2025-02-25

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

Company Description

Björn Borg has been a Swedish fashion brand since 1986, creating underwear and sportswear 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 the Designer for footwear, your responsibility will be to design the best products according to Björn Borg’s Product Promise and lead the innovation for materials, function and design of the Footwear assortment. You will have direct contact with both the inhouse team and suppliers to reach Björn Borg’s goal of creating the best footwear.

In this role you work alongside the Design team, Category team, Sourcing team and Sales team, and Product Development team. You will be a part of the Design team, building the footwear team and creating the future for Björn Borg’s Footwear collection.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Drive design and innovation according to set KPI´s and timelines
• Practical design management and administration
• Drive product innovation
• Secure Björn Borg’s design language, and designing long lasting products in accordance with product promise
• Drive reduction of sustainability footprint
• PLM management

Profile and Experience:

• Bachelor in Design, or equivalent is required. Specialization in footwear design is meritorious
• Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Footwear Designer
• Proven knowledge and understanding of materials, fit, detail, finish and making of footwear alongside next level design skills
• Experience and strong knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Excel
• Experience and understanding of how to align designs with brand vision

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 also important that you are well organized, effective, detail-oriented in your work and take initiative. You’re a team player and have excellent cross-functional communication skills as well as love clear goals and set high ambitions and standards. 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 help drive the team and the assortment 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

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