Product Innovation Lead to AB Lindex

Is product innovation within the apparel industry your cup of tea, and would you like to be part of taking Lindex Group to the next level? Do you have an eye for trends and consumer insights and thrive upon innovating new solutions that adds value? Great! We are looking for a Product Innovation Lead with a thinking outside the box kind of mindset to our office in the heart of Gothenburg.

Your role in our team. As Product Innovation Lead (Apperal) you will be a part of our newly started Innovation HUB making sure to reinvent, create and challenge product innovation as we know it. You manage innovation projects from early exploration phase up to potential adoption, supporting new potential future business growth for Lindex Group.

With your insights in our consumers, you understand their pain points and business hot spots. You assist in identifying tech trends and opportunities, work with exploring new concepts through rapid prototyping and validation and successfully handover any adopted concept to business teams. By having a close collaboration with colleagues in cross-functional teams and our external global partners, you manage deliverables and continuous process improvements in all aspects of the innovation initiative. In your role, you also assist in patent management and work with administrative tasks.

Is this you? To succeed in this role, you identify the unknown customer need and have an eye for aesthetics, trends and consumer insights. You are driven by results, and you have a “thinking outside the box” kind of mindset in your daily work. You have great skills in people, project and time management as well as communication and collaboration making sure to build high level of trust. Do you also recognise yourself as analytical with a positive and open-minded attitude?

You enjoy working in an ever-changing environment, where you get to grow, learn new things and work with colleagues from different parts of a company. Leading yourself, being active in your own development and giving and taking feedback are all things you know well. You are curious about digital tools and how they can support you and help you to improve your work. You believe in togetherness and you are motivated by the possibility to make an impact. Also, this probably sounds like you:

University diploma in textiles, design or economics
5+ years of experience within product development, R&D and sourcing
Several years of people management with proven ability to lead in a changing environment
Experience in project management, proven track record of implementing product innovation
Experience in patent management is a bonus
Technical and material skills in lingerie is a bonus
Fluent in English, both spoken and written
We are Lindex. A growing global fashion company from Sweden. We exist to empower and inspire women everywhere. It is our higher purpose as a company. Our dedication to women, sustainability and customer focus runs through everything. It is a mindset that is with us every step of our journey. A journey towards being a global, digital first, brand-led and sustainable fashion company.

At Lindex, everything we do is powered by people. We are like a big family here, with values to help us grow. And we believe in doing things together. Because two are more than one and together we can make a greater impact. If you feel the same, then we are probably a great match.

Do you have a good feeling about this and want to join our journey? Apply today, we can’t wait to get to know more about you. Since we are eager in finding the right person to join our team, we will apply continuous selection. This means we might close the process before the set ending date. Since we like to keep it simple, we ask you to apply online (and not by email.)