Textile Certification Manager - Circular Design Standard (CDS) (20-30h/week)

circular. fashion - a catalyst guiding, verifying and scaling circular products

circular. fashion, Standard Holder of the Circular Design Standard (CDS), is a catalyst for circular transformation in fashion through defining, enabling and scaling circular products.

The Circular Design Standard (CDS) sits at the heart of what we do, and empowers brands to design, certify and label circular products. With rising regulatory pressure and environmental urgency, the CDS offers a clear path to meet and exceed compliance requirements, and to lead in advanced product circularity. Developed over five years and tested by leading brands, the standard is now ready to scale across the industry and we need your help to do it.

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As Certification Manager you will hold a crucial position in the circular. fashion team, working closely with colleagues across disciplines. This is a brand-new role: responsibilities currently distributed across several team members will be brought together on one desk. This position is to be filled towards autumn 2026.

• Refine set-up and implementation of a certification process for textiles: further refining the journey from brand self-assessment through pre-verification, and final certification on the CDS platform
• Stakeholder identification
  and management: Coordinating brands (standard users), certification bodies, and internal teams
• Knowledge-Building on Regulations and Knowledge-Sharing: staying current on ESPR, EPR, EmpCo and DPP, translating them for the CDS
• Quality Management: Safeguarding the integrity and consistency of how the standard is applied
• Documentation: Maintaining rigorous, structured records across all certification cases
• Being an expert to present to partners / stakeholders

Qualifikation

• At least 4 years experience in the textile sector, ideally in sustainability, product development, supply chain or materials
• Hands‑on experience with certification schemes, standards or third‑party auditing/verification
• In‑depth knowledge of textile regulation, national and international e.g ESPR, EPR, EmpCo and DPP and how it translates into concrete product and documentation requirements
• Experience in managing external stakeholders and partners
• A high sense of responsibility and ownership
• A passion for structure and structured documentation
• A dedicated, focused team player committed to circular. fashion’s mission
• Language skills in both German and English

Benefits

• Compensation is defined by a fully transparent growth and reward framework that our team designed collaboratively and is calculated by a formula that depends on a combination of experience, level of responsibility, and tenure at circular. fashion.

• We pay extraordinary attention to our employees´ well‑being and work‑life balance and offer a great variability in regard to location, time off and flexible work arrangements.

• Self‑development: We’re a small but growing interdisciplinary team - we all wear many hats. There are plenty of opportunities for you to try on new responsibilities and there are loads of learning opportunities.

• We meet at least quarterly in person to work, to strengthen team spirit and to have fun. Travel costs and accommodation are paid for.