Soft Products Technical Designer (m/f/d)

Welcome to RIMOWA, the first German Maison of the LVMH Group. We are a global lifestyle brand with a mission to create the essential tools for a lifetime of travel. For more than 125 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to develop unique products where function coexists with luxury, heritage with innovation, and craftsmanship with design.

At RIMOWA we believe that great ambitions demand resilient companions. It’s why our tools are created with longevity in mind. Because the most meaningful journeys last more than a trip, they last a lifetime. Please join us to discover your own.

We are looking for a Soft Component Developer(m/f/d) for our Research & Development team at our Head Office in Cologne as soon as possible. This is a permanent position. In this position you manage projects of new soft component product development and mainly collaborate with our Project Managers, Technical and Design Operation Managers, Technical Designers.

Job responsibilities

• Development of Technical solutions for Soft components
• Define and mockup soft material solutions together with our suppliers
• Manage all development steps, internal and external, until final component homologation
• Create the component design file (e.g. homologation, calculations etc.)

Project management

• Provide to the project team the most efficient deliverables to help decision-making: digital and physical
• Prototyping, style and technical mock ups, technical analysis and simulations, as well as unit cost, budget estimations and risk analysis
• Manage soft materials and components development projects
• Monitor and report on soft components project KPIs

Soft components prototyping

• Provide the soft products prototyping deliverables in compliance with Development projects requirements
• Analyse prototype requests to define and validate with requester the physical and digital deliverables to provide
• Define the technical concepts, materials, and constructions to be used, as well as resources needed plan and prioritize to fulfil all projects requests

Profile

• 5 years of professional experience in Soft Component Development or a related field
• Expertise in major textile (leather will be a plus) transformation and decoration processes
• Expertise in cutting and stitching all the materials and appreciated in soft materials and transformation processes
• True team player with an optimistic attitude
• Pro-active, organized and detail-oriented
• Structured way of working & multi-tasking
• Fluent in English, German is a plus

Additional information

OUR BENEFITS:

• 30 days paid vacation per year
• RIMOWA Essential Cabin suitcase as a gift after the probationary period
• Corporate benefits and 30% discount on the RIMOWA assortment
• Company pension scheme with a high employer contribution or other capital-forming benefits
• Great canteen with freshly cooked and affordable meals
• Urban Sports Club membership, public transportation ticket & job bike (partly subsidized)
• International environment and development opportunities within LVMH

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to RIMOWA's DNA. We know that for our business to thrive, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.