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BIRKENSTOCK is a global footwear brand that stands for quality, function and all-round well-being. The historic roots of this long-standing family-run company can be traced back to the year 1774. Nowadays, the product portfolio comprises sandals and closed shoes, accessories, natural cosmetics as well as beds and sleep systems. With more than 4,300 employees, BIRKENSTOCK is the German shoe industry’s largest employer. BIRKENSTOCK has sixteen locations in Germany, with privately owned distribution companies in Europe, Asia and the USA.
For our division Product Development, at our location Cologne we are looking for a Product Development Manager (m/f/d) Shoes.
Responsibilities:
- You make things happen: with your attractive product concepts, always with a special focus on technical feasibility, quality, cost efficiency and customer requests.
- You implement innovation and newness into feasible concepts and push interfaces for new ways of working. And you do this in very close alignment with our teams for material development, purchasing, engineering and innovation.
- As (product) project manager you oversee the prototyping and sampling through the technical part of the organization and monitor the progress.
- For our Product Line Management and design you are the reality checker, consultant and sparring partner – right from the start of a new seasonal product project.
- Lastly, you enable and manage a strong internal network to work effectively across functions and departments.
Required Skills, Experience, Background:
- Degree / training in production / development process and/or design (ideally in the shoe industry)
- Minimum 3-5 years experience in shoe production, shoe development or design
- Work experience in molding and sole construction; functional know-how in shoe construction, orthopedics or biomechanics is beneficial
- Able to read, review, and revise technical 2D/3D data sets
- Experience in project management
- Versed in MS Office
- Business fluent English is a must, German a plus
- Hands-on-mentality and pragmatic realism
- Very good standing; unafraid to be critical or play the squeaky wheel
- Passion for (technical) details
- Strong drive for implementation and delivery on time and in full
- Willingness to travel regularly and internationally
Send us your application today:
We look forward to receiving your complete application including your earliest starting date and your annual salary expectation. Please send your application to Desirée Stahlschmidt.
Birkenstock GmbH & Co. KG
Burg Ockenfels • 53545 Linz am Rhein
birkenstock-group.com
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