The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – our customers, co-workers and suppliers.

IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is leading business development at IKEA and the core IKEA matrices Range, Supplying, Technical and Commercial. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a company with endless opportunities to develop in different operational areas and countries.

IKEA is on an exciting growth journey becoming more accessible to the many people. We are investing heavily to develop and digitalize IKEA into the future. IKEA Supply Chain Development will support this journey by delivering expertise in business development while safeguarding running business. This way we empower our co-workers, customers and suppliers with the right solutions to optimise the customer experience and contribute to a growing IKEA.

Our Supplying system landscape is grouped into different Development Areas and today the Development Area Execution supports more than 15 000 users throughout Supply in the areas of Develop Optimal Replenishment Solutions (DORS), Customs, Delivery & Settlement and Order.

We are looking for a Test Leader to Customs team within Execution, Supply Chain Development

Customs is a dynamic area with high business impact. IKEA must be compliant with legal restrictions and regulations in order for goods to flow smoothly across borders keeping our customers all around the world happy.

Customs domain is undertaking a major transformation journey by implementation standardized business processes and solution globally. The transformation journey will take several years to complete.

Customs team within Execution plays an important role for making this happen together with their business stakeholders. Customs team are experts in the systems connected to customs and work with developing new solutions as well as securing the running business.

You will as Test Lead be part of Development area Customs in Älmhult and be responsible for IKEA verification and validation activities within the assigned area and scope. As a Test Lead you make sure that the digital solutions and project releases are delivered with high quality.

Job Description

• Responsible for managing the Test Process within your scope, adoption and execution within the development area and customs related projects.
• Contribute to secure quality in the From Need to solution process, by strengthening the test strategy within your area of responsibility. Bringing solutions, tools and business together and create a harmony in the future where quality will be key factor in our ways of working.
• Continuously striving to improve the Test process together with the internal test team in development area customs, affecting ways or working with processes and tools. Ensure upcoming releases and projects are delivered with expected quality by guiding, steering, supporting each step in the process so acceptance criteria and quality goals are fulfilled.

The assignment

• Support definition of Quality objectives and goals (for solutions, IT services and projects).
• Support quality assurance of solution requirements; to secure testability, consistency and the acceptance criteria.
• Manage; plan, prepare and execute assigned verification and validation (people, process & tools) activities. This includes for example Product Risk Analysis and follow-up, test effort estimations, coordination of test needs, progress reporting.
• Evaluation of all test, verification and validation activities with defined KPIs and give recommendations for approval of deliveries, based on stated acceptance criteria, quality objectives and goals.
• Responsible for securing Test Process, implementation and adoption within the development area and related projects.
• Lead the risk workshops and plan focus in test assessments based upon risks factors.
• Secure that the operational and infrastructure requirements are considered during planning, preparations and execution of Operational Readiness Test (ORT).
• Gather and share lessons learned regarding verification and validation activities
• Support the preparation, implementation and follow-up of test related agreements with external partners, projects, solutions etc.
• Promote use of test automation where appropriate, such as business flows, smoke tests, regression tests etc.

Qualifications

• We believe you have 3-5 years’ experience of test management, in test lead and/or test specialist positions.
• We think you have experience of configuration management and is experienced in release and deployment.
• We think you have excellent skills in SQL developer.
• We believe you have worked with Selenium as test automation tool.
• We believe you are experienced in using test development tools, bug reporting systems, have good knowledge of general IT frames e.g., standards, infrastructure and platforms, frameworks, development concepts and processes. It is a plus if you also are familiar with tools used within IKEA.
• You are very structured when it comes to test methods and how to manage test environments.
• You have excellent analytical skills. You can see the big picture as well as details and to structure information and derive conclusions and consequences out of them.
• You are a strong team-player, with ability to connect and build trustful relationships and networks with people internally and externally of IKEA.
• You have ability to take leadership, co-operate and coordinate activities across processes, development areas and IT suppliers.
• You can work in a dynamic environment where pre-conditions may change from one day to another and where changes need to be delivered with high quality in order to avoid risk of breaking laws and regulations.
• Do you have good understanding of IKEA solution landscape within supply chain?
• Do you have high knowledge in customs business processes or other supply chain related business processes?
• Do you manage English fluently, spoken and written?

We manage a mix of home-built IKEA solutions and bought solutions from providers such as Oracle, Descartes & SAP. Our ambition is to implement common standard platforms.

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application in English. We will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate. Last date to apply is on the 28th of October. This position is based in Älmhult and will require some travelling.

Älmhult is an inspirational working environment, based on creativity and innovation, which gives you the opportunity to work and interact with people from all around the world. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö, and an IKEA shuttle bus run back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.

For more information about the position, please contact Development Manager for Customs, Susanne Palm at [email protected] or +46 706-999119. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruitment specialist Jonas Levin +46 728-865384.