Company Description
IKEA Industry, part of Inter IKEA Group, is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of the IKEA value chain. IKEA Industry has 41 production units in 10 countries with about 18,500 co-workers. Every year, IKEA Industry produces more than 100 million pieces of furniture for IKEA customers.
Job Description
Are you a proactive and collaborative leader with a passion for ensuring smooth product and process launches? We are looking for a Product Launch Manager to join our team and drive successful implementations with a strong focus on safety, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
As a key player in our production team, you will take a charge of launching new products and processes on time, ensuring that all functions work together towards common goals. You’ll combine strategic thinking, project management, and teamwork to create seamless transitions from planning to full-scale production. You will report directly to Site Manager.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and coordinate the launch of new products and processes, ensuring they are implemented according to the set schedule.
- Maintain and manage an activity list covering Quality, Health and Safety, Production, Technology, Supply Chain, and Project requirements.
- Collaborate closely with various departments to ensure production goals, efficiency targets, and quality standards are met.
- Prioritize activities together with support functions and ensure clear expectations and timelines are set.
- Act as a key link between departments, ensuring that all identified activities are carried out effectively.
- Set requirements and provide guidance to keep work aligned with company goals.
Qualifications
- Experience in a leadership role within a manufacturing or production environment.
- Strong ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.
- Experience with launching new products and processes.
- A technical background, preferably in engineering or a related field.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where teamwork and innovation drive success, we would love to hear from you!
Additional Information
Wage (gross)
4.400 EUR/month, final offer depends on proven experience of successful candidate
The position is located in Malacky, close to Bratislava in Slovakia.
Additional Information
The position is open for Malacky site. Please, send your application via Smart Recruiter link. In a case of questions contact [email protected] (People and Culture Manager) or [email protected] (Site Manager)
Top Skills
What We Do
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment.
The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers.
The IKEA retail business is operated through a franchise system. Today, 12 different groups of companies market and sell the IKEA product range under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Any jobs published on this page are offered by different companies operating under the IKEA Trademark.
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943.
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