Strategic Product Designer

Najell; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 450 000 - 550 000; Full time

Job summary

A growing baby product company in Lund is seeking a Strategic Product Designer to lead the development of innovative products and categories. The ideal candidate will have expertise in various materials, strong design skills, and at least 5 years of experience in product development. This role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to expanding the company's product offerings and market reach.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with product development for consumer goods and retail.

Responsibilities

• Develop new categories and products in collaboration with sales, supply, and product development teams.
• Create concepts and materials to visualize direction for new categories and products.
• Lead product development from idea to launch.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in new product developments.
• Stay updated on trends and relevant regulations.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Strategic thinking

Hands-on approach

Expertise in materials (plastic, wood, metal)

3D software proficiency (SolidWorks/Fusion360, Adobe)

Product development experience

Curiosity and solution-oriented mindset

Strong visual design know-how

Education

Relevant higher education

Job description

Najell is growing, and we are adding a new key player to the team – a Strategic Product Designer who will lead the development of new categories to our growing assortment.

This role will team up together with our Strategic Purchaser and together take new products and categories from idea to market. Najell wants to continue driving product innovation and increase our already wide costumer offering.

About Najell

At Najell, we create products to empower parents who wants to live life on their terms. Our fast-growing brand offers innovative, design driven baby products such as baby carriers, SleepCarrier, maternity collection and many more. Based in central Lund, Sweden, we are reaching 30-50% more customers on a yearly basis through new innovative products and expanding to new markets.

Join us for an exceptional growth journey – one that few get to experience!

The Role: Strategic Product Designer

As our Strategic Product Designer your mission is to break new ground, develop new categories and new products in materials other than fabric. Find ways of improving and create new stars among our product offerings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop new categories and new products in close collaboration with sales, supply and product development teams.
• Create concepts and materials to visualize direction for new categories and products.
• Lead product development from idea to product launch.
• Constantly look for improvements and business opportunities with new product developments.
• Stay up to date for trends and follow relevant EU/US/CN regulations and standards.

We think you are:

• Entrepreneurial and always looking for new business opportunities.

• Strategic and proactive in your approach, but hands-on when needed.
• Passionate about creating products that offer new functionality.
• You have expertise in working with variety of materials like plastic, wood and metal.
• You work seamless with 3D software like SolidWorks/Fusion360 as well as Adobe.
• You have worked with product development for consumer goods and retail.
• You have at least 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Relevant higher education.
• Curious and solution-oriented with a strong commercial mindset.
• Strong visual design know-how.

We are a tight knitted team that works hard to reach our goals. We all contribute individually within our roles, but these is a strong will to help each other out cross border and work together. This and all other positions are on premise at our office in Lund. This makes us stronger than most teams and makes us more successful and have more fun together. Since we are growing, we also see that there is a big opportunity for the right person to grow into new roles in the future. We create our own success.

Are you the one we are looking for?