Creative Sourcing Manager, Product Development

Creative Sourcing Manager, Product Development City: Copenhagen V Country/Region: DK Application Deadline: 31/12/2024 Are you an innovative, curious and creative person, who loves to research and find new opportunities to put your jewellery knowledge and experiences into use? Do you want to be a key member of the Design Development team within Global Product at Pandora’s Global headquarters in Copenhagen? Then you will love being a part of our Creative Sourcing team where we discover and develop captivating new inspirations and materials.

As a Creative Sourcing Manager, you will work closely with the Design team by delivering new ideas of materials and techniques into the process that achieve the Creative Vision, Cost and Quality and which are aligned with our brand DNA. You will manage the sourcing and development process of your own projects, and be the main point of contact between the designers, the development teams and the suppliers with a demonstrated creative ability to translate the requirements of the business and execution of design brief into the sourcing process.

This encompasses a wide range of work including:

Sourcing

• Research and discovery of new materials and techniques.
• Work on existing Pandora collections with the Design team, exploring new incremental materials/techniques ideas in line with the brand’s DNA.
• Work directly with external suppliers (components/materials) to develop new products and ideas and ensure the suppliers are challenged with newness, quality and price.
• Ensure a smooth running sourcing process between Pandora’s internal and external suppliers and that all new materials/techniques sourcing and development are meeting the deadlines.

Development

• Close partnership with Design & Production teams to guide & manage materials development across specific collections.
• Own & manage product development meetings to align on status.
• Use in depth product knowledge to remove roadblocks and raise red flags on potential delays, cost, quality,production and legal issues throughout the development process.
• Manage proto and sample reviews with Creative Directors.
• Manage all edit requests post proto and sample reviews.
• Ensure development cycles run according to the timeline.

Cost & quality

• Make early call-outs on high-risk designs in terms of quality & cost – liaising on early testing / wear testing with quality team.
• Initiating and managing development of cost & quality alternatives, where necessary.
• Working closely with quality team to ensure all testing is carried out in a timely manner during the development cycle process.

Reporting & stakeholder management

• Accumulate, consolidate and generate critical information for key stakeholders in order to facilitate decision making.
• Create and manage updates on development status to management.
• Participate in Material Sourcing and Development meetings.

You might be the person we are looking for if you have strong skills in sourcing, development, production process, understanding of cost and executing on new materials and techniques within jewelry. You have a creative, collaborative working style with Designers and proposing new creative materials and techniques ideas as well as solutions is a strength of yours. Furthermore, you are proactive and organised in offering new ideas as well as removing obstacles.

We imagine that you are a team player, humble, patient and flexible with an ambitious attitude. At the same time, you excel in building relations at all levels of the organisation and across functions and you are comfortable working with international colleagues. You thrive in a dynamic, changing and fast-paced environment and have the ability to maintain your structured workstyle and your attention to details under these conditions.

Furthermore, you have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product development and sourcing within jewellery industry or similar industry
• Strong Innovative and proactive mindset and strong understanding of the brand DNA.
• In depth specialized product knowledge within jewelry industry including manufacturing and working directly with Designers/Creative team. Experience with charms is an advantage.
• Experience with project management and excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Detail oriented without losing the big picture
• Ability to consolidate complex information and deliver clear guidance - relevant to the stakeholder.
• Eye for visual design aesthetics, particularly in jewelry and visual presentations
• Experience with multiple cultures and specifically in manufacturing facilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, i.e. deliver structured and simple messages on presentations
• Proficiency in PLM system is a plus
• Speaks and writes English fluently – additional language incl. Danish, Thai, Italian are advantageous

Your new team
Pandora is a company with a big heart that takes great pride in treating our people well. As a key member of the Global Product team, you will be part of an exciting business area and work in an international hub of can-do spirited, passionate and performance-driven people. You will report into the Creative Sourcing Director and work closely with colleagues in various functions across Pandora.

Did we get your attention?
We hope this job ad has captured your interest and please apply as soon as possible. In your application please attach your CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

Icing on the cake
You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

Did we get your attention?
We hope this job ad has captured your interest and please apply as soon as possible. In your application please attach your CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

About Pandora
Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand. The company designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,500 points of sale, including more than 2,500 concept stores.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.

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