Project Manager - Product Development

Thule Group is a global world leading company of products for sports and outdoor activities. We make it easy for people to bring the things they care for, easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. we design, manufacture and sell products within the four product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents for mounting on cars), Active with Kids (bike trailers, strollers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for motorhomes and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (everyday backpacks, hiking bike packs travel luggage and camera bags).


Thule Group has about 2,600 employees at 9 production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group’s products are sold in 140 markets and in 2020, sales amounted to SEK 7.8 billion.


www.thulegroup.com




Project Manager
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.

Join our Global Product Development Team in Hillerstorp as our next Project Manager.

As Project Manager at Thule Group it will be your mission to inspire and motivate your global cross functional team members to secure that we deliver our development projects/new products/ according to wished specifications in terms of cost, time and project budget. You are responsible for driving our projects according to the Thule Project System, TPS as well as planning and monitoring project resources to meet key deliverables during all phases of an ongoing project.


Your profile:

To enjoy your new organization you need a pro-active and entrepreneurial personality who thrives in a high speed and team oriented environment. Your ability to build credibility and trust with both team members and management as well as balancing between multiple tasks/priorities and still consistently meeting deadlines will be a key success factor in this position. You have an academic degree together with experience and proven success from a project management role, preferably within development of consumer related products. As this is a global role fluency in English is a given.

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.


About our Global Product Development Department:

We have over 150 engineers working in our Global Product Development Department and to keep the momentum in successful product development innovation, most of our Product Development functions are in-house, such as project managers, industrial designers, concept-, design-, prototype-, simulation- and test-engineers.

Our team consists of highly skilled and motivated members with a well-balanced variety of experiences. We are a truly global company with an international and multi culturally mixed team. English is the language we use in our daily communication.

We see a great future with continues passion for product development that is so vital for our growth as a company. We have invested heavily in expansion of our site in Hillerstorp. New offices, more space and a highly equipped Product Development center with a very impressive Global Test Center are investments that we are proud of. We also try to engage as much as possible in the nearby community to help develop a pulsate and sustainable future.

We are proud of our roots and history of being part of the entrepreneurial Gnosjö area. Our investment in new resources, facilities and product development is also a huge investment in the area of Hillerstorp and Gnosjö.


Application:

The position is reporting to Director Project Management, Hans Johnsson who is able to answer further questions regarding this position, reach out to him on 0370-255 00. If you believe you would enjoy working in such an environment and feel that the professional tasks will be challenging, please submit your application as soon as possible as interviews will be hold continuously.

We look forward to hearing from you!