Lead Product Developer, Soft Goods

1 week ago


Gnosjö Kommun, Sweden Thule Sweden AB Full time

Do you share our passion for an active lifestyle? Here is an opportunity to work with a great team of people and play a key role in the making of great products that inspires to live an active life.

Welcome to join our Global Product Development Team in Hillerstorp as our next Lead Product Developer Soft Goods.

At Thule we believe in hands-on product development, and has the recent years invested heavily in our internal sewing workshop to support development like strollers, bike trailers and roof top tents. To enable this expansion, we are now strengthening our Soft goods / textile team with additional members.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Product Developer Soft Goods you will hold a key role in soft goods development team, a team that supports all product development projects involving textiles. You will coordinate the soft goods team 's tasks in new development projects.

In this position you will drive the technical part of soft goods product development, from product initiation to ready for production.

You will be the speaking person for the soft goods development in project, coordinating the work with internal project team and external suppliers and partners.

You work closely with other Lead Product Developers Soft Goods to secure resource planning.

You collaborate actively with the main project leader, chief engineer, design engineers, industrial design, and the product management team. To succeed in this role it is vital to understand the importance of, and have a high ability to follow routines and processes.

In this role you will deliver projects according to agreed plans, in terms of cost, time and project budget.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the textile part of the product meets the requirements for quality and function.

Your Profile
  1. You understand pattern design, prototype sewing, and product development, especially with mixed materials like textiles on hard constructions.
  2. You have a BSc degree in Textile product development and entrepreneurship, or other relevant engineering degree with min 3+ years work experience from product development involving textiles.
  3. We believe that you are both creative and innovative, as well as analytical.
  4. You motivate teams to deliver quality work on time, listen well, and thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with a structured yet flexible approach.
  5. High ability to present technical solutions and challenges, and able to adjust the way of communication depending on audience.
  6. You are fluent in English and Swedish is a plus but not a demand.

We believe in strong team work both within your own team but also across teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All of our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.

Application

We are working with the recruitment agency Omnistaff for this position. For inquiries, please contact Charlotta Persson at charlotta@omnistaff.se or +46 763 92 18 38.

Apply via http://www.omnistaff.se/ under "Job Opportunities." Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The position is available immediately, subject to notice periods.

Application deadline: 2025-04-08

We look forward to receiving your application

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