When you grow, IKEA grows too.
IKEA Industry is part of the IKEA Value Chain. We are looking for you who want to take on the challenge and contribute to the development of our PDC Furniture organization into a strong and competitive partner in order to increase customer value.
PDC Goleniow,
PDC Furniture, IKEA Industry
The Job
As Project Leader within the PDC (Product Development Center) Goleniow the main responsibility is to lead product development projects, on behalf of IKEA of Sweden, and on assignment towards the IKEA Industry units within Division Solid Wood and Division Flatline.
PDC Goleniow belongs to the PDC Furniture organisation, which is the main organization for driving all product development activities within IKEA Industry. PDC Furniture is one organization, in two locations – PDC Goleniow, and PDC Zbąszyń, Poland.
PDC Goleniow focus on development of furniture in solid pine, with the aim of supporting all Solid Wood units within IKEA Industry, but as well supporting external IKEA suppliers. PDC Zbąszyń focus on Flatline production – veneer, foiled, print and painted furniture from wooden based materials. Within PDC Furniture we are striving to develop skills across material areas, so the two PDC works close together, and the role as Project Leader you will have tasks that goes across the material areas.
You will lead the daily work within your assigned projects, making sure we develop products with the customer in focus, with high attention to Quality and cost, assuring we are creating products for the many people. We are working based on IKEA and IKEA Industry established processes for Product Development, and as a part of the work it is also to continuously contribute to the development of these processes.
Requirements
To be successful in this role, the experience from project management is essential. Experience from wood based business is beneficial.
You also need leadership experience, and you have an including leadership style and leadership according to the IKEA leadership capabilities and values. Your educational background is at university level.
In addition to your positive and open minded ability to see new and innovative solutions, you are action oriented, demanding and decisive and at the same time a team player with structural and organizational skills.
You have strong integrity and promote our IKEA values and business ethics in a high extent. You have good communication skills and are fluent in English - both written and spoken. You are energized by working together with people and working close to the business.
You are driven by the IKEA values and it is great if you also have experience of Lean production methodology and/or Product Development or R&D.
You have a proven record and performance in your earlier project assignments in an industrial or development environment.
As a person it is natural for you to drive and take a lead. You are action and result driven with a focus on people, and a strategic mindset in order to make us meet and exceed our customer demands. You will report to the Team Leader of PDC Goleniow.
We can offer you an interesting job in a global organization that is in an exciting developing phase. You will be located in Goleniow, Poland. Frequent travel can occur, mainly to IKEA of Sweden in Älmhult (Sweden), and to PDC Zbąszyń.
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