2025-02-20

CIP global executive search has been assigned to recruit a Product Developer Footwear for Björn Borg.

Company Description

Björn Borg has been a Swedish fashion brand since 1984, creating underwear and sportwear designed to make you look and feel active and attractive. They are on an exciting journey and their ambitions are clear – Become the number 1 Sports Fashion brand in the world. They constantly challenge each other to push themselves further, whether at work, in the gym, or in life. Björn Borg aims to offer a company culture built on high ambition, drive, and a strong passion with a team spirit, that will give you the power to succeed, and they value a positive mindset that can provide them with the strength to be the best at what they do.

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Job Description

As Björn Borg’s Product Developer for Footwear your responsibility will be to develop the best footwear according to their Product Promise. You will lead the innovation for materials, function, comfort and construction of their footwear. You will have direct contact with their suppliers and make sure all products are tested and follow their standards. In this role you work alongside the Design team, Category team, Sourcing team and Sales team, being a part of the Product Development team, creating the future for Björn Borg’s Footwear collection. To succeed in this role, you should be solution-oriented and able to work proactively, to see what needs to be done. In this way, you will be a part of driving the team and the products forward. As a person, you are also structured and flexible. You can independently drive your work forward and take responsibility for completing your tasks on time with high quality.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Drive product development & product cost development, according to set KPI´s and timelines
• Practical product management and administration
• Drive product innovation
• Secure product quality and compliance with product promise
• Drive reduction of sustainability footprint of product
• PLM management

Profile and Experience:

• Bachelor in Textile economics, product development or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Product Developer
• Strong experience and knowledge in footwear product development
• Proven great sense for fabric, fit, detail and finish is required
• An innovative, self-starting mindset with ability to lead products through the full development process towards Category KPI´s is required
• Strong self-leadership skills
• Previous experience in building a new product category is a plus
• High level of English language skills, both verbal and written
• Previous experience of leadership is meritorious

Personal profile

To succeed in this position, it´s important that you embody Björn Borg’s company culture, and their values, and that you believe it´s important to train to live. They believe that people drive change and that we all become stronger together. It’s important that you are well organized, effective, detail-oriented in your work and take your own initiatives. You’re a team player and have excellent cross-functional communication skills as well as loves clear goals and sets high ambitions and standards.

Björn Borg requires that you work from their HQ, at Frösundavik, Solna, according to their set working policies.