Test Specialist

Company Description

IKEA is one of the world's leading home furnishing companies. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering 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. The role of IKEA Supply to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost whilst ensuring that the products and services are safe and compliant to the customer under good social and environmental conditions.

Are you passionate about inspiring a culture where quality is part of everything we do? We are now looking to recruit a Test Specialist, join our Quality Compliance team, based in Älmhult, Sweden.

Job Description

About the Job

In this role you are responsible to develop, maintain and ensure the quality and capacity of the external test labs approved by IKEA.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for communicating with external test labs about new method approval, updated specifications and IKEA approved lab steering documents

Plan, lead and follow up Lab steering group forum

Being the point of contact for our labs and suppliers when it comes to test information and capacity

Hand in information from Product Requirements Specialist when new test methods are added or updated in our specifications and present different information in LSG

Maintenance, update and add information in TRS (Test report system)

Contribute to knowledge sharing with the business team regarding verification testing

Contribute to the strategy for our external test labs

Qualifications

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Very good knowledge of verification principles and test methods

Good knowledge about Develop Product Requirement process

Knowledge of IKEA values, concepts, directions, strategies and processes

Strong will to secure the prerequisites for safe and compliant products

Solution oriented with the business and customer in focus

Communicate with different target groups internally and externally

Ability to work in a structured way

An analytical and objective mindset

Ability to build network and establish trustful relationships, internally and externally

Ability to communicate and build relationships in a good way

Ability to work individually, as part of a team and sharing knowledge.

Goal oriented and ability to prioritize from a business perspective

Fluent in the English language both spoken and written.

Additional information

We’re excited to learn more about you! Please send us your application (CV + motivation letter) in English as soon as possible, and no later than 20th November 2026. We truly want to get to know you—so tell us: Why do you believe you’re the right fit for this role, what gives you energy and drives your passion, what kind of environment helps you thrive, what are you eager to learn and develop next.

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. Once competence requirements are met, we will first consider impacted co-workers employed in Core Business Supply and secondly impacted co-workers at Inter IKEA Group.

This is a permanent position based in Älmhult, Sweden—a truly inspirational working environment built on creativity, innovation, and global collaboration. Here, you’ll work alongside passionate people from all over the world. Älmhult offers excellent commuting options, with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund, and Växjö, and an IKEA shuttle bus running to and from Helsingborg twice daily.