Job Description
Main responsibilities:
- Establish Norrøna Factory:
- Oversee the establishment of the Norrøna Factory (plan and execute refurbishing, decorating, order machinery, set up production lines)
- Ensure that setup of factory is on schedule and within budget
- Establish legal entity
- Recruit, hire and train workers and staff
- Run Norrøna Factory:
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Norrøna manufacturing facilities
- Planning, coordinating, and directing the activities and processes to create high quality outdoor products
- Analyze manufacturing data and identify trends and opportunities for improvement
- Identify and utilize methods of making manufacturing process more efficient and effective (automate, standardize, reduce waste)
- Implement corrective actions on any manufacturing problems that may arise
- Ensure that manufacturing stays on schedule and within budget
- Coordinate and report on manufacturing status with Norrøna HQ
Requirements
- Education and experience
- Relevant education, e.g. Textile Engineering
- Practical textile experience
- Factory process knowledge
- Managerial experience
- Personality and skills
- Change driven, open-minded, innovative, creative, structured
- Motivator, interpersonal relationship and communication skills, a natural leader
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, multi tasker
- Good English oral and written skills