Platform Engineer Leader

Company Description

Supply Chain Development (SCD) is one of the business units at IKEA Supply and we are on an exciting journey! In Supply Chain Development we run and manage processes and solutions, securing excellence in operations as we are the home base to operational and expert functions, all providing preconditions for our integrated value chain. We develop the” supply the offer” processes and secure continuous improvements. Furthermore, we take the lead in keeping the business transformation on behalf of Supply together, by defining the prerequisites for the future IKEA operating model. And finally, we keep together the innovation and exploration agenda for ‘what’s next’ in the supply chain. All of this is done with a strong end-to-end approach with stakeholders from across the total IKEA eco system.

About Capability Area Procurement Development

Procurement Development is part of Supply Chain Development. We manage and develop procurement management capabilities, processes and relate​d digital solutions. Our mission is to secure the total supplier lifecycle from beginning to end of cooperation. This comprises of all major activities such as supplier sourcing, category strategy development, supplier relationship management and deviation management.

Job Description

We are seeking a Platform Engineer Leader to facilitate engineering alignment across platforms, products by promoting high quality platform engineering principles capabilities and guidelines to support consumers across IKEA value chain.

In this role, you will develop and extend the technical, architectural and business skills needed to ensure continuous development and growth of our digital capability.

We expect you to assist our teams in creating strategic roadmaps and driving priorities to ensure a coherent implementation of engineering vision

The assignment as Platform Engineering Leader:

• Provide extensive IKEA business model knowledge and how that is reflected in the Technology Landscape, to guide teams and enable information flows to be efficient for the area of responsibility
• Drive adoption of design patterns, efficient usage of cross-cutting technology platforms and solutions to be reused across platform teams in the domain to enable efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplications.
• Collaborates with Architecture to ensure the overall solutioning and implementation across platform and products from a technical engineering perspective to fit together in the scope of a platform, performance, reusability, along with business and architecture goals.
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts and processes clearly at an appropriate level to a wide range of audiences, including team members, stakeholders and suppliers
• Ability to understand the complexity of IKEA business and the role of technology as an integrated part of the business

Qualifications

To be successful in this job you have:

• Extensive knowledge of design and architecture concepts
• Extensive IKEA business knowledge
• Extensive knowledge of the assigned technology of the area and related Platforms, Products or Services
• Ability to encourage simplicity, efficiency, ownership and accountability
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, network and build strong relations with team members and stakeholders
• Passionate about technology and innovation
• Energized by working both independently and in cross-functional teams
• Motivated by working agile and being open to change
• Motivated about helping others grow their technical competence as teams and individuals
• Ability to encourage simplicity, efficiency, ownership and accountability
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving change in big organizations
• Ability to use influential leadership, and managing stakeholders and teams without any formal authority on them

Additional information

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organizational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA Core Business Supply provided competence requirements are met for the role.

We look forward to receiving your application 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 candidate. This position can be based in Älmhult, Sweden or Warsaw, Poland. We regret that we are unable to handle applications made by e-mail. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, but no later than 31 May. 2026.

For more information about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Competence Hub Development Manager Krishnan Mahadevan at krishnan.mahadevan@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Specialist Katie Pettersson at katie.pettersson2@inter.ikea.com.

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 majority of our time in the IKEA workplace and with flexibility to work from home when relevant.