Platform Engineer Leader Infor M3 (Masculine: Leader de l'Ingénieur de Plateforme Infor M3, Feminine: Leader de l'Ingénieure de Plateforme Infor M3)

Company Description

IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together, we work diligently to enhance the IKEA offer, making it more accessible for everyone. IKEA Supply ensures that our product offerings are produced and delivered to our customers efficiently. We lead the supply agenda across multiple functions, collaborating closely with various business areas, units, and retail markets to ensure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at the lowest total cost.

Together, we cultivate a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves—to experiment, try new approaches, and ask the question, "What if?" We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity for global career development. At IKEA, we maintain a vibrant culture where ideas are valued, where there is ample opportunity to learn new skills, and where our ultimate goal is to "create a better everyday life for the many people." We empower straightforward individuals to grow, both personally and professionally, in a fast-paced, truly global environment filled with challenges and development opportunities.

Job Description

As the Platform Engineer Leader (M3 Food), you will oversee all integrations and extractions within our M3 cloud landscape. This is a collaborative effort, requiring you to guide both in-house and external experts towards a simple yet robust integration architecture that adheres to standards without sacrificing the high degree of automation and specialization within our global value chain.

In a dual role, you will also shape the overall integration strategy concerning our strategic platforms (e.g., IFood, Icollect, Item Hub, Readsoft, Transporeon, TrueCommerce, Trax). You will define the role of a Data Service Layer, identify synergies within our Enterprise Integration framework, and embrace the unique characteristics of each platform.

The Platform Engineer Leader for M3 will serve as a technical advisor for internal customers, product teams, and external stakeholders. You will be accountable for the design, implementation, operations, and monitoring of all integrations, taking full ownership of our M3 Integration Layer.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the design, implementation, operations, and monitoring of all integrations within the Data Service Layer, including M3 Application Interface Framework, Cloud Integration, and API Management.
• Developing and coaching integration team members, both onsite and offshore, to secure the necessary capacity and competence for high availability and reliability of all integrations.
• Establishing the M3 Integration Strategy & Roadmap, continuously enhancing synergies between various components while anchoring the direction for future developments.
• Guiding and assisting in defining integration patterns aligned with our principles, partnering with service providers and IT functions.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and identifying trends for system performance and resource utilization with a cost-conscious mindset.
• Collaborating closely with Product Teams and Software Engineers to address complex problems.
• Managing integrations-related projects.

Qualifications

IKEA is on a journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data, and technology together to enable IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. The IKEA Food business is also on a transformational path to become more integrated within the overall IKEA business, organization, and Way of Working. As we embark on this exciting journey, we need exceptional individuals—this position is no exception.

To succeed in this role, we believe you possess deep techno-functional expertise and can inspire and mobilize people towards clearly defined objectives. We seek a visionary, pragmatic, and adaptable leader who isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves, demonstrate their integration knowledge, and lead by example. You are curious and capable of building trust-based relationships within the Supply Data & Technology community and its stakeholders.

We expect you to have at least 8+ years of experience designing integrations for major platforms. Experience managing the M3 Technology Program on the Cloud, with strong expertise in MEC/ION, is ideal. You are analytical with a keen eye for detail while maintaining an understanding of the bigger picture and building effective working relationships with distributed team members.

You are highly motivated, effective in communication, and capable of presenting complex technological challenges in an understandable manner to stakeholders to garner commitment from all parties.

In this role, you will report to our M3 Food Platform Manager within Supply Data & Technology. The IKEA culture and values are integral to our business and everyday work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA, it is essential that you align with our values. You can read more about our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com.

More Information

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Jean-Marc Buret (jean-marc.buret@inter.ikea.com), Platform Manager, Infor M3 Food in D&T SCD.

This position is located in Pratteln. Please note that we only consider applications that match the job profile. Apply online using the form below.

We look forward to receiving your application by November 30, 2025. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, feel free to connect with the People & Culture Generalist, Davide Di Milia, at davide.di.milia@inter.ikea.com.