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Full-time | Engineering

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Position Summary:


The Cross-country boot design engineer leads all aspects of the design, development, and commercialization of our XC boots. The position is managing the process from inception of new boot designs all the way through production readiness as well as sales force and retail education. Must be able to live and work at our Madshus headquarters in Norway.


 


Essential Job Duties:


Nordic skiing

Keep in tune with the consumer product needs and industry direction in footwear to keep the Cross country ski boot product relevant in the marketplace.

Conduct on snow testing to evaluate current and new product.



Project Management
Keep the product development and samples on a proper timeline to hit the applicable gate meetings and sample deadlines to get input and approval from the global markets.



Design
Work with internal teams and manage outside designers to develop all new aspects of the boot line.

Develop new patterns, outsole and lacing designs to achieve product roadmap objectives.



Innovation
Work with the global markets and PLM to identify industry and line positions where new ideas can be launched

Develop and prototype new designs that produce a competitive advantage and create new market opportunities.



Quality
Receives feedback from the markets and works with the factory to make improvement plans to resolve the issues through process, QC and design changes.

Sets up, manages and filters lab and on snow testing to prove out new designs and improve on current and future designs



Travel
Travel to the factory to work on new development, quality and production readiness

Travel throughout the market to get feedback from retail partners and to evaluate industry innovations and direction.

Travel to sales meetings to impart product knowledge to the sales force.



Costing
Develop new cost saving designs and negotiate cost with factories

Manage cost sheets from the factories and review to find mistakes or additional cost saving opportunities to hit the targeted prices for each Color SKU.



Delivery
Manage the development schedule to keep on track for hitting the major Delivery milestones of Photo-Samples, Sample/Demo and Production.

Work with PLM and the planning team to identify boots that are high, medium and low risk to build a factory production plan that is achievable and provides production to the markets to meet their sales needs.

Manage the factories and internal development support staff with the buyoff schedule so that all new designs are approved by the required deadlines to achieve on time production delivery.



 


Education

Work on descriptions, stories, and visual aids with the Marketing team for accurate market communication of the important product features and benefits. Communicate to the sales force and retail partners at sales meetings, trade shows and retail events.



Communication
Communicate Ideas and concepts effectively with the boot factory, global team, in-house, testers, vendors, retailers.

Accurately communicate through team meetings, virtual meetings, email and calls to progress the understanding and development of the boot line.



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