiring manager Antonio Sellari, [email protected]. Visa mindre

Hej Data and Information Modeler,
Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Data and Information Modeler, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Your new job
We’re looking for a Data and Information Modeler who wants to solve complex, real-world problems to make life at home simpler. Join us on our journey as we level up our technology to enhance everyday experiences. Your primary focus will be on designing, developing, and optimizing data and information models that help teams across IKEA understand, use, and unlock the full value of data and you’ll report to Data Management Manager. The impact of your work will touch homes and hearts around the world.
On a typical day, you will:
Design, develop, and support the governance of Product domain ontologies in IKEA Core Business Range.
Translate business processes and information needs into scalable, machine?readable semantic models.
Collaborate with cross?functional teams to ensure ontologies align with business objectives and operational requirements across the entire value chain.
Support the adoption of semantic web standards (RDF, OWL, SKOS, SHACL).
Ensure the quality and consistency of ontologies through validation methods.
Communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and accessible way to non?technical stakeholders.
Maintain transparency and accessibility of ontology assets for teams across the IKEA landscape.
Continuously support improvement of modelling frameworks, standards, and knowledge?sharing practices.


What we’d like you to bring to the table
The role as a Data and Information Modeler requires you to have:
Proven professional experience in ontology or data modeling
Demonstrated aility to translate business needs into data models
Hands-on expertise with semantic web standards and technologies
Ability to naturally and effectively communicate, collaborate, network and build relationships across a complex organisation
Ability to explain the benefits of data & information models to non-technical and technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated analytical and systematic thinking
Experience with governance frameworks and quality assurance processes
Relevant academic education (e.g statistics, physics, mathematics, econometrics, computer science or similar)
A growth mind-set: curious to explore, eager to learn and finding better ways, as well as energised by sharing



It’s a plus if you also have:
Experience working with knowledge graph platforms, triple stores, or graph databases.
Familiarity with Agile ways of working and modern development practices.
Understanding of data or information architecture in large, distributed organizations.
Experience helping diverse groups of people understand the need for data.


Be yourself, a Data and Information Modeler, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
In Range Operations, we create optimal preconditions for the business and people to design, develop and manage the IKEA range offer in a connected and optimized IKEA value chain – to deliver growth and enable low cost.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.


We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by January 11th. If you have any questions about the position, please contact the Hiring Manager [email protected]. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact the Recruiter [email protected]. We do not process applications sent by email.
This position is based in Älmhult, Sweden.

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

Commercial Support Specialist – Range Area Store and Organize furniture
Are you passionate about an organized home?
Life is messy, and the demand for smart, affordable, and flexible storage is growing. We might not be able to solve all your problems, but we want to help create an organized home where it’s easier to unwind — a beautiful and organized home for the things you love – on display or hidden away
We are now looking for a Commercial Support Specialist to join our commercial team.
Lead the Commercial year cycle in the functional dimension, ensuring that all templates and tools are in place, and parts come together effectively.



Connect articles and provide product brief comments for all relevant sales and media channels, ensuring follow-up and content accuracy.



To administrate articles as part of briefs in Commercial Activation Planning, from brief to Artwork and proofs incl. tagging.



To administrate and connect NEWS and running range in the product structure for categorization on the web in order to ensure presentability on IKEA.com.



Filter and provide relevant data to support an agile and proactive Commercial team.



Secure and maintain the administration of commercial content for the assigned range, keeping all stakeholders informed.



Manage the product range for categorization on the web and ensure products are easy to find and accessible to customers.



Handle commercial tagging and implementing show/sales stops for product visibility and availability.



Contribute to the Home Furnishing Business (HFB) Commercial plan, supporting the execution of commercial strategies.



Publish content in various channels to ensure timely communication with relevant stakeholders.



We are looking for you with a passion for sales, communication, and digitalization. You are a collaborator, and you love working both individually and, in a team, and with different stakeholders. You are detailed, structured, and analytical and enjoy working with cross functions and organizations.
You love working in different systems and tools and carrying out commercial tasks that make a significant difference for our customers, and you have excellent communication skills, with the ability to inspire, build networks, and lead remotely in a digital environment.
We want you to have a proactive attitude with a “get-it-done” mentality—balancing strategic thinking with hands-on action and having a high ability to use data insights to support decision-making processes and improve commercial outcomes.
You are used to managing a large volume of product information with attention to detail. You have experience working with parallel deadlines, and a track record of meeting those deadlines.
Does this sound like your next challenge?
Send us your application in English no later than 29th December 2025 – we are curious to get to know you!
Please note that due to the upcoming holiday period between 8 December 2025 and 7 January 2026, responses and the recruitment process may take additional time. We appreciate and thank you for your patience and understanding - and wish you Happy Holidays!
If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact the recruiter, Christina Appelqvist. Visa mindre

Hej Data Privacy Specialist,
Do you want to furnish the future to make room for everyone?
With us, you can feel at home at work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Data Privacy Specialist, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.


Your new job
We’re looking for a Data Privacy Specialist who loves to learn new things and develop but never wants to be fully grown. In the coming years, we’re setting the stage for becoming even more automated with our system landscape, and Data Privacy is a big thing. Your main mission? To focus on developments across our whole organization and bring in all necessary privacy needs. You’ll report to the Information Security & Data Privacy Manager. But the real magic? Your work will touch homes and hearts across the globe. Here’s what a typical day could look like:
Collaborating with teams across the business to integrate privacy requirements into new projects and systems.
Reviewing and advising data processing activities to ensure compliance with GDPR and other regulations.
Acting as a trusted advisor for colleagues on privacy-related questions and best practices.
Joining network projects across the business and working with all our entities to further advance compliance.

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What we’d like you to bring to the table
As a Data Privacy Specialist, we would like you to have:
Hands-on experience with governance, risk, and compliance, along with the ability to inspire and mobilize people toward clearly defined objectives.
Experience in Data privacy assessments like ROPA, DPIA, DPA but also give trainings and work on regular audits to ensure compliance across all our business areas.
Analytical mindset for reviewing processes and identifying risks.
Attention to detail when handling sensitive data and documentation.
Good communication skills to collaborate across teams and explain privacy concepts simply.
Team player attitude - comfortable working cross-functional and supporting projects.
CIPP/E certification - (Certified Information Privacy Professional)
Fluent in English



It’s a plus if you also have:
A background in Legal or compliance-related fields
Additional CIPP certifications beyond the core requirement


Be yourself, a Data Privacy Specialist and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
In the Information Security & Data Privacy team, we work together to keep IKEA compliant every day. We do this by partnering across different business units and networks, always with a spirit of collaboration. We also connect cross-functionally with our ISDP Network in countries around the world - because when we share knowledge and ideas, we create better solutions for everyone.
We are located in Älmhult which will be also your place of work.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application in English by 19th of December at the latest. If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Dennis Martinsson,?Information Security & Data Privacy Manager at [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Vera Bendz, Recruiter at [email protected]
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, or what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

Would you like to be part of creating a better everyday life for the many people?
By developing affordable products and solutions for people all around the world? Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. This is where the IKEA range is being developed based on our Democratic Design principles, and then made available in our stores to customers across the world.
In Range Area Store & Organise furniture, we are looking for a Packaging Solution Engineer for a temporary contract covering a parental leave, who wants to be the driving force in creating, improving, and documenting packaging solutions and move the packaging agenda forward towards the future.
Do you have a passion for helping people live better lives in their homes and therefore an extensive interest in contributing with home furnishing solutions? Then this opportunity might be for you. As a Packaging Solution Engineer, you are an important contributor in the product development process, ideation and creation of new products and solutions aiming for the best customer experience and satisfaction.
Job Description


In the role as Packaging Solution Engineer you will be part of a product development team with an overall responsibility for the packaging solutions, you will be expected to secure that our products reach our customers homes neat and clean in all our sales channels. You will work in close co-operation with different stakeholders throughout the value chain to find the optimal packaging to the best cost with a strong focus on our customers as well as on sustainability.
As a Packaging Solution Engineer, you will:
Lead development of customer friendly, total low cost and sustainable packaging solutions for the IKEA range.
Apply packaging design for efficient manufacturing and logistics in an omni-channel landscape.
Manage potential safety and quality risks during the development of the product and the packaging solution.
Test and verify the packaging solution during the development phase according to IKEA packaging requirements
Secure creation of packaging documentation according to IKEA standards and guidelines.
Guide and support development partners from a range perspective on packaging solutions.
Identify potential packaging improvement and give data-based input to action planning, supply chain setup, sales solutions and selling patterns.
Actively capture and share learnings connected to packing solutions throughout IKEA and to partners.

Qualifications


To be successful in this job we believe you have:
A Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
Previous experience in packaging design and development in the home furnishing industry is an advantage.
Proficiency in CAD software-Solidworks etc for designing packaging structures and prototypes.
Knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, and regulatory requirements.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
Passion for sustainability and a commitment to reducing environmental impact through packaging innovation.
Self-driven, structured, resourceful person who takes initiative and leads your work forward.

You are solution oriented, able to prioritize, with a drive in making tough decisions. You like to be challenged and to keep learning new things. You will work with colleagues from all over the world. You therefore need to be fluent in English.
Additional information


Get ready to assemble something new!
This position is temporary, covering a parental leave. The position is based in Älmhult, Sweden and requires a high level of presence in the office. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, or what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA we’re all working on the same project.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact the recruiter, Matilda Winninge, [email protected]
We look forward to receiving your application by December 7th, 2025 Visa mindre

We are on an exciting journey in the years to come where we will strengthen the core of what we do in Range. When really putting the product in the center, focusing on strengthening the IKEA brand and making the shopping trip for our customers smoother and more rewarding is crucial. We will continue sharing what we do and why, to create engagement and build curiosity and trust for the IKEA brand – both inside and outside the IKEA world.
Do you have a passion for people, marketing and communication? Can you create unique and relevant technical communication for products??Are you passionate about making the complex easy to understand?
Here it is. Your chance to take on the challenge as Technical Communication Specialist in one of the most influential small towns in the world!
We are looking for a Technical Communication Specialist for Range Area Seating and it´s a temporary position for 11 months. Start 1st of February 2026.
In the role of Technical Communication Specialist, you are detail oriented and bring structure into your tasks. With an eye for details, you make sure that everything is in place. You work to make the buying process of our range as easy and smooth as possible for our customers, ensuring that they have the information they need to make a purchase decision. This can include communication on packaging, legal communication and technical communication like measurements, care instructions, installation etc.
Your main responsibilities include analyzing and identifying the technical communication need, based on customer needs and legal requirements. We also want you to work a lot with the details and like to do administrative tasks. To secure customer perspective in technical communication throughout the product development process and to work closely with the Sales specialist and the Communicator to ensure a strong commercial perspective in product development. You will create and follow-up technical communication content, working closely with Range & Product Engineering.
You brief and lead communication production suppliers to secure content readiness and contribute to the annual Commercial plan with a technical communication perspective, as well as impact on budget.
We are looking for someone with a passion for technical communication! You are guided by structure and simplicity, and you strive to exceed customer expectations by delivering high quality communication. You can turn complex technical information into customer friendly communication.
You enjoy working in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment even when it includes complex assignments or tight deadlines. You are a person who is structured and likes to work with details and is not afraid of routine work from time to time. You enjoy taking initiatives and leading the development of communication content with a customer perspective and can juggle competing priorities.
You are detail oriented and bring structure into your tasks. You have excellent communication skills securing the IKEA tone of voice and can network across functions and organizations.
This is a temporary position, start 1st of February 2026 based in Älmhult, Sweden. At IKEA of Sweden we have a strong sense in meeting each other and work together. We do offer flexibility with the possibility to work from home, but we want to meet you at the office most of your time and when the business requires us to meet physically.?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and answer to the below question – in English latest the 7th of December 2025
What made you interested in this role and enticed you to apply?
What experience do you have that you believe will be beneficial for you in this role??

Please note that we are interviewing on an ongoing basis, so make sure to apply as soon as possible. We will not accept applications through e-mail.
If you have any questions about the role or the process, feel free to reach out to the recruiter Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408 Visa mindre

Hej 3D Technical Developer!

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our 3D Technical Developer, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
Through creativity, IKEA marketing & Communication AB connects the heart of IKEA to the hearts and minds of the many people. We plan and produce marketing and communication that enables our retail markets to grow and to position IKEA as a purpose-led business and an expert in life at home. We are 400 co-workers located in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA. Our strength is our talented co-workers: strategists, channel experts, developers, photographers, motion producers, 3D artists, graphic designers, copywriters, interior designers, and many more competences. We are proud of our craftsmanship and ability to unleash creativity at scale.


Your new job
We’re looking for a 3D Technical Developer who wants to solve complex, real-world problems to make life at home simpler.
You will be a part of a team who design and maintain 3D pipelines and tools to enhance content creators in their everyday quest for excellent and efficient 3D communication. Through our innovative pipelines, we deliver thousands of 3D models, shaders, and images to various platforms, catering to both real-time applications and offline renderings. At the same time, we are constantly identifying pain points and launching our own projects to enhance our existing systems, embracing new values and emerging technologies.
We are a supportive team among ourselves as much as for others. With openness and innovative mindsets, we together make it a thriving environment to be part of. Our diversity gives us new insights and perspectives, growing our competence as individuals every day. Join us for the exciting industry wide transformation into software agnostic and parallel workflows enabled by USD.

What we’d like you to bring to the table
We are in search of driven and diverse talent with a passion for 3D innovation. As a key player on our technical development team, you’ll immerse yourself in a collaborative scrum environment. Your role will involve dynamic coding for both new initiatives and ongoing projects, engaging fully in agile ceremonies, and delivering impactful technical solutions, all aligned with sprint deadlines. Join us in pushing the boundaries of 3D technology!
For this role, we are looking for an engineer with a deep technical foundation – someone who is skilled at building robust and scalable systems and tools.
The role as a 3D Technical Developer requires you to have:
Deep understanding of backend systems infrastructure
Experience and demonstrated skills in C++ and Python
Familiarity with cloud technology, preferably Azure
Ability to build scalable, maintainable services that support creative and production workflows
Experience with Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools and workflows.
Examples of DCC’s that are meritorious to have experience with: Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, Autodesk 3Ds max, Autodesk Maya, Houdini etc.
Strong understanding of the technical and creative aspects of working with 3D environments
Ability to navigate and contribute to complex 3D pipelines.
Tendency to express ideas, support others in time of need and not brood over failure
Ability to adapt quickly to changes and happy to take on a challenge
Experience collaborating closely with stakeholders such as product owners, 3D artists, and more.
A deep understanding of IKEA's core values and cultural principles as well as a mindset and way of working that reflects this
Ambition to grow and develop at IKEA - in this role and beyond!



It’s a plus if you also have:
Some experience or knowledge with Universal Scene Description (USD)
Experience or ability to train 3D artists
Understanding of shading models
Experience with real time or offline graphics, or computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Familiarity with Material X
Familiarity with the following tech stack:
Rust
Camunda
Splunk


Be yourself, a 3D Technical Developer, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down-to-earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 18th of November at the latest. Feel free to include a link to your GitHub in the application.
We are based in Älmhult, Sweden and work from the office the majority of our time. Our workplace approach is that we believe that your presence with the team and working most of the time in the workplace is important. IKEA do not offer relocation for this opening.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact the hiring manager, Helena Tévar Hernández, [email protected]. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact the Recruiter, Vera Bendz, at [email protected].
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. Visa mindre

Hej Team Manager,
Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Team Manager, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
In Range Operations, we manage and lead the central Data & Analytics team, driving collaboration, technical excellence, and data-driven decision-making across Core Business Range and IKEA. Ensure consistent methodologies, deliver high-quality insights, and stay aligned with evolving technologies and business needs.
Your new job
We are currently looking for two dedicated Team Managers, each responsible for leading a specialized team. One team focuses on front-end development and data analytics, while the other focuses on data science. Both roles involve team leadership, close collaboration with product owners and other stakeholders, and a strong focus on team development and delivery.
This ad is for the role as Team Manager of the Frontend & Data Analytics team. If you’re interested in the other Team Manager role, please apply through the other ad.
In this role, your typical week can look something like this:
Driving continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing of methodologies, tools and materials across the IKEA Data Analytics community
Collaborating and communicating with other parts of the organization to understand the needs of stakeholders and devise possible solutions
Ensuring consistency by supporting the use of relevant development techniques, digital frameworks, and best practices
Being responsible for making sure that the insights and conclusions from data science are easily available to other parts of the organization
Supporting a culture of data-driven decision making across IKEA organizations
Working closely together with data scientists, data engineers, architects, analysts, peers, and other relevant roles across IKEA as well as in your team
Keeping up to date with the latest technological trends
Assuring quality and contribute to development and testing of deliverables


What we’d like you to bring to the table
The role as a Team Manager requires you to have:
Expertise and passion in understanding business problems and applying Data & Analytics to try and solve them
Direct or indirect management experience - leading people to perform and deliver, continuously work with competence development, recruitment, and proactive succession within the area of responsibility
Capability to effectively lead and manage a Core Business Range team of Front-End Developers / Analysts
Extensive knowledge and experience in data modelling and visualization (Power BI) with relevant supporting skills, data processing and analysis languages – DAX, Python, Power Automate, Azure analytics, Azure Data Bricks etc
Working experience with huge data sets and extensive knowledge of data/ information models and landscape
Ability to provide technical leadership for front-end developers/analysts in the organization, fostering a culture of support and collaboration in the team and across the Data & Analytics organization
Ability to act as a Core Business Range point of contact and escalation within the IKEA Front End developer/analyst community


It’s a plus if you also have:
Experience in preparing and enabling the implementation of common ways of working, tools and competence in the business
Ability to apply comprehensive written and verbal communication skills in storytelling, supported by visualization of data, focused on other stakeholders both in digital and business
Experienced working in an agile set-up
Expertise in delivering to oganization strategies and goals
Experienced in budgeting process by preparing initiated input on need of resources, development and investment or service needs
Experience in enabling preconditions for the team to perform their assignment according to our IKEA values and set business priorities


Additional information
Be yourself, a Team Manager, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.
We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 28th of November at the latest.
We are based in Älmhult, Sweden. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Please also note that we only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, feel free to connect with the Recruiter Vera Bendz; [email protected] or Hiring Manager, Bidyut Bora [email protected] Visa mindre

Are you a Foodie and have passion for food business?
Great, we are looking for two Product Development Quality Engineers!
At IKEA Food we are all passionate about food businesses who develop and provide delicious, desirable, safe, healthy, and sustainable food for the many people around the world. No doubt food matters to people and the planet and to the IKEA business. Our Food business is a strong contributor to the IKEA brand and business growth, and we have the ambition to drive positive change in the food industry.
We are on an existing journey where we, over the next years, will continue to strengthen the core of what we do developing food that is good for people and the planet. Every day we dare to challenge ourselves and live our values and we embrace the future and face the opportunities to enable success.
We are based in Älmhult, the heart of IKEA, in IKEA of Sweden, where the total customer offer is developed and where we want to work close to our IKEA colleagues across the value chain and how we meet our customers every day.
Job Description


In this assignment, you will be:
Responsible to secure quality, food safety, nutrition and sustainability in products during the product development process and running range related to product requirements and direction.
Responsible to identify, manage and document risks during the product development process and of running range.
Responsible to secure that quality and food safety documentations on product level is compliant towards requirements in each market where products will be sold. Collaboration with market compliance leaders on product requirements are part of tasks.
Responsible for technical documentation, such as product specifications and certifications in PLM system.
Responsible for maintaining food specific parameters such as ingredient declarations, nutritional parameters, allergen information and analytical requirements for food products.
Responsible to participate in trial production at suppliers and secure product requirements are fulfilled.
Responsible to secure product quality, give input and take learnings to reduce deviations identified as product quality deviations.
Responsible to identify product improvement potentials that positively impact customer satisfaction, any dimension of democratic design, as well to utilize material in a healthier and sustainable way and give input to portfolio planning.
Responsible for identifying trends in the food industry related to ingredients and contribute to the portfolio plans with insights, suggestions on ingredient level in the product development process.
Capture learnings and actively share knowledge connected to the role.

Qualifications


We believe you have:
University degree in Food Engineering, Food Science or Food Technology, or relevant experience in engineering or product development.
Fluency in English, both spoken and written
Knowledge of IKEA concept, strategies and IKEA processes.
Product knowledge (product requirements, product quality, market, customer and innovation).
Quality Assurance and Food safety management
Risk identification and management

You bring:
Analytical skills with ability to transfer knowledge, ideas and data into a product design.
Strong ability to work in teams and make things happen through involving and engaging people.
Ability to handle large quantities of information and work with several teams and product areas in parallel.
Ability to lead verification and development testing.

You:
Find motivation in, and live, the IKEA values
A passion to deliver safe and high-quality food products
Strong will to influence and make a difference
Get energy from fulfilling goals/plans and to see the result of a team effort.

Additional information


Does this sound like your next challenge?
We are curious to get to know you so warm welcome with your application – CV and letter of motivation-in English. Please apply no later than 26 November 2025. Visa mindre

Hej,
Do you want to go to work and help create a better everyday life for the many people?
With us, you can feel at home at work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our new Software Engineer, you will have many opportunities to try things you have never done before.
Job Description


What we’d like you to bring to the table
You build bridges between human imagination and machine expression. You thrive at the intersection of high-performance backend systems and expressive AI tooling. With a system-oriented mindset and a collaborative spirit, you enjoy working alongside AI engineers, product designers, and creative directors to bring intelligent agents to life. Whether your background includes cognitive architecture, simulation systems, or world-building, you’re drawn to projects that value philosophical depth, symbolic reasoning, and imaginative design.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement core backend architecture for AgentVerse: services, registries, cognitive modules, and orchestrators.
Define runtime orchestration for AI agents lifecycles, roles, and communication bridges (Redis, RabbitMQ, WebSockets).
Build high-performance services with async FastAPI, DI modules, and event-driven data flows.
Develop front-to-back integration for Agent Operations UI: connecting React/Next.js interfaces to backend endpoints and WebSocket streams.
Collaborate with AI engineers, product designers, and creative directors to deliver tools blending enterprise reliability with LLM-driven creativity.

Qualifications


Qualification
5+ years in software development, 3+ in backend-focused full-stack roles.
Strong in Python async services (FastAPI, aio* or similar).
Solid grasp of data modeling, messaging, and containerized microservices.
Familiar with modern frontend (Next.js + TypeScript) and state management.
Experience with distributed/event-driven systems (queues, pub/sub, caching).
Advocate for clean, modular, maintainable code.
Bonus: AI/LLM integration (OpenAI, LangChain, semantic search).
Enterprise practices: testing, observability, deployment strategies.


Nice-to-Haves
Hands-on with LLM systems, prompt pipelines, orchestration frameworks.
Knowledge of DI containers, plugin architectures, dynamic registries.
Background in cognitive architectures or AI orchestration.
Familiarity with Azure/GCP ecosystems and managed AI services.
Interest in philosophy or symbolic systems — we value depth of thought.

Additional information


This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. We look forward to receiving your application – CV and motivation letter, in English, by 23rd of November. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work as a Software Engineer at IMC and why you would be a good fit for this role. Please note that we are continuously interviewing candidates and may close the ad earlier.
If you have questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact P&C recruiter: Bas de Koeijerv [email protected]. If you have questions about the job, you are welcome to contact hiring manager: Armin Casbian [email protected]
We do not accept applications sent directly via email. Looking forward to hearing from you!
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You are welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, or what you look like. We do not even care how you have furnished your home. We are interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA we’re all working on the same project.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

Company Description


In Core Business Range (IKEA of Sweden), we are gearing up for the future, new opportunities, and challenges, making us better together. We have decided that we will focus, simplify and concentrate going forward by “putting the product in the center”?with a full focus on our core assignments – product development.
Our business is about developing products, it’s at the center of everything that we do - our daily job. We are looking for you who are very familiar with working with the IKEA range, passionate about Home Furnishings and people’s life at home, to solve real needs in people’s homes.
Job Description


We are now looking for a Team Manager Commercial to join our Range Area!
As a Team Manager, you will report to the Commercial Manager and together be responsible for both business and people within the commercial function. Together, you will be responsible for all people-related topics to lead and develop the function. This includes recruitment(s), learning & development, performance management, retention- and succession planning for co-workers in the team.
You will, together with the Commercial Manager, define your business scope and how to create the best pre-conditions for your team to succeed. In this role, you will take the lead in certain business topics, with support from the Commercial Manager.
You are guided by IKEA values and your strong leadership capabilities as you lead by example and act as role model; coach and motivate your coworkers with your daily behaviors. You are comfortable leading your team in change and constant range transformation. By staying close to your team, whilst assigning tasks and responsibilities, you create an environment of responsibility, motivation, and support, whilst boosting that culture of developing business and people together.
In the job as Team Manager, you will:
Responsible for the creation, execution and follow up of the HFB Commercial Plan with a range of tactics and smart actions within.
Be responsible for driving the Leadership and Competence agenda: Identify needs and gaps and build competence development plans to meet the short- and long-term business and succession needs.
Responsible for securing that consumer, customer, and retailer input & insights (including expansion plans) are brought into the HFB plans to maximize brand positioning, market relevance and growth.
Proactively contribute with competence and resources into the product development team in our Range Area
Responsible for securing that the range and product offer have the pre-conditions to be sellable in an omni-channel IKEA and for setting the preconditions for our retailers to communicate and sell throughout the product life cycle. Including range and product communication.

Qualifications


We are looking for experienced leaders within IKEA that want to develop into a future Commercial Manager role. Your value-based leadership, leading by example, staying close to your team and recent IKEA retail experience, including a recent OMNI-channel perspective, are prerequisites to lead and develop people and business together.
To shine in this role, we would like you to have a strong and proven recent leadership record, leading other leaders and/or co-workers and recent experience with working in a senior sales and/or communication assignment. You know how to ensure collaboration and alignment with cross-functional stakeholders. You have strong communication skills; you communicate relevant information and listen actively. You inspire and create confidence, build networks and strong relations. You have good knowledge of the IKEA corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people.
Additional information


Are you ready to make the world a little better, together? We want to hear from you!
We look forward to receiving your application, in the form of answering the 3 questions below and sending in your resume in English latest November 13th. 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 candidates.
Describe why you are interested in the role?
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact [email protected]
Application deadline: November 13, 2025 Visa mindre

IKEA of Sweden has a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people".
Within the Range Area Bedroom Furniture, our team is composed of diverse and dedicated professionals with a shared passion for home furnishing. Representing various backgrounds from around the globe, we are unified by our commitment to delivering safe, sustainable, functional and affordable solutions.
Join our group of passionate and highly skilled colleagues that are as curious and eager as you to explore and make things better, always searching for new simple and smart solutions! Solutions that are connected to storage furniture across the home, that means you will work across with Bedroom, Workspaces, Kitchen, Bathroom, Children’s, Living room etc.
ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT
You are part of the Product Development Platform Storage team at Range Area Bedroom Furniture in IKEA of Sweden working cross all Range Areas with storage furniture’s. You will work close with our team as well with the Development Teams in our Range Areas with storage furniture’s. Some of your most important tasks will be to:
Lead robust design activities to support development by utilizing Taguchi Method, Design for Six Sigma, Monte Carlo Simulation or similar
Perform design reviews, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), design of experiments (DOE) to identify potential risks and propose corrective actions
Perform tolerance analysis and propose improvements
Identify Maximum Material Condition (MMC) and Least Material Condition (LMC)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product development, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to ensure design integrity and manufacturability
Quality assure engineering deliverables in the Develop New Solution and Develop New Product process

ABOUT YOU
We are looking for someone that has a passion for working with the core of the IKEA products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering principles, design methodologies, and a passion for developing robust and reliable products.?As a Robust Design Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and performance of our products through innovative design and rigorous testing.
You have a university degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
Proven experience in robust design engineering, reliability engineering, or a related role
Strong knowledge of design methodologies, statistical analysis, and quality control principles (e.g. FMEA, CETOL, Design of Experiment (DoE), Design for Six Sigma etc)
Proficiency in CAD software and PDM (e.g. SolidWorks, Windchill)
Experience in different materials and are aware of inherent variations within them
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Strong communication and teamwork abilities
Handle large quantities of information and work with several development teams and product areas in parallel
English language on business level, verbal and written communication

You will report to the Product Engineering Manager.
Additional information
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, Sweden.
Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
Does this sound like your next challenge? We look forward to receiving your application no later than – CV and your answers to the 2 questions below – in English by the 9th of November 2025.
Which of the IKEA core values do you feel closest connected to and why?
What is Robust Design to you? Visa mindre

Category Manager
Älmhult, Sweden
Full-time


Company Description
You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe that what your value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.
IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain. We develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw materials, which means development, purchase, and supply to IKEA suppliers. Our business is global and today employs 1500 people based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia and China.
Job Description
We are looking for a Category Manager Boards & Surface covering
As Category Manager at IKEA Components, your main responsibility is to establish and develop a high performing and diverse supplier base which can meet the future needs of our business and customers.
You will develop and implement Category three-year business plan in line with the IKEA strategic direction to create competitive advantages for IKEA and deliver excellent results. In this assignment you are responsible to lead and develop the Category Management Team and together with matrix managers enabling a high performing organisation, teams and individuals. The aim is to be the preferred business partner for existing as well as new suppliers.


More specifically, the assignment includes:
Responsible for the development and implementation of the Category Business Plan
Responsible for the development of the wished position for the future supplier landscape, supplier classification and defining needs for new suppliers
Through IKEA way of doing business, responsible to secure right pre-conditions and lead to achieve professional long term business development with suppliers based on a shared business model, trust and transparency
Responsible to secure a competitive offer yet always with availability as a top priority
Responsible for recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession plan for co-workers directly in your team.
Responsible to set actions and drive initiatives in line with IKEA overall Sustainability direction



Qualifications
You have a solid purchasing knowledge and proven track record of consistently meeting/exceeding results in leading and developing both business and people. You have a deep knowledge of IKEA Strategic landscape, especially IKEA Purchasing Strategy, as well as IKEA Business models. You have knowledge of supplier capabilities and material, service and production. You also have experience in leading others and previous experience of leading leaders on remote distance is an advantage.

You have a desire to find new business opportunities and to build trustful partnerships, both internally as well as externally, to reach common goals. You are highly motivated to lead people and competence development by spotting talents and support people grow - you truly believe in developing business through people!
You can lead and navigate in a complex environment filled with many unknowns and uncertainties, by pointing out a clear direction and getting people onboard and motivated. You are capable of easily switching between operational, tactical, and strategic topics depending on your needs. You are result oriented, eager to create long-lasting results both in the business and people's dimensions. You are strong in communication at all levels.
Additional information


Sound like a fit? Then we want to hear from you!
We look forward to receiving your response. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than November 11, 2025, be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?
What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?


If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] Visa mindre

Category Manager - Chemicals
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Älmhult, Sweden
Full-time
Company Description
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Job Description


You see things a little differently. So do we. We believe that what your value is more important than what your CV says. We offer positions that will challenge your skills and let you grow. Come see things a little differently with us.
IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain. We develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw materials, which means development, purchase, and supply to IKEA suppliers. IKEA Components also have the assignment to provide After Sales service of components to the end customers. Our business is global and today employs 1500 people based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia and China.
We are looking for a Category Manager Chemicals
As Category Manager at IKEA Components, your main responsibility is to establish and develop a high performing and diverse supplier base which can meet the future needs of our business and customers.
You will develop and implement the Category three-year business plan in line with the IKEA strategic direction to create competitive advantages for IKEA and deliver excellent results. In this assignment you are responsible to lead and develop the Category Management Team and together with matrix managers enabling a high performing organisation, teams and individuals. The aim is to be the preferred business partner for existing as well as new suppliers.


More specifically, the assignment includes:
Responsible for the development and implementation of the Category Business Plan
Responsible for the development of the wished position for the future supplier landscape, supplier classification and defining needs for new suppliers
Through IKEA way of doing business, responsible to secure right pre-conditions and lead to achieve professional long term business development with suppliers based on a shared business model, trust and transparency
Responsible to secure a competitive offer yet always with availability as a top priority
Responsible for recruitment, development, performance management, retention and succession plan for co-workers directly in your team.
Responsible to set actions and drive initiatives in line with IKEA overall Sustainability direction

You have a solid purchasing knowledge and proven track record of consistently meeting/exceeding results in leading and developing both business and people. You have a deep knowledge of IKEA Strategic landscape, especially IKEA Purchasing Strategy, as well as IKEA Business models. You have knowledge of supplier capabilities and material, service and production. You also have experience in leading others and previous experience of leading leaders on remote distance is an advantage.
You have a desire to find new business opportunities and to build trustful partnerships, both internally as well as externally, to reach common goals. You are highly motivated to lead people and competence development by spotting talents and support people grow - you truly believe in developing business through people!
You can lead and navigate in a complex environment filled with many unknowns and uncertainties, by pointing out a clear direction and getting people onboard and motivated. You are capable of easily switching between operational, tactical, and strategic topics depending on your needs. You are result oriented, eager to create long-lasting results both in the business and people's dimensions. You are strong in communication on all levels.
Sound like a fit? Do you want to come to work with us? Then we want to hear from you!
We look forward to receiving your response. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than 27th of October , 2025, be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?
What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us
If you are one of the candidates, we think you have the required experience. We will contact you by email or phone to schedule a telephone interview. Please note, we do not accept applications by e-mail.
This position is based in Älmhult, Sweden. Visa mindre

Company Description


Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. At IKEA of Sweden, you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment. You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
Hej, my name is Monika.
Right now, I´m looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to the Accounting department in Älmhult.
We offer a challenging and inspiring role where you will have the possibility to be a part of a great team working together to support the business in the best possible way.
You will together with the team and our stakeholders continuously work to improve our processes, to gain efficiency and quality to reach excellence in our operations.
Are you ready to grow with us? Keep on reading!
Job Description


The accounting department at IKEA of Sweden support several Inter IKEA companies both within and outside Sweden with Accounting services. You will be a part of the team that provide support related to the Accounts Payable (AP) process and responsible for that all invoices are processed in a proper and timely way, according to global or local guidelines and routines.


As Accounts Payable Specialist you work close to the other team members and your main tasks and responsibilities are to give timely and clear support related to the Accounts Payable (AP) process. Ensure that all invoices are coded with correct accounting string (all elements), VAT code and processed according to PoA (Power of Attorney) for the Inter IKEA Company; maintain the supplier master data and users of the AP invoice handling system; participate in monthly closings of the AP system and the accruals of invoices; provide support connected to the accounts payable processes to co-workers within Inter IKEA companies and to external suppliers.
You will also be responsible to create and load supplier payment proposals in a timely and accurate way; actively participate in the work to increase efficiency and quality; participate in creating/maintaining manuals, guides, routines to help others in the team and to improve the processes.
Qualifications


To be successful in this role you need to be curious and open to new ways of working and strive to improve processes. Accurate, analytical, and have attention to details. Service minded and communicated in a clear and simple way. We want you to be structured and have the ability to prioritize completing your tasks efficiently.
We believe that you have working experience within Swedish Accounting- and VAT legislation connected with the Account Payables processes. You need to have good knowledge in Swedish and English, both writing and speech. Knowledge in Microsoft office, Excel, and experience from working with financial systems is also needed for the role.
You can have a bachelor’s degree in business administration or YH-education in Accounting, but equivalent working experience is also fine.
The IKEA values motivates you and creating a better everyday life for the many people guides you in your work.
Additional information


If you have any questions about the role please contact the People & Culture Recruiter, Matilda Winninge via [email protected]
Does this sound interesting to you?
Please send your application, CV and personal letter, latest by 28 october 2025
Make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role! Visa mindre

Product Development Engineer - RA Cooking & Eating
To cook and eat together is for many a way to share, not only a meal, but also to hang out together, share stories, traditions, discussions, and opinions. It’s a social activity, full of life and energy. Our goal is to support the many people in their everyday cooking and eating activities and deliver a wide range of products, designed for both cooking healthy in a sustainable way, and enjoying eating them together.
We are a team of about 60 colleagues who work across the Cooking & Eating business. Together we focus on developing an excellent cooking & eating offer to enable a healthy, sustainable, and enjoyable life around food. For the many people and always with the low price in mind.
We are now looking for a Product Development Engineer (PDE) to lead the engineering agenda in our “Lingon” development team responsible of IKEA food storage range.
As a PDE in our Range Area, you will plan and lead the engineering agenda together with our engineering specialists and development team members from range, supply chain, and commercial functions. You will build and strengthen networks with numerous stakeholders throughout the value chain to collaboratively tackle various business challenges. Naturally, a major part of your role will be the development of new products and taking care of them throughout their entire life cycle. You will be part of a team of down-to-earth people with a passion for home furnishing who want to make a difference for business, people, and the planet.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you have a strong passion for leadership, engineering, product development, and collaboration with others. You want to make a difference and contribute to a more sustainable future. You communicate clearly to simplify complex topics, and secure our shared understanding. You have the courage to question the existing and interest in finding new better ways. You can develop and follow up on plans collaboratively with a team. You are prepared to make decisions based on data in a fast-changing environment. You spread curiosity, enthusiasm, and ideas, with the ability to transform them into reality.
We are looking for a product development engineer who has:
Experience in product and business development
Overview and good understanding of IKEAs total value chain
Experience in leading teams, projects, or topics with a focus on stakeholder management
Good understanding of our approach to circularity and the climate agenda
Ability to work in an international context, fluent in English, both spoken and written
A mindset of "impossible is nothing" and a belief that together we can change the world

Additional information
This position is a permanent position based in?Älmhult, Sweden.
Älmhult has?commuting possibilities with hourly trains from Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
We offer a flexibility working from home but believe that your presence with your collegues is important why we expect you to work the majority of your time at the office.
Please submit both your?CV and motivation letter in English?latest 24of October 2025, answering below two questions:
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?

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 candidates. Visa mindre

Did you know that more than 520 million guests enjoyed our food last year?
In IKEA Food we are passionate food lovers who develop and provide delicious, desirable, safe, healthy and sustainable food for the many people around the world. Our Food business is a strong contributor to the IKEA brand and business growth, and we have the ambition and drive to transform the IKEA Food business in the coming years.

We are now looking for a People & Culture Generalist!
In the People & Culture, we secure and nurture the IKEA culture and leadership and set pre-conditions for a healthy and high-performing organization and workplace – where people perform and deliver, learn, and develop.
We want to truly contribute and add value to business in a fast-changing and challenging world. We work to attract and develop people who love to fulfil our vision, and we work close to the business to enable great people experience.?This role is offering an exciting and inspiring workplace in a global environment.
Does this sound like your next step?
Job Description


We are looking for a person that - together with the Range Area Management teams and all our fab colleagues in the IKEA Food world - will make Food future foodastic!
You will act as local P&C partner for two Range Areas, and will work with a wide range of P&C assignments, covering all P&C processes. You will work both inside the Range Areas and across IKEA Food as a total. You will work closely with managers and co-workers, supporting, challenging and coaching for growth, in all perspectives. In this role you report to the P&C Leader - Range Area Food.
Qualifications


We believe you bring years of experience within HR or a relevant field. You are used to providing an organization with HR know-how in a variety of areas such as labor law, work environment and compensation. You have experience from and feel comfortable in developing, facilitating and leading initiatives, workshops and change processes in different organizational contexts. You are holistic, progress oriented and love to work in a fast paced, changing and developing business. You are fluent in both spoken and written English.
You have strong values based leadership establishing trust and effective working relationships. You lead yourself and your topics with confidence and have a good ability to prioritize and handle a combination of different tasks on different levels. You have strong communication skills, and you share your knowledge as well as being curious and eager to learn more. You are pro-active, and make things happen.?A big portion of energy and drive is wanted (and needed)!
Additional information


Sounds interesting?
Then please send us your application in English not later than 19 October 2025. If you have questions, feel free to contact the recruiter Bence Denes.
Please note that we will be interviewing continuously.
This is a permanent position at IKEA of Sweden in Älmhult. Please note that we do not take applications in emails. Visa mindre

Hej Procurement Specialist,
Do you want to go to work and help create a better life at home?
With us, you can feel at home at work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Procurement Specialist, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
Your new job
As a Procurement Specialist within the Category Assembly & Accessories, you’ll play a key role in securing the right suppliers for IKEA Components - today and tomorrow.
You’ll build strong relationships and develop both existing and new suppliers, always with the goal of achieving the “Best Buy” for IKEA. That means balancing price, quality, logistics, sustainability, and capacity in a smart and strategic way. You approach collaboration with honesty, fairness, and professionalism, challenging and supporting suppliers to grow alongside us. Together, we make better products for the many people.
In this role, you’ll help shape strong, long-term partnerships with suppliers in the Category Assembly & Accessories. With curiosity and a strategic mindset, you’ll explore the market for smart sourcing opportunities and make thoughtful decisions about starting or ending collaborations. You’ll organize RFQs, ensure compliance, and take the lead when things need to be corrected - always keeping stakeholders informed. By supporting supplier development, securing capacity, and focusing on lowering total cost, you’ll contribute to a better everyday for the many people.
Qualifications
What we’d like you to bring
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a mix of hands-on experience, a curious mindset, and a natural way of working together with others. You understand the purchasing landscape and know how to build strong supplier relationships that support both business goals and IKEA values. You’re confident working with numbers, navigating change, and communicating with clarity and with a receiver oriented approach.
We believe you:
• Understand industry dynamics, market conditions, and sourcing strategies
• Demonstrate strong financial knowledge and negotiation skills
• Navigate confidently in a dynamic and flexible business environment
• Lead business with a holistic view - always keeping the customer, supplier, and total IKEA cost in mind
• Dare to challenge and be fair, with a professional and respectful approach
It’s a plus if you also:
• Have engineering background or equivalent experience in purchasing or supply chain
• Know how to identify and capture business opportunities that drive long-term value
• Enjoy building strong relationships and working across functions to reach shared goals
With us, you can feel at home at work. We encourage you to be yourself, speak up, and support others. We believe in learning from mistakes, opening new doors, and growing together. As our Procurement Specialist, you’ll have many opportunities to try new things and make a real impact.
Additional Information
Please note that this is a permanent position located in Älmhult, Sweden. We believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important. We look forward to receiving your application by 24th October, 2025.
Please contact: [email protected] if any questions regarding the recruitment process.
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, or what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs. At IKEA we’re all working on the same project.
Be yourself, a Procurement Specialist, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
IKEA Components holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain as we develop and supply IKEA with customer friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. This includes a responsibility for selected components and raw materials, which means develop, purchase and supply to IKEA suppliers. Our business is global and today employs 1400 people based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia, and China.?Within IKEA Components we work with innovation and automation, and we constantly challenge ourselves to be pro-active and develop the business.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

Are you a Foodie with experience in People management?
If yes, welcome to Älmhult, the home of IKEA of Sweden. This is where we design and develop our entire customer offer, working closely with colleagues across the value chain to meet our customers’ daily needs. This is where our culture and values were shaped and are still developing. It is a vibrant hub of diverse nationalities and cultures.
Food plays an essential part in the IKEA experience and our Swedish heritage. It's often the first connection with IKEA, with 710 million visitors each year to IKEA restaurants and the Swedish Food Market.
Our engineering team at IKEA of Sweden, within the Range Area Consumer Packaged Goods - Food, develops the products you find in IKEA Swedish Food Markets and IKEA Restaurants. We are dedicated to creating the best possible products at the best price, while ensuring product safety, meeting regulatory requirements, delivering top-notch packaging solutions, continuously enhancing our food offers, making them good for both people and the planet. Our engineers focus on every detail to ensure excellence and affordability in our offerings.
We are now recruiting a Product Engineering Manager for Range Area Consumer-Packaged Goods!
In this role you are responsible to drive and support the development of future solutions for IKEA Food restaurants, Bistros and Cafés as well for the Swedish Food Market. This assignment includes leading business and people together, in true IKEA spirit.
Do you want to be part of our exiting journey? If yes, this might be the perfect challenge for you!
Job Description


As a Product Engineering Manager for Range Area Consumer-Packaged Goods, you will have the exciting opportunity to lead a group of engineering specialists that are part of our engineering team within IKEA Food.
You will also lead the Food Product Requirement Engineers community, across Food Range Areas, with a focus on strengthening roles and responsibilities, competence development, ways of working, tools and IT systems as well.
Together with the team, you will drive the development of more sustainable, healthy, and nutritional food products embedded in future innovations, considering all five aspects of Democratic Design (Form, Function, Price, Quality and Sustainability). You will also lead the establishment of the product development engineering foundation including shared solutions on ingredient and component level, development guidelines, principles and working tools. In this role you report to the Engineering Manager for Range Area Consumer-Packaged Goods.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Contribute to the Range Area strategies and business plan
Strengthen the Product Requirement Engineering assignment, including key capabilities:
Engineering & Innovation
Product Development Capabilities
Development of guidelines and principles
Quality assurance of newly developed products
Secure and optimize the allocation of relevant Engineering Specialists in Product Development & Life Cycle Management projects
Secure succession planning, retention and recruitment of needed Food Engineering competence
Drive competence development for each Engineering role in full alignment with business needs
Establish and secure deployment and efficient usage of aligned working methods and solutions
You will, together with the Engineering Manager, lead the engineering transformation for Consumer-Packaged Goods business within IKEA

Qualifications


We believe that you have solid experience of working within the Food Industry or equivalent, on a global setup. Experience from a Food retailer with global or regional presence is a certain plus. You have thorough knowledge and proven experience in product development and in business development. You have a solid understanding of working with full value chain, stakeholder management and how to create preconditions for an efficient development that will reach our targets.
Leadership comes natural to you, and you have the capability to lead a group of Food Engineering Specialists. You are always guided by the IKEA key values and you can lead through communication and creating strong and trustful networks and relationships in collaborative processes. You know how to motivate people and make them perform and deliver towards set goals and on time. You have the interest and ability to coach team members during the product development journey. It is important that you enjoy working with both people and products.
You can explore different perspectives, welcome innovation, and dare to challenge when needed. You have excellent communication and networking skills and are motivated by continuously improving existing ways of working.
Additional information


Does this sound like your next opportunity?
Please send in your CV in English?no later than 6 October 2025.
This is a permanent role based in Älmhult.?The Product Engineering Manager is crucial for developing a successful team and business, and we believe that your presence with the team and working most of the time in the workplace is important.
In addition, please enclose the answers to the questions below:
What will be your biggest contribution to this role?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?

If you have any questions about the role, please contact the recruiter Bence Denes.
We are reviewing applications continuously so do not wait to send in yours. Visa mindre

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?
With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilites, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Full Stack Developer, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
Your new job
We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer who wants to work with cutting-edge technologies and frameworks, crafting software that’s intuitive, visually captivating, and accessible. You'll play a key role in enhancing the Range Dimensioning Collaboration suite, enabling transparent teamwork between IKEA of Sweden and its retail markets through consistent, tailored views and comprehensive documentation of Range Portfolio agreements.
You will have:
Good knowledge of testing tools and testing best practices - familiar with DB testing, API-testing, test automation etc.
Professional C# experience, feeling at home in the .NET world
API-driven architecture, including an understanding of API design, backend for frontend or similar
Professional React & TypeScript experience
Good knowledge of git and GitHub
Postgre DB.
CI/CD pipelines
Terraform
Cloud experience, Azure preferred
Security concepts

Who are you?
Curious mindset and eager to be part of building up a new inhouse team based on IKEA culture & values.
Finding your way forward in a complicated organization, not being afraid to question why things are the way they are.
Ability to collaborate with others (including virtual) such as team members and stakeholders to achieve goals
Good ability to communicate technical concepts and processes clearly at an appropriate level to team members and stakeholders
Ability to understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of technology as an integrated part of the business

About the tools:
We are looking for support in two tools
Price it - visualize where the products are on the IKEA price ladder to support decisions in how prices are set and in which price categories products are developed in the future.
Sales plan & collaboration - support the process of sales planning within IKEA of Sweden, improving our collaboration with retail and with our product areas both in the forecast and planning stage and also in an evaluation phase to learn from previous plans and what the actual outcome was. This tool is in the startup phase.
Additional information
Be yourself, a Full Stack Developer, and more!
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.
We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 28th Aug.
This is a full-time position located in Malmö (Aligned with our operational requirements, gatherings in Älmhult are integral to our business operation).
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table.?You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you.?Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.?We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. Visa mindre

In IKEA of Sweden (Core Business Range/Range) we design and develop all IKEA products that furnishes hundreds of millions of homes around the globe and contributes to a better everyday life for the many people. Our role in the IKEA value chain is to develop the best possible products at lowest possible cost, provide a complete and coordinated offer and manage the home furnishing businesses, and through the product range, we connect and optimise the whole value chain.
The Communication function in Range has the assignment to lead, develop and enable impactful communication that strengthens the IKEA brand by creating engagement, building trust for IKEA and enabling better business.
Job Description


We are looking for a Communication Operations Manager
We are strengthening how we lead and develop internal communication and co-worker engagement, as well as how we hold together communication for our enabling functions in Range (Business Performance & Support and People & Culture), and accelerate movements in our communication agenda and planning abilities.
As Communication Operations Manager you will co-lead the internal communication assignment together with the Communication Manager for Internal communication and be responsible to develop and execute the operational communication plan for Range.
Together with your team of Communication Specialists you are the spider in the web when it comes to coordination, creation and activation of communication content in relevant channels. In a dynamic workplace you will support the business to identify the best opportunities to inform and engage with co-workers through relevant channels and activities. You will secure and develop the right preconditions for delivering on the operational communication plan, such as resources, ways of working and tools.
Qualifications


We believe that you:
Are an experienced communicator who wants to take the next step and lead, coach and develop a communication team
Are passionate about communication as a business enabler and tactical tool to lead business and people. Have experience related to communication planning and execution with an understanding of how communication supports and increases the impact of a business agenda.
Are a team player but used to working independently in a fast-paced environment and lead through others
Are hands on, appreciate and have the ability to structure and organize your work and support others in doing so
Can easily move between taking the holistic perspective and zooming in on specific tasks
Are serviced-minded and solution-oriented, with a strong delivery focus
Have great working knowledge of the IKEA identity, tone of voice and an ambassador of IKEA culture and values


Additional information


We’re curious about:
What your team will appreciate in your leadership
The communication task/project that you’re most proud of and why
What is your inspiration at work on a rainy day


This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. Visa mindre

In Range Area Home organization, we believe your home should be a place to recharge and relax. Starting your day frantically searching for keys or navigating a messy hallway immediately adds stress. Organizing your space can be tricky - that’s where we come in. Our products may not solve all problems, but we promise to offer functional, beautiful and affordable lifesavers that make the everyday just a little bit easier.
Right now we are looking for a Team Manager Range to join our Range team in Range Area Home organization.
Job Description


We are looking for you who have both a curiosity to learn and a strong background in product development within IKEA. You have a passion for life at home, home furnishing, design, and business development. Most importantly, you are eager to develop people, you have a curious mindset and a genuine interest in finding better ways.
As Team Manager, you will report to the?Range Manager and play a key role in shaping the future of our Range. You will be responsible for leading and developing both business and people. You are guided by IKEA values and your strong leadership capabilities makes you a great role model, coach and inspiration for the team around you.
As a Team Manager Range, you are responsible for:
The co-creation of the HFB-plan and to lead certain aspects of the range content within
The co-creation of the Range plan and the pre-conditions to execute the plan through the HFB portfolio
Managing, leading, and developing the range team in the Range Area, including recruitment and succession planning whilst creating a culture of developing business and people together
Setting the pre-conditions for the range team to collaborate within and across HFBs and with relevant stakeholders outside of HFBs/Ras
Contributing to a strong collaborative and inclusive climate enabling high performing happy teams
Being a strong business partner, demonstrating initiative and the courage to question and challenge various topics
Proactively contributing your expertise and resources to product development within and across Range Areas and in creating the Range and Portfolio plan
Utilizing strong communication skills to share relevant information, listen actively, inspire confidence, and build networks and strong relationships

Qualifications


You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in working with product design development and range building with an entrepreneurial approach
You get energy following current trends / movements, colors, materials and are equally curious about customer needs
Motivated and passionate about leading and developing people and making them excel in a constantly changing international working environment
Strong ability to see the bigger picture, identify relevant stakeholders, interact, and build strong relationships across
Strong ability to communicate, visualize and inspire in a clear way
Good ability to nurture a creative culture, enthusiasm, co-creation and growing the IKEA spirit
Degree level education in design, design management, assortment (range) management, product management, product development, or equivalent

Additional information


This is a permanent role based in Älmhult, Sweden. We do offer the possibility to work from home but embrace collaboration why it is important that you can be at our office the majority of the time.
We look forward to receiving your application in English by 10 August, 2025. Please note that we connect back to you during August, after the vacation period.
Instead of a motivational letter please including your answers to these three questions:
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?
What inspires you when developing the IKEA Range and where do you find it?

Please keep your answers short and concise. We are looking forward to receiving your application! Visa mindre

Are you passionate about an organized home?
In Range Area Home organization, we believe your home should be a place to recharge and relax. Starting your day frantically searching for keys or navigating a messy hallway immediately adds stress. Organizing your space can be tricky - that’s where we come in. Our products may not solve all problems, but we promise to offer functional, beautiful and affordable lifesavers that make your everyday just a little bit easier.
Job Description


Are you a creative and curious person with a passion for product design? Do you consider it a great opportunity to be the creative link between ideas and practical solutions and to really contribute to the development of IKEAs products? Then this could be your next challenge!
We are excited to announce an opening for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our fantastic engineering team in Range Area Home organization.
In the role as a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be part of a product development team with an overall responsibility for the mechanical design. You will be expected to secure that our products are designed in an optimal way with strong focus on customer expectations and sustainability at lowest cost. To achieve this, you will have close collaboration with different stakeholders throughout the value chain.
In this assignment your main responsibilities will be:
To develop the mechanical design of products with different materials and functions related to the Home-organization range, from concept sketch to final product.
Lead implementation of IKEA platforms and standardized materials.
Secure that mechanical requirements are covered by the product design.
Create, maintain and develop 3D and 2D documentation according to IKEA CAD standard.
Evaluate constructions with Calculations and (FEM) simulations before testing on prototypes.
Capture learnings, share knowledge, and communicate with other functions across Range Areas and Matrix organization.
Some occasional travel and supplier visits may be required for the role.

Qualifications


We are looking for someone who is passionate about creating the best possible product for the customer at the right price, with the right quality, a beautiful design, and with a clear focus on sustainability.
We believe that you have:
University degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
Fluent in English, both spoken and written.
You are driven to come up with new and innovative solutions.
Material and production knowledge in a variety of materials, including metals, plastic, and textiles.
Construction knowledge (Mechanical design, geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, simulation, drawing techniques and 3D modeling).
Knowledge using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs and product lifecycle management systems such as SolidWorks and Windchill.

For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen.
To be successful in this role you also need to have both analytical and creative skills and the ability to transfer knowledge, concepts, and ideas into technical product designs and solutions.
Additional information


The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day. While we do offer the possibility to work from home, embracing collaboration is important to us, which is why you should be able to be at our office the majority of the time.
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application in English by 10 August, 2025. Please note that we connect back to you during August, after the vacation period.
In addition to your CV, please answer the following 2 questions in your application:
What do you feel will be your main contribution to this role and the team?
Which IKEA Value do you feel most connected with? Visa mindre

Do you want to be a part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden, you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here 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. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy.
We are looking for a Project controller for Range Area Home organization.
A Range Area where we want to support our customers organizing their things by providing functional and beautiful small lifesaver products that makes their every day, just a little bit easier.
Job Description


We are looking for you who are curios on the needs and dreams of consumers and their life at home. And at the same time know how to lead and drive a development process with an entrepreneurial approach.
As a Project controller,?you lead project management and product development processes to ensure that the team delivers to the project ambition and time plan throughout the project. You lead project planning, tracking and follow?up to secure project delivery on time to the markets. Your proactive leadership is crucial to the success of the team’s deliveries by finding the most agile approach to delivering quality results on time.
In this role you will be reporting to the Range Design Manager and belong to the Range function.
Furthermore, you will be responsible for:
Responsible for project management including project planning, tracking and follow up, according to project goal, time plan and KPI’s.
Proactively lead the product development process, secure process compliance and continuous process improvement.
Capture and document project lessons learned and utilize these learnings in new projects.
Administration of the range in the internal product information system and of the projects in the project management tool. You will lead project team meetings and co-lead team development.

Qualifications


We are looking for a goal-oriented team player with the communicative ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and engage people by creating a passion for objectives, plans and processes. You have a passion for details and excellence in operations. You can analyze, draw conclusions, and understand how decisions and processes impact totality.
To be successful in this role we expect you to have:
• Experience from leading or coordinating projects
• Project management and leadership skills
• Knowledge from Microsoft Office and project management tools
• Be fluent in written and verbal English
Additional information


The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day. While we do offer the possibility to work from home, embracing collaboration is important to us, which is why you should be able to be at our office the majority of the time.
We look forward to receiving your application in English by 10 August, 2025. Please note that we connect back to you in August, after the vacation period. Visa mindre

Do you want to develop great home furnishing accessories that help make the everyday life just a little bit easier?
Are you a bit obsessed with life at home and how to solve people´s needs, how to best utilize our material and production capabilities to reach the lowest price?
Are you a true team player who sees possibilities and have a hands-on approach?
Do you say why, why not and what if…
If so, you just might be who we are looking for as our new Product Developer to Range Area Home Organization!
Job Description


As a Product Developer (PD) at IKEA of Sweden, you lead the product development from idea to a final product, ready to meet our customers. Together with a multifunctional team of specialists, you will secure that our products have the IKEA identity and fulfil all the five dimensions of Democratic Design. As part of the range team in RA Home Organization, you will contribute and collaborate on different product development projects and processes in several product areas. You interpret people’s needs and dreams into IKEA products of today and tomorrow and you are constantly striving to utilize all the capabilities throughout our value chain to reach the lowest price. To collaborate across the organization, deliver on time and within budget are both priorities in this role. You use your imagination and entrepreneurship to find great solutions for people´s needs, and thereby generate growth through a sustainable business.
The areas of responsibility of RA Home Organization portfolio includes:
News development for clothes and shoes organizers,
News development of laundry solutions,
News development for hangers,
Development of running range porfolio.

Qualifications


You get energy from our vision to create a better everyday life for the many people built on deep knowledge about life at home and customer needs. Therefore, you have background and knowledge in working with accessory development and Design. You are experienced in working with a porfolio, containing multiple product areas is a plus. You have a curious and courageous mindset and an urge to continuously improve, change and influence. You are driven by making things better and at the same time create what we have not done before. You do this by leaning back on your ability to lead and inspire long term direction and strategy from a home furnishing perspective. When you spot a great idea, you know how to inspire people and create a good collaboration with your team and people across an organization that delivers a good result - because you have done it before.
We are looking for someone who has:
Experience in product and business development
Experience from leading creative processes and bringing different functions together
Good understanding of IKEA identity and Democratic Design
Ability to go from knowledge and insights, via imagination, to make it happen
Good understanding of IKEAs total value chain
As you are going to work in an international context, you are fluent in English, both verbal and in written.

Additional information


The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus to Helsingborg three times a day. While we do offer the possibility to work from home, embracing collaboration is important to us, which is why you should be able to be at our office the majority of the time.
We look forward to receiving your application in English by 10 August, 2025.
Please note that we are planning to start interviewing for this role in August. Thank you for bearing with us in the meantime. Visa mindre

Are you passionate for business and ready for a new challenge? Are you a driven leader that loves to develop business and together with many make an impact in what you do? Then this role may be for you!
We are now looking for a passionate, business minded and driven Supply Chain Manager to join us in RA Workspaces and IKEA For Business.
Range Area Workspaces and IKEA For Business is consisting of HFB 3 Workspaces and IKEA For Business, two different businesses, but with many synergies. Workspaces is a big share of IKEA sales with 2,5 BEUR and with focus on supporting people’s key activities like Working, Learning and Gaming and with known top families like ALEX, MICKE, MITTZON and LAGKAPTEN/ADILS to mention a few. IKEA For Business sales is 10% of IKEA sales and 4 BEUR, continuously growing and with an even higher growth potential.
Our business is about making peoples and businesses lives better by developing products. It’s at the center of all that we do, our daily job. We are looking for you, who love working with the IKEA range, are passionate about home furnishing and the business we’re in and is curious in developing our Supply chain, eager to take out costs and is enthusiastic about solving real needs in people’s homes and businesses.
Job Description


Your assignment in the Range Area will be to lead and develop the Supply chain function which consists of Demand Planning and Sourcing function. You will lead the sourcing and supply agenda from a Range Area perspective, both Workspaces and IKEA For Business, through close collaboration with key supply stakeholders.
Together with the Range Area management team, you will lead the creation of the HFB plan and the IKEA For Business plan through a collaboration across IKEA. You will ensure that opportunities and limitations from a supply chain perspective are integrated in the Range plan and that supply movements are reflected in the portfolio.
You will get the opportunity to work with many materials, categories and stakeholders. You will be responsible for the alignment and overview of the supply chain activities, such as deployment of platforms, material and sustainability agendas e.g. ensuring that ‘Material direction’ is being deployed in the Range Area.
You will be part of the Range Area management team, and report to Range Area manager Jesper Samuelsson. This is a permanent position based in Älmhult.
Qualifications


We believe that you:
Have several years of broad supply chain experience and proven experience of leading business and people successfully,
Can lead business topics with a holistic view and with both customer and supplier in mind,
Can build trustful relationships in teams, and with partners and stakeholders,
You are result oriented, you make things happen together with your team and partners!
Have analytical mind, good purchasing and supply chain understanding, good at finding solutions and the ability to work both strategically and on operational/tactical level,
You have a desire to constantly develop yourself and your team and you are a good example of IKEA culture and values.
You are forward leaning, solution oriented, and you are comfortable exploring and not having all the answers. Leading with trust and giving space for people to take own initiatives comes naturally to you. At the same time, you are a strong communicator, can give clarity, direction and you are confident taking both easy and challenging decisions.

Additional information


Does this sound like your next step?
We look forward to receiving your application latest by 10 August, 2025. Please note that we connect back to you during August, after the vacation period.
Please send your CV and a short answer to following questions:
What do you believe will be your biggest contribution and impact in this role?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership? Visa mindre

Join us in creating a better everyday life for the many people!
Do you want to be a part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden, you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Our business is developing products. It’s at the center of all that we do, our daily tasks.
We are on the journey to transform how we operate IKEA, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing retailer in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question and want to make a difference.
If that sounds like you, come join us. Together we can do great things!
Let’s explore an exciting assignment for a Business Navigator!
Your expertise will be crucial in facilitating prioritization decisions through insightful business performance analysis that highlights potential synergies and improvements.
As a Business Navigator at Range Operations,?you will be given a unique opportunity to be part of implementing the operating model. You will be working both in the known and in the unknown. Your main responsibilities will be to develop a business performance framework, lead creation of strategic & tactical insights, and embed performance management processes within a capability area.
Your main tasks as a Business Navigator are establishing relevant measures, goals and follow-up for the capability or/and function that you work with. Together with the team, identifying opportunities and risks through scenario planning, modelling, risk assessments and contingency planning. Establish and manage a performance culture within your area through analyzing and creating insights, identifying opportunities and improvement areas, and actively sharing these. Influencing and enabling fact-based decision making by quickly generating insights.
The job requires a passion for and the ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business-driven mindset, and strong communication skills.?Your tools are data, facts, and figures. You will facilitate fact-based decision making by working proactively to add insights, recommendations, and scenarios in an actionable, user-friendly approach to support the development of a successful IKEA range.
We think you are a star and will shine in this role. We want you to have experience in change management, great communication skills, and both a holistic view and an eye for detail. You are flexible, used to handling changes, and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative, and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge existing ones.
Furthermore, we like you to have:
You have knowledge of business performance tools such as Power BI.
a blend of technical expertise, leadership experience, and communication skills.
Your expertise in stakeholder management and business partnering showcases your ability to build strong relationships that foster collaboration and drive business success.
You have a post-secondary education in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, complemented by an equivalent combination of relevant training and work experience.
A minimum of 3 years' experience within Business Navigation, Business Steering or Finance in either a local or global organization is essential, ideally within retailing, franchising, or digital environments.
You are fluent in English, spoken and written.



It would be great if you already knew the IKEA Business model, our strategic landscape, and our ways of working with Range & Product development.
For us it’s important that you are guided by our IKEA values in your daily behaviors and are inspired by our vision. You can learn many things as we go, but values and our vision are crucial that you share from the beginning. More information around our values you can find here:?https://about.ikea.com/en/about-us/ikea-culture-and-values
This role is full-time (40 hours per week) and based in Älmhult, Sweden.?This role is in Range Operations and reports to the Business Navigation Manager.

If these criteria resonate with your skills and aspirations, we encourage you to apply and bring your expertise to our transformative mission.?Submit your application and CV in English by July 31st 2025.
To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading the following to Smart Recruiters:
1.) Your CV
2.) A separate document including your answers to these two questions:
What makes this role interesting to you?
What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?

For questions about the role, contact Business Navigation Manager Johan Johansson, [email protected] For questions about the recruitment process, contact Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408 Visa mindre

IKEA Components, part of Inter IKEA Group and Core Business Supply, holds a unique position within the IKEA value chain. We supply the IKEA business with customer-friendly component solutions for better products – and better homes. Maybe you’re familiar with the wedge dowel that supports our furniture assembly? Or the fitting bags in the cardboard packages? Or the signature IKEA signs on our store buildings? That’s us! Our assignment includes a responsibility to develop, source and supply selected components and materials to IKEA home furnishing suppliers and retail equipment to IKEA franchisees. IKEA Components also provides After Sales service of components to the end customers to keep our products lasting as long as possible. Our business is global and today employs approximately 1,200 co-workers, based mainly in Sweden, Slovakia and China.
The Communication team at IKEA Components has the assignment to lead, develop and enable impactful communication that strengthens the IKEA brand by creating engagement, building trust for IKEA and enabling better business.
We are looking for a Communication Partner to join our team in Älmhult, Sweden. This is where you come in!
As Communication Partner at IKEA Components, you will contribute to moving our most important business and people topics through communication, with a focus on identifying and acting on opportunities to strengthen our communication and engagement with buyers.
As Communication Partner, you will:
· Contribute to the implementation of business plans through communication, with a focus on communication (including price changes, price changes, new legal requirements, etc) toward the IKEA Components buyers (home furnishing suppliers and franchisees).
· Create simple, clear and inspiring communication content for internal and external audiences, aligned with IKEA Components and Supply communication plans.
· Provide communication expertise to support managers and co-workers develop their skills.
· Plan and execute engaging and inclusive co-worker communication for IKEA Component local (Sweden) office sites in relevant channels.
· Enable change through communication with the appropriate methodologies, planning, execution and activation of communication.
· Ensure managers and co-workers have access to the necessary information and tools for effective communication.
· Lead and coordinate communication projects based on business priorities.
· Build networks across business units and core businesses.
You will be a part of the Communication team and report to the Communication Manager at IKEA Components. You will work cross-functionally on topics and be the point of entry to communication for the Market (sales) organisation at IKEA Components, including as part of the Market management team. You will also work closely with the Retail, Supply and Range communication communities and other key stakeholders across the IKEA network.
You are an experienced communicator with a proven track record of planning and executing impactful communication to move business topics and projects. You have excellent written and spoken English communication skills. You understand the IKEA Components assignment and have a cross-functional understanding of the IKEA strategic landscape, network and value chain. You know how to prioritize and adapt in an ever-changing environment and can seamlessly switch between tactical and operational tasks.
You’re curious and willing to try new things, securing buy-in from key stakeholders along the way. You’re a team player, yet a self-starter who can work independently. You're comfortable speaking in front of an audience but just as happy working behind the scenes. You take your responsibilities seriously but don't take yourself too seriously. Most importantly, you embody and act according to IKEA culture, values, and Code of Conduct.
Additional information
To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading the following to Smart Recruiters:
1.) Your CV
2.) A separate document including your answers to these two questions:
What makes this role interesting to you?
What’s the “wow factor” that you would bring to our communication team at IKEA Components?

Please keep your answers short and concise and apply at the latest July 31st 2025.
IKEA Components is a place where everyone pitches in, and all ideas are encouraged. This is a permanent role based in our new IKEA Components office in Älmhult, Sweden, beside the train station. For questions about the role, contact Kelly Swaine, Communications Manager at IKEA Components at [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408 Visa mindre

Job Description
Do you think mattresses are really interesting to work with? Its one of the most important products we do at IKEA, greatly affecting peoples wellbeing by ensuring a great night sleep.
Do you already have experience from comfort products or eager to get into this product area? Are you inspired by working with products a great impact on our business that has still has a very big business potential ? Well then, the assignment as Product Development Engineer (PDE) in Range Area (RA) Beds & Mattresses might be something for you!
As PDE in our Range Area, focus on our Comfort products, eg mattresses and pads as an Improvement PDE. You will lead the improvements agenda together with our engineering specialists and the development team members, with members representing range, supply chain and commercial. You will work with a big number of stakeholders throughout the value chain.
Dont miss the chance to work with engaged and co-operative sleep nerds at RA5, down to earth with a passion for home furnishing that wants to make a difference for people and the planet.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you have a strong passion for engineering, product development and working with people to make things happen. You spread curiosity, enthusiasm and ideas with the ability to transform in reality.
We need a product development engineer preferably with experience and knowledge of:
the development of comfort products and material knowledge
manufacturing of comfort products and it's different techniques
leading projects and topics, structured and communicative
Strong customer and focus
Root cause and data analysis

Additional Information
Does this sound like your next challenge?
Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following three questions – in English, make sure to keep your answers short and concise:
How do you create trust in your teams, with colleagues and partners?
What gives you energy and motivation?
What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?

Warm welcome with your application, no later than 20th of August.
Please note that there will be delays in our communication due to the holiday season. We will be interviewing continuously and may eventually close the application process earlier than stated, if we find the right candidate. This is a permanent position located in Älmhult, Sweden.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Engineering Manager, Matti Pettersson [email protected], and if you have any questions about recruitment process you are welcome to contact Recruiter Monaka Perumal [email protected]
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 most of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant. Visa mindre

Do you have a passion for home furnishings and creating a great offer? Are you inspired by people’s real life at home? Are you motivated by reaching more of the many people through a desirable and affordable range offer? Are you interested in leading the product development process, change and improvements, keeping the consumer and the business in focus and delivering products with quality and speed? Then this might be the right opportunity for you!
About the role
As Project Controller?you lead project progression within the IKEA product development process to ensure that the development team delivers to project ambitions and the time plan throughout the project. You lead project planning, tracking and follow?up and secure that the team delivers to the project brief and in compliance with the product development process.
This role is a?permanent position and located in Älmhult, Sweden.?In this role you will report to, Team Manager Range, and belong to the Range function at Range Area Seating.
Your main responsibilities as Project Controller are:
Project management including project planning, tracking and follow up according to project ambition, time plan and KPI’s.
Proactively lead the product development process, secure process compliance and continuous process improvement.
Administration of the range for the assigned area.
Capture and document project learnings and secure that these are utilized in future projects.
You will lead project team meetings and co-lead team development.

Qualification
We are looking for a goal-oriented team player with the communicative ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and engage people by creating a commitment to objectives, plans and processes. You have an eye for details and excellence in operations. You can analyze, draw conclusions and understand how decisions and processes impact the totality.
To be successful in this role we expect you to have:
Experience from leading or coordinating projects
Project management and leadership skills
An academic degree within Business Administration, Project Management, Economics, or equivalent work experience
Knowledge from Microsoft Office and project management tools
Be fluent in written and verbal English

Additional information
Register your application no later than July 27. We are looking forward to receiving your application. Visa mindre

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – and we’re always searching for new and better ways to do it. We use our home furnishing knowledge to create products and solutions that will enable more people to live the life they want. Through creativity, IKEA Marketing & Communication AB connects the heart of IKEA to the hearts and minds of the many people.
The core of our offer is the common content made available to IKEA retailers around the globe. In addition, we offer packages and on-request support to meet the needs of our markets. IKEA Marketing & Communication also develops the common marketing agenda for IKEA, leading in marketing and communication topics and contributing to our business strategies.
Our culture and values guide us in everything we do. We become better as a team by building on our strengths and differences. Together, we strive for an inclusive work environment where we all feel safe, welcomed, respected, supported, and appreciated for who we are and what we contribute to.
We’re looking for an English-language copywriter to join our global copy team.
As a copywriter at IKEA Marketing & Communication, you use creativity and storytelling to stimulate interest in home furnishing, build a strong brand position and increase visitation to IKEA stores and IKEA.com. In this role, you work collaboratively with art directors, UX designers and interior designers.
Your projects could range from the launch package for a new collection, to conceptualizing seasonal campaigns for IKEA.com and social media, to creating content for our corporate site. Depending on the project, you may be expected to play a creative lead role, which means leading other creatives and making sure that the communication is brief, strategically on-point and has creative height.
To shine in this role, you’re a wordsmith who can master the IKEA brand voice and adapt it to a variety of topics and channels. You’re comfortable working in – and potentially leading – creative teams and processes, turning strategies and briefs into innovative communication concepts. You’re a skilled presenter and can sell-in your team’s ideas to internal stakeholders.
As an experienced creative, you can juggle multiple projects, manage your own workload, and meet your deadlines. But you’re also willing to lend a hand to other team members and copywriters when needed. Curiosity about people’s everyday lives and needs is a must, and if you also have an interest in sustainability, design, and home furnishing, that’s even better.?
We will need you to have substantial (5+ years) copywriting experience, in-house or at an agency. A solid portfolio that demonstrates your ability to write clear and clever copies for a variety of subjects and channels.
You need to have digital marketing and advertising experience. Content strategy is a plus. Up-to-date knowledge of today’s platforms and the multi-channel landscape and you need to be native (or near-native) English language skills.
Sound like a fit? Do you want to come to work by the lake with us? Then we want to hear from you!
We look forward to receiving your response. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than July 25th 2025, Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?
What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?



If you are one of the candidates, we think you have the required experience. We will contact you by email or phone to schedule a telephone interview. Please note, we do not accept applications by e-mail.
Please note that Ikea Marketing & Communication is closed week 29-week 30. Due to summer vacation, the recruitment process may take a little bit longer. This?position is based in Älmhult, Sweden.
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408
We plan and produce inspiring content that enables our retail markets to grow and position IKEA as a purpose-led business and an expert in life at home. We are based in Älmhult, Sweden – the heart of IKEA. Our strength is our 400+ talented co-workers: strategists, channel experts, developers, photographers, motion media producers, 3D artists, graphic designers, copywriters, interior designers, and many more competences.
We are proud of our craftsmanship and ability to unleash creativity at scale. This is the place where you can inspire billions of people around the world. Are you ready to make a better everyday life for the many people? We want to hear from you! Visa mindre

Are you a Foodie and have passion for food business?
Great, we are looking for two Product Quality Navigators; one for Range Area Food Services and one for Range Area Consumer Packaged Goods
At IKEA Food we are all passionate about food businesses who develop and provide delicious, desirable, safe, healthy, and sustainable food for the many people around the world. No doubt food matters to people and the planet and to the IKEA business. Our Food business is a strong contributor to the IKEA brand and business growth, and we have the ambition to drive positive change in the food industry.
We are on an existing journey where we, over the next years, will continue to strengthen the core of what we do developing food that is good for people and the planet. Every day we dare to challenge ourselves and live our values and we embrace the future and face the opportunities to enable success.
We are based in Älmhult, the heart of IKEA, in IKEA of Sweden, where the total customer offer is developed and where we want to work close to our IKEA colleagues across the value chain and how we meet our customers every day.
Job Description
As a Product Quality Navigator, you belong to the Engineering function, and you will report to the manager in the ingeneering function. You can contribute to growth by bringing diverse stakeholders together towards a common improvement potential and hence improving quality perception of the range offer.
You bring strong interpersonal skills and project management aptitude. You will have the opportunity to translate deviations to improvements and ensure that we contribute to happy customers in the end.
As Product Quality Navigator you will:
Be responsible for handling daily reported Food Alarms together with your colleagues in the Deviation Team. You act as investigation leader on assigned Food Alarms, which means that you coordinate actions within different stakeholders.
Analyse deviations, customer feedback and produce reports as input to the improvement of running range and news development
Secure learnings from deviations are captured and communicated back to relevant stakeholders
Contribute to develop the handling deviation process, ways of working and relevant tools connected to your daily work
Participate in and initiate crossover initiatives within IKEA Food regarding quality improvements
Contribute to establishing a strong quality culture among all IKEA Food Co-workers

Qualifications
We are looking for a person with interest in and experience of Quality Deviation handling, quality improvement and measurements through the eyes of the customer. We see that you have a university education with flair for project management and business aptitude and are fluent both in spoken and written English. As part of the assignment, you will be on duty every sixth weekend.
As a person you are team-oriented and straight forward. You can work in a changing and fast-moving environment; you have a problem-solving approach with an accuracy for details and you work in a structured way. You have a high ability to coordinate, act and follow up.
We work in a global environment with co-workers from all over the world. As a company we are constantly developing, which requires the ability to drive change in a complex, fast paced, international environment to achieve outcomes that contribute to the overall goals of IKEA Food.
Additional information
Does this sound like your next challenge? We are curious to get to know you so warm welcome with your application – CV and letter of motivation-in English. Please apply no later than the 2nd of July.
Älmhult – the heart of IKEA!
This is where our culture and values were shaped and are still developing. It is a melting pot of many different nationalities and cultures. Beside the IKEA Museum, IKEA Hotel, the IKEA store, and many other places to learn and meet, there is Aktivitetshuset, which is a meeting place and spare time facility with lots of possibilities for IKEA co-workers and their families. If you choose to commute to Älmhult, this is not a problem because the office is a stone's throw from the train station, and the shuttle buses to Helsingborg leave right outside IKEA of Sweden. Visa mindre

Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can! Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here 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. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy!
In Range we are ready to put in the next gear of moving IKEA and making us better together. We have decided that we will focus, simplify and concentrate going forward by putting the product in the center – with a full focus on the core of our assignments.
This movement cannot be achieved without analysis, business insights and facts and that’s where we within RA Business navigation steps in (and up) and where we now have a gap and a need for a Business Navigator! Come and join us!
As a Business Navigator for the range areas, you will be part of a bigger team of Business Navigators where we support and challenge each other, share best practices, and develop a strong team and individuals. Your main task is to stay close to the Range Area (RA)/Home Furnishing Business (HFB) that you support. You will be the main contact to ensure that the range and product development is based on analysis, business insights and facts and navigating vital processes from a full business perspective, both in good times and in challenging times.
You will lead HFB performance management within a range area, requiring a passion for identifying business opportunities in data, an analytical and business-driven mindset, and strong communication skills. You will proactively provide insights, recommendations, and scenarios. You need to combine your passion, tools, and approach to ensure that your range area creates a better everyday life for the many people.
You will be leading HFB performance management within a range area, which requires a passion for and the ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business-driven mindset and strong communication skills. You will work pro-actively to add insights, recommendations, and scenarios. Your secret is to combine the passion, the tools, and the approach to secure that our (your) range creates a better everyday life for the many people.
Your main responsibilities as a RA/HFB Business Navigator are:
Which products are not loved or needed anymore? What does the “fancy words” mean and how can we convert them to realistic but ambitious, numbers and goals? Do we plan to sell AND produce on same level? The answers to these questions you will secure through existing processes and in collaboration with colleagues in the range area.
Identify the unique X-factors for each business, product type, region, and sales channel. Collaborate with your passionate colleagues in the Range area to discover opportunities and mitigate risks. By using analyses to support scenario planning, you will help us drive sustained growth and excellence.



We think you are a star and to shine in this role we want you to be a goal-oriented person with the ability to implement, deliver and follow up results. You can create clarity and having both a holistic view and an eye for detail. You can handle a lot of data and make it understandable for colleagues in different positions. You will partner with the RA/HFB to make an impact on the current and future business of “your” home furnishing range. You are flexible, used to handling changes and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative, and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge the existing ones.
It would be great if you already know the IKEA Business model, our strategic landscape, and our Product Development process (DNP/Improves). But if you don’t, don’t worry, everyone has been where you are, and most things still remains to be done.
In the role as Business Navigator, we believe that you have a university degree in Business/Finance/Economics (or a related field). You have previous experience in business performance management and financial management with at least 2 years of experience. Knowledge of calculation systems, MS Office package, reporting tools and business information tools such as Power-BI. Fluent in English, spoken and written.
Furthermore, we wish you to have experience from working with performance management, business controlling/analyses or similar topics.
For us it’s important that you are guided by our IKEA values in your daily behaviors and are inspired by our vision. Many things you can learn as we go but the values and our vision are crucial that you share from the beginning. More information around our values you can find here: https://about.ikea.com/en/about-us/ikea-culture-and-values


Additional information
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and answers on below two tasks – in English.
Task 1: Describe why you are interested in the role.
Task 2: Give examples of how you can contribute as a Business Navigator Visa mindre

At IKEA Components we develop, source, pack and supply components, materials and IKEA retail equipment products in areas where it benefits IKEA and the IKEA customer. Our business is global and employs 1400 people based globally. During the past year IKEA Components has grown, taking on new businesses and stretching even further across IKEAs value chain. To secure that we create as much IKEA benefits as possible we hope that you want to be a part of shaping the future of Supply Chain at IKEA Components!
In Supply Chain we take the lead to support compliance and performance in planning, as well as finding opportunity to optimize and automate planning agenda. We work with different stakeholders to achieve agreed availability at lowest possible cost.
We are now looking for a Supply Chain Planning Support Specialist. If you get energy from influencing, interacting and working together to deliver great business results, this is probably a very interesting assignment for you!
As Supply Chain Planning Support Specialist, you will:
Take lead and secure the central planning tasks across ranges in connection to centralized and common planning tasks.
Secure Implementation, Establishment and Compliance of agreed Ways of Working across the supply chain planning functions.
You are connecting Business with Solution and Process development.
Execute centralized planning tasks on behalf of the business.
Secure evaluation and implementation of new processes, working methods and solutions to contribute to operational excellence and best practice across functions.
Contribute to additional assignments within or across functions like projects, pre-studies, etc.
“Stay up to date” with the changing trends in business and solution.
Contribute to the competence development agenda by leading trainings and education.

Qualifications
As a person you have a passion for planning and leading in a global assignment. You get motivated by driving development of the business and do that together with others, to improve the total result. You get inspired by collaborating and using your communication skills. You like to develop and lead training sessions as well as you are building trustful relationships and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
You have proven experience and knowledge in:
Supply Chain Planning processes, tools and systems
Solving problems through creative mindset
Investigate problems and propose resolutions
Background/experience working with supply chain planning
Sharing knowledge, hosting workshops, promote best practice
Interest in the people and the challenges they have and to provide solutions

Additional benefit:
Network within the planning community
Participation in forums and competence networks
Able to prioritize and sense of urgency
Ability to work operational and tactical level
Mindset of helping people and business
Experience with Power BI and/or or similar tools is merit.

Additional Information
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, Sweden.
To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading your CV (in English) in Smart Recruiters, including your answers to these two questions:
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your everyday work?

Please keep your answers short and concise.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408
We look forward to receiving your application and will be interviewed continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible but no later than then June 29th 2025
We look forward to getting to know you soon! Visa mindre

Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can! Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here 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. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy!
In Range we are ready to put in the next gear of moving IKEA and making us better together. We have decided that we will focus, simplify and concentrate going forward by putting the product in the center – with a full focus on the core of our assignments.
This movement cannot be achieved without analysis, business insights and facts and that’s where we within RA Business navigation steps in (and up) and where we now have a gap and a need for a Business Navigator! Come and join us!
As a Business Navigator for the range areas, you will be part of a bigger team of Business Navigators where we support and challenge each other, share best practices, and develop a strong team and individuals. Your main task is to stay close to the Range Area (RA)/Home Furnishing Business (HFB) that you support. You will be the main contact to ensure that the range and product development is based on analysis, business insights and facts and navigating vital processes from a full business perspective, both in good times and in challenging times.
You will lead HFB performance management within a range area, requiring a passion for identifying business opportunities in data, an analytical and business-driven mindset, and strong communication skills. You will proactively provide insights, recommendations, and scenarios. You need to combine your passion, tools, and approach to ensure that your range area creates a better everyday life for the many people.
You will be leading HFB performance management within a range area, which requires a passion for and the ability to spot business opportunities behind data, an analytical and business-driven mindset and strong communication skills. You will work pro-actively to add insights, recommendations, and scenarios. Your secret is to combine the passion, the tools, and the approach to secure that our (your) range creates a better everyday life for the many people.
Your main responsibilities as a RA/HFB Business Navigator are:
Which products are not loved or needed anymore? What does the “fancy words” mean and how can we convert them to realistic but ambitious, numbers and goals? Do we plan to sell AND produce on same level? The answers to these questions you will secure through existing processes and in collaboration with colleagues in the range area.
Identify the unique X-factors for each business, product type, region, and sales channel. Collaborate with your passionate colleagues in the Range area to discover opportunities and mitigate risks. By using analyses to support scenario planning, you will help us drive sustained growth and excellence.



We think you are a star and to shine in this role we want you to be a goal-oriented person with the ability to implement, deliver and follow up results. You can create clarity and having both a holistic view and an eye for detail. You can handle a lot of data and make it understandable for colleagues in different positions. You will partner with the RA/HFB to make an impact on the current and future business of “your” home furnishing range. You are flexible, used to handling changes and are always striving for simplicity in everything you do. You work proactively, take initiative, and have the creative ability to find new solutions and optimize and challenge the existing ones.
It would be great if you already know the IKEA Business model, our strategic landscape, and our Product Development process (DNP/Improves). But if you don’t, don’t worry, everyone has been where you are, and most things still remains to be done.
In the role as Business Navigator, we believe that you have a university degree in Business/Finance/Economics (or a related field). You have previous experience in business performance management and financial management with at least 2 years of experience. Knowledge of calculation systems, MS Office package, reporting tools and business information tools such as Power-BI. Fluent in English, spoken and written.
Furthermore, we wish you to have experience from working with performance management, business controlling/analyses or similar topics.
For us it’s important that you are guided by our IKEA values in your daily behaviors and are inspired by our vision. Many things you can learn as we go but the values and our vision are crucial that you share from the beginning. More information around our values you can find here: https://about.ikea.com/en/about-us/ikea-culture-and-values
Additional information


We look forward to receiving your application – CV and answers on below two tasks – 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 candidates. Visa mindre

At IKEA Components we develop, source, pack and supply components, materials and IKEA retail equipment products in areas where it benefits IKEA and the IKEA customer. Our business is global and employs 1400 people based globally. During the past year IKEA Components has grown, taking on new businesses and stretching even further across IKEAs value chain. To secure that we create as much IKEA benefits as possible we hope that you want to be a part of shaping the future of Supply Chain at IKEA Components!
In Supply Chain we continuously look for ways to strengthen our availability agenda, while taking costs out. In this role, you take lead for supply chain network optimization activities in IKEA Components, stretching from our suppliers, direct or via our operational units towards our buyers globally. From data analysis, we continuously are curios to identify opportunities to optimize and automate processes connected with our Supply Chain scope. In Supply Chain Development, we simulate supply chain performance & impact through advanced analytics & simulation, identifying risks and perform scenarios. We work together with different stakeholders to achieve agreed availability at lowest possible cost.
We are now looking for a Supply Chain Developer. If you get energy from influencing, interacting and working together to deliver great business results, this is probably a very interesting assignment for you!
As Supply Chain Developer, you will amongst others:
· Lead development & optimization in IKEA Components Supply Chain network, in close collaboration with Inter IKEA Design team.
· Contribute to cost out and increased availability by optimization across our total network, including suppliers, our operations, stock locations and optimization of routes in our end-to-end network to our buyers.
· Lead Business analyses, risk assessment, scenario planning and draw conclusions to support the right business decision and identification and prioritization of our development areas.
· Continuously identify opportunities to generate more business value for IKEA
· Optimize and automate tasks connected with our Supply Chain scope.
· Contribute in the work to identify and ensure development from a business perspective based on our business plan direction, gap identification between here and now and our wished position.
· Ensure stakeholder management towards our many stakeholders across Supply & IKEA Components·
Qualifications
As a person you have a passion for data, analysis and project leading in a global assignment. You get motivated by driving development of the business and do that together with others, to improve the total result. You get inspired by collaborating and using your communication skills. You like to develop business as well building trustful relationships and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
You have proven experience/knowledge and motivation in:
Supply Chain and world trade.
Project leadership & Business Case creation
Understanding of Supply Chain related processes, tools and systems
Solving problems through creative mindset
Investigate problems and propose resolutions
Background/experience working with supply chain design & optimization
Sharing knowledge, hosting workshops, promote best practice

Additional benefit:
Able to prioritize and sense of urgency
Ability to work operational and tactical level
Mindset of helping people and business
Experience with Power BI and/or Design/optimization or similar tools is merit.

Additional Information
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, Sweden.
To simplify and have good speed in the recruitment process, you apply for the role by uploading your CV (in English) in Smart Recruiters, including your answers to these two questions:
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your everyday work?

Please keep your answers short and concise. For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Christina Appelqvist, +46-766-113408
We look forward to receiving your application and will be interviewed continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible but no later than June 29th
We look forward to getting to know you soon! Visa mindre

Company Description Located in Älmhult, the home of IKEA, we develop and distribute our range globally. IKEA thrives on entrepreneurial spirit and continuous improvement. Our multicultural environment shapes our values and fosters innovation.
Job Description Are you a dynamic Project Leader with excellent co-creation and communication skills? Join us to drive positive change in the food industry and create delicious, sustainable food for millions worldwide. Last year, over 520 million guests enjoyed our food.
As a Project Leader, you will:
Coordinate and lead projects and assignments within Range Food.
Manage project scope, time, and cost while applying relevant methodologies.
Facilitate collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
Lead co-creation workshops and communication activities.
Identify, mitigate, and manage project risks.
International travel is required.

Qualifications You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have:
Strong business knowledge of IKEA and project management expertise.
Proficiency in digital tools and a creative mindset.
Excellent communication and analytical skills.
Proven stakeholder management experience.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Fluency in spoken and written English.
Knowledge about food is advantageous, but a genuine interest in food is essential

This role will report to Per Stigenius, Range Manager, Range Area Food Services.
Next Steps Think you're the perfect fit? Apply with your CV and respond to the following questions:
What qualities makes you an ideal candidate?
What motivated you to apply, and how does your experience align with the role?

Applications due by June 25, 2025. Visa mindre

We have a new IKEA direction with many opportunities within our reach and we are taking the next steps together to set ourselves up for success. Over the next few years, all of us need to be better than ever. We will strengthen the core of what we do in Range & Supply.
The product range – our identity and Range & Product Engineering is one of the most important enablers to ensure that we live up to the IKEA vision.
We are a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. We develop desirable and affordable products for a beautiful, functional, and more convenient life at home.
Everything we do is based on a spirit of togetherness, curiosity, and enthusiasm, and now we are looking for someone who shares our positive attitude and values.
Right now, we are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer who together with us will strengthen the IKEA product range, focusing on Seating furniture. Preferably you have experience working with upholstered furniture and/or electric motorized motion furniture.
As Product Requirement Engineer?you will work in the product development team as the requirement specialist. You will create strong relationship with Requirement development department as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation.
You will have?good knowledge into IKEA specifications, production, standards, and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for.
In this assignment your main responsibilities will be:
Take part in product development and product improvement projects
Develop product requirements for qualitative, sustainable, safe and functional products
Develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product
Secure compliance for the range on all market
Create product documentation
Responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g. product development team, engineers from Purchasing organization and Test labs.

What will you get?
Building trust with leaders and colleagues is inevitable, accompanied by elevated expectations for your performance and personal development, and the growth of the business. Your manager is committed to facilitating your success by removing obstacles in your path, fostering your professional development, and encouraging your journey towards self-improvement. Joining a team of intelligent, dedicated, compassionate, and grounded individuals who share a passion for Livingroom is a rewarding aspect of this experience.
You probably have?a University Degree in engineering or similar experience together with a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or product requirements. You are experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take great responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish. Preferably you have experience working with upholstered furniture and/or electric motorized motion furniture.
You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others.?You have a passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way. You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams, making things happen by involving and engaging people. For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen.
You will be?welcomed to a workplace with trust and support from leaders and colleagues and there will be expectations on you to perform and develop yourself and the business. You will be part of a team with smart and caring people who are very proud of what they do, and love to have a lot of fun!
We believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and answer to the below question – in English latest the 8th of June 2025.
What made you interested in this role and enticed you to apply?
Which IKEA value do you feel the closest connection to and why?

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 candidates. Visa mindre

In Range, we put the product in the center in everything we do. We are looking for you, who love working with IKEA products, are passionate about home furnishing and business and want to contribute to solving real needs and dreams in people’s homes.
We are now looking for a Supply Chain Manager to join us in Range Area Cooking & Eating, who is committed and curious to develop our business & people.
Our goal is to support the many people in their everyday cooking and eating — by offering a wide range of affordable products designed to make it easy to cook healthy meals and enjoy them together.
In our RA we are a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and cooking & eating. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. Everything we do is based on a spirit of togetherness and enthusiasm, and now we are looking for someone who shares our positive attitude and values.
Job Description


Your assignment in the Range Area will be to lead and develop the Demand Planning and Sourcing function. You will lead the sourcing and supply agenda from a Range Area perspective through close collaboration with key supply stakeholders.
Together with the Range Area management team, you will lead the creation of the HFB plan through a collaboration across teams both internally and externally. You will ensure that opportunities and limitations from a supply chain perspective are integrated in the Range plan and that improvements and cost out agendas are reflected in the portfolio.
You will get the opportunity to work with many materials, categories and stakeholders. You will be responsible for the alignment and overview of the supply chain activities, such as deployment of platforms, material and sustainability agendas e.g. ensuring that ‘Material direction’ is being deployed in the Range Area. You will from a Range Area perspective establish long term agreed actions with relevant Supply chain stakeholders.
You will be part of the Range Area management team, and report to Range Area manager.
This is a permanent position based in Älmhult. We believe that being present and working closely with the team in our workplace the majority of the time is important — both for collaboration and for building strong relationships
Qualifications


We believe that you:
Have several years of broad supply chain experience and proven experience of leading business and people successfully,
Can lead business topics with a holistic view and with both customer and supplier in mind,
Have analytical mind, good value chain understanding, good at finding solutions and the ability to work both strategically and on operational/tactical level,
Are a strong communicator and have a good sense of how to create business opportunities,
Can build trustful relationships in teams, and with partners and stakeholders,
You have a desire to constantly develop yourself and your team and you are a good example of IKEA culture and values.
You are result oriented, you make things happen together with your team and partners!
You are forward leaning, solution oriented, and you are comfortable exploring and not having all the answers. Leading with trust and giving space for people to take own initiatives comes naturally to you. At the same time, you can give clarity, direction and you are confident taking both easy and challenging decisions.



Additional information


Does this sound like your next step?
We look forward to receiving your application latest by 11 June, 2025.
Please send your CV and a short answer to following questions
What do you believe will be your biggest contribution and impact in this role?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?



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. We encourage you to send us your application today. Visa mindre

Would you like to be part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? By developing affordable products and solutions for people all around the world? Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden and here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers across the world.
In Range Area Store & Organise furniture, we are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to our Engineering Team. In this assignment you will be part of product development with an overall responsibility for the mechanical design, to secure that our products are fit for production and will create a great customer assembly experience. You will work in close co-operation with different stakeholders throughout the value chain to find the optimal construction to best cost with a strong customer and sustainability focus.
As a Mechanical Design Engineer you will:
Develop technical product design and solution that meets identified product requirements, business ambitions and customer needs.
Create technical product design using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and 3D modelling programs.
Implement and apply IKEA standard materials, solutions, and platforms to drive cost savings and meet sustainability and circularity ambitions.
Collaborating with development partners, designers, and manufacturers to ensure design specifications are met.
Initiate development tests and computer simulations to optimize and verify product design and technical solutions.
Mitigate product risks to secure safe products.
Create technical documentation like 3D models, technical drawings, assembly instructions, assembly time, bill of components and other specifying product documentation.
Identify and give recommendations for After Sales Parts from a quality and circular perspective.
Break down product construction to relevant part structure level with all ingoing components and fittings.

Qualifications
We are looking for a team player who is passionate about creating the best possible product for the customer at the right price, with the right quality, a beautiful design, and with a clear focus on sustainability. You are driven to come up with new and innovative solutions.
We believe that you have:
Higher technical or University degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience and being well versed in material science, FEM-analysis and mechanical design.
Previous experience in product development for some years.
Experience with mechanical design, geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, simulation, drawing techniques and 3D-modelling.
Knowledge using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs and product lifecycle management systems such as SolidWorks and PTC Windchill.
Preferably, knowledge within production.

For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen. To be successful in this role you also need to have both analytical and creative skills and the ability to transfer knowledge, concepts, and ideas into technical product designs and solutions.
Additional information
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following three questions – in English no later than 20250608. Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
Why are you interested in working for IKEA?
What do you think you would bring to this role and make you an ideal candidate?
What kind of product development experience do you have?

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 candidates.
This is a permanent onsite position located at Älmhult, Sweden.
We are looking forward to reading your application Visa mindre

Job Description
IKEA Components task within IKEA is to pursue the development of future unique and customer friendly solutions within fittings and components to the IKEA range. We also have an assignment to develop and improve the Retail Equipment range, used in all our customer meeting points around the world.
My name is Carolina Kroon and I work as a Development Project Manager!
I am looking for a Development Project Leader.
As a Development Project Leader (DPL) in my team you will be working with a great team of project leaders and engineers.
Come and join us!
In the component business you will lead the development of new component solutions as well as finding and recommending existing solutions into new IKEA products. While in the retail equipment business you will lead the development of the total retail equipment product.
You are the natural link between Range & Engineering resources within IKEA Components and the stakeholders in IKEA Of Sweden or Core Business Franchise.?
The role as a Development Project Leader?is a mix of leading technical development and leading business startups. You lead with a holistic view throughout the IKEA supply chain, all with the purpose of maximizing the benefit for IKEA and our customers.?
You will lead the development of new component solutions or retail equipment products – end to end. You will also actively steer to our selected range and solutions and collect and define demands, needs and expectations in the development process. Furthermore, you will plan the project to meet goals and gates and support in the strategic planning and creation of Business plans and Action plans.
Qualifications
You have experience as a project leader and you can lead/contribute to development projects, both big and small. You are interested in production processes and cost drivers to lead towards an optimal supply setup. You have a holistic view and a high engagement in the success of your projects and always put the IKEA customer in focus.?
To succeed and shine in this role we wish you to have:
Good leadership capabilities and experience in project leading
A pro-active and structured approach
Excellent communicating skills
A good technical understanding
A keen interest in people?
A good mix of humbleness and willpower

Additional information
IKEA of Sweden and Core Business Franchise are both truly global environments, with colleagues from all over the world and you therefore need to be fluent in English both verbal and written. Please send in your CV in English before 29th May 2025.
The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact recruiting manager Carolina Kroon at [email protected] or recruitment specialist?Monaka Perumal at [email protected]
Company Description
IKEA Components task within IKEA is to pursue the development of future unique and customer friendly solutions within fittings and components to the IKEA range. We have also an assignment to develop and improve the Retail Equipment range, used in all our customer meeting points around the world.
We create substantial cost and quality benefits for IKEA in our development and trade of raw materials, components, and fittings. IKEA Components is part of the Inter IKEA group and shares the IKEA vision and values. Our business is global, and we are 1500 employees based in Sweden, Slovakia and China. Through co-operation with IKEA Purchasing Offices, we are in addition represented at several other sites around the world.
In IKEA we believe in the concept of Democratic Design. This means that we always find ways to do things better and reach more of the many people, and in the role of Development Project Leader you can truly contribute to this. We have today two different businesses where the Development Project Leader contribute, the component business and the retail equipment business. Visa mindre

Company Description


In IKEA of Sweden (Core Business Range/Range) we design and develop all IKEA products that furnishes hundreds of millions of homes around the globe and contributes to a better everyday life for the many people. Our role in the IKEA value chain is to develop the best possible products at lowest possible cost, provide a complete and coordinated offer and manage the home furnishing businesses and through the product range, we connect and optimise the whole value chain.
The Communication function in Range has the assignment to lead, develop and enable impactful?communication that strengthens the IKEA brand by creating engagement, building trust for IKEA and enabling better business.
We are looking for a Communication Partner to the IKEA Growth plan!
Through the IKEA Growth plan, we concentrate the business agenda across IKEA to deliver both growth and positioning. It is a year cycle driven work with many decisions and communication points, where we are always managing three years’ perspectives in parallel (performing in current year, preparing for coming and planning the third year) which drives a big need for structured, clear and inspirational communication. It also requires strong stakeholder management interest and knowledge, to create commitment and understanding throughout the IKEA value chain.
Job Description


In this assignment you will work with the totality of the IKEA Growth Plan communication agenda. You will work very closely with the IKEA Growth Plan Communication Leader who has the overall responsibility, and together you set and execute the communication plan going forward. You will also take lead for parts of the identified plan and deliverables, and work in direct collaboration with business owners in the IKEA Growth Plan team.
Important parts of the assignment are to secure clear communication structures and efficient and timely communication flows within and across different IKEA organizations, strong connections between relevant stakeholders and ability to package messages and content in a way that enables decision making and action.
The Communication Leader in the IKEA Growth Plan will lead the daily work and will report to the Communication Manager in Range. You will be part of the central communication team in Range where we keep the total communication agenda together and support and enable the business in all dimensions (strategic, tactical, operational).
Qualifications


We believe that you:
Are passionate about communication as a business enabler and tactical tool to lead business and people. A good understanding of working with communication planning and execution with an understanding of how communication supports and increases the impact of a business agenda
Have a strong receiver-oriented approach and experience in working with stakeholder mapping and segmentation, creating target group-specific communication
Have the experience and ability to turn complex topics into simple, straightforward and inspiring communication
Are hands-on, structured and service-minded, with ability to meet deadlines and work independently.
Are creative, curious and solution-oriented, with ability to take initiative, create engagement and build trustful relationships with various stakeholders and a strong team player.
Have great working knowledge of the IKEA identity, tone of voice and an ambassador of IKEA culture and values

Additional information


Does this sound like your next role?
Please apply with your CV in English latest by 30 May 2025. At this stage we are planning to start interviewing on the first week of June but will do our best to talk to you as early as possible, potentially before June - so apply today!
IKEA of Sweden is a place where you can focus on doing what you love. There are no dress codes or closed offices. Everyone tries to pitch in when needed, and we want you to feel that you can inspire billions of people all over the world.
This is a permanent role based in Älmhult, Sweden. Your role as Communication Partner is crucial for developing our business, so we believe that your presence with the team and working majority of the time in the office is important. Visa mindre

Company Description


Are you ready to take your next career step in a one-of-a-kind assignment where you will be exposed to the full value chain of IKEA and lead Range topics for existing, new and potential markets?
In Range Operations we create optimal preconditions for the business and?people to design, develop and manage the?IKEA?range offer in a connected and optimized IKEA value chain – to deliver growth and enable low cost.
Specialist Functions is one of the departments in Range Operations and hosts several assignments connected to specialists. Now the Specialist Functions is diversifying its skills, and we are growing to get even better at what we do.
We are building a new team with diverse competence to take the next step towards our ambitions of being an effective and efficient Specialist function adding value. In this role you will be reporting to the Compliance and Requirements Manager for Expanding Markets.
Job Description


In this role, you will have a great opportunity to lead projects and topics for Range connected either to existing retail countries and new and potential ones. You will be exposed and connect with colleagues from the full value chain of IKEA, to understand the markets needs and what Range has to contribute with. You will have a diverse stakeholder group, to manage and maintain relations with, both in Range and IKEA world, to keep the group’s deliverables together in the assigned projects. It is a unique opportunity to be exposed to the full IKEA value chain of IKEA.
So, what would you do:
Lead execution of activities as Project Leader.
Conclude with clarity the projects outcomes and anchor them with the stakeholders in Range.
Make recommendations of appropriate next steps in the projects and topics that you lead.
Ensure cross functional collaboration to meet the projects/topics needs through others that are having the specific competencies in their areas of expertise.
Create clarity on what Range needs to deliver in the projects and topics for existing, new and potential new markets.
To learn and to understand new and unfamiliar topics, this to be able to assess and make conclusions.
Connect and maintain relationships with a large and diverse group of colleagues across IKEA, to be able to have a holistic understanding and approach in your work.
Influence and develop an existing setup of leading projects in Range connected to existing, new and potential markets.

Qualifications


To succeed & shine in this role, we wish that you:
Have minimum several years of relevant Range experience (in one or more areas connected to Manage the Range, Manage the offer, Manage the HFBs ) – understanding how Range operates, organizes and creates value in the total IKEA value chain.
Besides Range, ideally you have experience from IKEA Supply or/and Retail Concept.
Pose Strong project management skills.
Have strong stakeholder management skills.
Have great communication and interpersonal skills.
Lead your own work and thrive in an environment where you need to find your own way.
Have excellent indirect leadership skills.
Have good presentation skills and comfortable to be exposed to a diverse range of forums, where you can adapt to the audience.
Are good at building relationships and maintaining them.
Are comfortable to take operational decisions and comfortable to escalate in case the project or topic requires to.
Can create your own project communication materials that are engaging and clear in message.
Are curious about parts of IKEA that you do not know, and you want to learn about them.

Additional information


We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Please apply with your CV in English. Visa mindre

We're excited to announce an opening for a Product Engineering Manager to join our awesome engineering team at Range Area (RA) Dining & Outdoor. As a part of our engineering team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of our people and range. At IKEA of Sweden, you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment.?You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
About the job
We are now looking for a Product Engineering Manager that will lead a group of engineering specialists and be responsible for recruitments, development, performance management, retention and succession plans for co-workers in the team. Together with the Engineering Manager and other PEM colleague, you will lead engineering business topics and set the best preconditions for our teams to succeed. Our business is about developing products, it is at the center of all that we do, our daily job. We are looking for you, who are familiar with working with the IKEA range, passionate about home furnishing and the business we are in and interested in solving real needs in people’s homes.??
We are looking for a team player, grounded and confident in your leadership. Who is guided by IKEA values and your strong leadership capabilities as you lead by example and act as role model, coach and motivate your coworkers in your daily behaviors. You are comfortable leading your team in change and constant transformation with an optimistic mindset. Staying close to your team, assign tasks and responsibilities and closely follow through, whilst creating a culture of developing business and people together.??
As a Product Engineering Manager you will:??
Lead a team of Engineering specialists, cross-topics, and secure excellence in operations??



Lead through change. Change leader to strategic topics that demand new ways of working, while maintaining a focus on both people and business.??



Lead competence development and succession plan??



Secure and optimize planning and allocation of relevant Engineering Specialists resources in Development & Life Cycle Maintenance??



Contribute to engineering related topics like sustainability and quality, to the engineering functional plan as well as to Range Area strategies and business plan



Qualifications
You have thorough knowledge and proven experience in IKEA’s product development and in business development, and you understand the full IKEA value chain and how to create preconditions for an efficient development that will reach our targets. You are experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder expectations to achieve shared goals. You explore different perspectives, welcome innovation and dare to challenge when needed. You are used to prioritising and simplifying for your teams and organization, for best use of time and resources.?
Leadership comes naturally to you, and you have a proven track record of leading other people efficiently. You are always guided by the IKEA key values you have the ability to lead through communication and creating strong and trustful networks and relationships in collaborative processes. You know how to motivate people and make them perform and deliver towards set goals and on time. You have excellent communication and networking skills and are motivated by continuously improving ways of working. You have the interest and ability to coach team members during the product development journey. It is important that you enjoy working with both people and business.
Additional information
The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden.
The Product Engineering Manager is crucial for developing our business and people together. We believe that your presence with the team is important and expect that you work most of the time in the workplace. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.??
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please submit your?CV in English latest? May 20 2025.????
In addition, please enclose answers to the following questions:???
What will be your biggest contribution to this role?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?

It is worth noting that we are working with continuous selection in this process and will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. Visa mindre

Company Description


Are you an engineer at heart that enjoys having in order, uncluttered and up-to-date things in your work life? Do you enjoy sharing your structured ways with the people around you? Then this just might be your next IKEA adventure.
In Range Operations we create optimal preconditions for the business and?people to design, develop and manage the?IKEA?range offer in a connected and optimized IKEA value chain – to deliver growth and enable low cost.
Specialist Functions is one of the departments in Range Operations and hosts several assignments connected to specialists. Now the Specialist Functions is diversifying its skills, and we are growing to get even closer to the product range.
India Way Forward is a long-term direction to exponentially grow IKEA in India and reach our ambitious goals. It is a joint effort of the full value chain of Inter IKEA and INGKA, brought under one clear direction for India 2030. It focuses on – amongst other things – repositioning the IKEA brand, creating a more relevant local range offer, tackling the challenges of compliance and creating new customer meeting points.
We are now building a new team with diverse competence to take the next step in this journey and are looking for 2 Product Lifecycle Engineers.
In this role you will be reporting to the Compliance and Requirements Manager for Expanding Markets.
Job Description


As Product Lifecycle Engineer (PLE) you support the engineering team with administration, documentation, and verification activities. You will help to ensure that product information is up-to-date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards. You contribute that we can sell our products to the many people. With this in the center of the assignment, IKEA provides great opportunities to learn, develop and grow with this assignment as well as in IKEA.
So, in short you are going to work with the following areas:
Responsible for making moderate changes to products including technical requirements, labels, 2D and 3D drawings.
Securing that technical product documentation is up to date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards.
Finding and acting on gaps in product documentation.
Taking responsibility for the legal compliance marking of the products.
Working closely with engineers in several teams including purchasing organization and several product development centers in parallel.

Qualifications


Ideally, you have a Degree in Engineering.
You are passionate about keeping things in order and passion for details.
Working in a structured way and take the lead in planning and executing your own work.
Is a plus to be knowledgeable in 3D/2D drawings and SolidWorks.
Structured in your ways of working and you have strong analytical skills.
Strong in your communication skills and can create confidence and build relations.
IKEA of Sweden is a truly global environment, with colleagues from all over the world and you therefore need to be fluent in English both verbal and written.

Additional information


We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Please apply with your CV in English. Visa mindre

Are you curious about requirements and want to contribute to IKEA compliance status? Do you take pride in creating clarity in complex and difficult compliance topics? Then this just might be your next IKEA adventure.
In Range Operations we create optimal preconditions for the business and?people to design, develop and manage the?IKEA?range offer in a connected and optimized IKEA value chain – to deliver growth and enable low cost.
Specialist Functions is one of the departments in Range Operations and hosts several assignments connected to specialists. Now the Specialist Functions is diversifying its skills, and we are growing to get even closer to the product range.
India Way Forward is a long-term direction to exponentially grow IKEA in India and reach our ambitious goals. It is a joint effort of the full value chain of Inter IKEA and INGKA, brought under one clear direction for India 2030. It focuses on – amongst other things – repositioning the IKEA brand, creating a more relevant local range offer, tackling the challenges of compliance and creating new customer meeting points.
We are now building a new team with diverse competence to take the next step in this journey and are looking for 2 Product Requirement Engineers.
In this role you will be reporting to the Compliance and Requirements Manager for Expanding Markets.
Job Description


As Product Requirement Engineer, you will be working to understand, clarify and secure compliance-based requirements for the IKEA range sold in India. You play an important role in addressing the compliance requirements for Indian market in the context of IKEA products.
You will:
Analyze legal and market specific requirements for IKEA range sold in the Indian market.
Interact with PRS (Product Requirement Specialist) network, local product compliance teams and other relevant stakeholders, to obtain and secure relevant, required compliance solutions for the IKEA products.
To know what requirement applies to the specific product and why.
To clarify the requirements to the engineering functions in Purchasing and IKEA Suppliers, by keeping an open dialogue and solution oriented.
To capture learnings and actively share knowledge connected to Legal requirements.
Identify compliance gaps in product documentation and act on it.
Create additional guidelines needed to secure legal compliance during development or improvement phase of the products.

Qualifications


We believe that you have:
University Degree in Engineering.
Several years of experience in product development or creating and documenting legal and market product requirements.
Proven ability to lead initiatives and drive them from inception to completion within a given scope.
Strong analytical skills and a passion for detail.
Excellent skills in coordination and creating clarity.
Eagerness to share knowledge and able to simplify complex legislations.
Proficiency in creating networks, working in teams, and engaging others effectively.
Adaptability in a fast-paced and changing environment.
Skill at creating additional processes and guidelines to ensure legal compliance.
Ability to proactively handle safety and quality alarms and implement corrective measures.
Commitment to sharing legal knowledge with stakeholders and contributing to long-term compliance strategies.
A passion to understand Local legal requirements and to develop support new and better compliance guidelines.

Additional information


We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Please apply with your CV in English. Visa mindre

Are you passionate for business? Are you commercial, entrepreneurial and love to challenge status quo? Then this role may be for you.
IKEA For Business sales is 4 BEUR and is 10% of IKEA total sales, also continuously growing. Approximately 30% of sales comes from Workspaces, Kitchen and Bedroom, but what many do not know is that Products like OFTAST plate and FÄRGRIK mug sells between 25-35% to Business customers.
In Range Area Workspace & IKEA For Business, we are leading and coordinating Business to Business globally across IKEA. We are responsible for leading the Business Plan and follow up and navigating the direction and portfolio strategies.
We are now looking for a passionate, business minded and driven Portfolio Leader to join us in RA Workspaces and IKEA For Business.
As a Portfolio Leader, you lead the creation of the Business Plan for IKEA For Business across IKEA organizations. You are responsible for navigating (including follow up) of the IKEA for Business portfolio across the full value chain, ensuring that movements towards set portfolio strategies and direction are executed. You will analyze new potential opportunities against the existing portfolio and suggest portfolio improvements and continuously optimizes the portfolio together within Range and across Range Areas, Supply, Retail Concept, IMC and retailers.
We have a team of people in the Range Area working with IKEA For Business that you will keep together. You will report to the Range Area Manager (RAM) and be part of the Range Area Management team.
You work together with the Range Area as well as with many stakeholders across the value chain, you ensure that the portfolio delivers to the IKEA strategies. You facilitate the creation and the delivery of the assigned portfolio through a strong collaboration across teams, and communicate it in a relevant, clear, and structured way.
You have strong knowledge and understanding of IKEA processes. You also have a good understanding of IKEA business model and strong knowledge about our value chain.
You have?proven business leadership from project- or portfolio management and you are grounded in IKEA culture and values. You are a strong communicator creating engagement towards common goals and good at building trustful relations with multiple stakeholders. You love to identify and capture business opportunities and have a good understanding of customer needs and how that translates into a product and a business.
You also have a curious mindset; you see challenges as opportunities for development. You are a strong team player, decisive, good at organizing and planning work in a collaborative way. Proven leadership skills, leading team of peers and colleagues towards common goals and analytical skill creating insights on strategic, tactical, and operational level. Fluent in English both written and verbally.
This is a permanent position and placed in Älmhult. We look forward to receiving your application. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions – in English, no later than April 26th 2025. Please keep your answers short and concise:
What do you believe is your contribution to this position?
What values and strengths will come through in your leadership?



If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reach out to Recruiter Christina Appelqvist +46-766-113408. Visa mindre