Chemists, engineers and technical specialists from different sectors make up our BLUESIGN team. Our professional experience and areas of competency are varied and are ideally supplemented by our common drive to motivate the textile industry to act sustainably.
Protect the good and make the best better – that is the Swiss spirit for which BLUESIGN is noted today. It inspired an international team of experts from more than 80 specialties to work together at BLUESIGN. They accompany partners throughout the world in using fewer hazardous chemicals in resource-improving processes.
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Since 2000, bluesign® stands for innovation along with social and environmental responsibility. We provide sustainability services and information based on verified data for responsible textile production. This serves to eliminate harmful substances right from the very start of the manufacturing process. Do you share our passion for making this planet a safer place?
BLUESIGN JOB OPENINGS
Be part of the sustainability movement.
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production.
Bluesign is a globally operating company with headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for textile and related industries to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include major international brands, chemical suppliers, and textile manufacturers. Our employees are motivated professionals, focused specialists – and you!
To strengthen our bluesign® ACADEMY team in Germany, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy or Spain,
we are looking for a
Sustainable Textile Expert / Specialist 100%
Major Responsibilities
- Be the expert for production processes in the textile industry
- Be the expert for sustainability and EHS aspects in the textile industry
- Contribute to the development of the bluesign® CRITERIA
- Give expert advice and support to our system partners
- Conduct external and internal trainings and webinars
- Develop and maintain training and knowledge documents
- Be the subject matter expert (SME) to development e-learnings with our training manager
- Develop new services to raise the value of the bluesign® SYSTEM and the bluesign® ACADEMY
- Networking with relevant stakeholders from associations, NGOs, academia
Ideal Profile
- Technical degree, textile related (e.g. Msc textile engineer, mechanical engineer)
- Proven experience (ideally > 10 years) in the field of textile manufacturing
- Having expert knowledge in the area EHS (Environment, Health and Safety)
- Having in depth knowledge of impacts caused by the textile (e.g. Carbon/water/chemical footprint, air/water emission)
- Being well connected with relevant industry organizations (e.g. Transformers foundation, Textile Exchange, AFIRM)
- Having a good understanding of the sustainability label landscape
- Having profound knowledge of regulatory requirements related to chemicals in the textile industry (e.g. REACh, POPs, Prop 65 regulation)
- Being passionate about sustainable development and education
- Being able to study new subjects in the quickly developing field of sustainability and extract key messages
- Having experience in technical writing
Personal Skills
- Conscientious and organized
- Ability to drive things forward and motivate others
- Open-minded
- Being able to convert complex technical knowledge into appealing trainings/presentations without loss of information
- Good interpersonal and intercultural skills
- Team worker with proven ability to work independently
- Very good command of written and verbal communication in English (German or any other language is a plus)
We offer you a varied and responsible role with lots of freedom in an international and dynamic environment. Great benefits, a modern workplace, and flexible working hours are a matter of course for us in a growing company.
Interested? Send us your application and corresponding documents, your earliest possible start date, and your salary expectations by applying through the following link. We look forward to getting to know you.
Product Manager 100% with strong sustainability experience in the textile processing and value chain
Be part of the sustainability movement.
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production.
Bluesign is a globally operating company with its headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We're dedicated to providing services that enable textile and related industries to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include major international brands, chemical suppliers and textile manufacturers, and our interdisciplinary network allows us to act as a comprehensive solution provider for the entire apparel and footwear industry. With Bluesign, you'll be part of a movement that's making a real difference for our planet and future.
To strengthen our team in St. Gallen, Switzerland we are looking for a:
Product Manager 100% (f/m/d)
Job Description
Are you a highly motivated team player with a passion for product development and implementation? We're looking for someone like you to manage our product portfolio and oversee the development and implementation of our tools and services. In this highly interactive and market-focused role, you'll have the opportunity to learn something new every day and make a real impact on our business.
Major Responsibilities
- Take charge of building and managing our product portfolio to ensure we stay ahead of the curve.
- Collaborate with the team, customers and market trends to generate and take up new ideas for products and services.
- Support the development and implementation of cutting-edge products and services that meet the needs of our customers and the market.
- Conduct primary and secondary market analyses, including trend analysis, consumer behavior, market shares, market saturation, competitors' analyses and forecasting.
- Define and describe product-related specifications, volume and functional goals, and costs to ensure our products meet the highest standards.
- Work closely with the Sales/CRM team to define our Product/Market strategy and ensure that our products are aligned with our company goals.
- Be passionate and knowledgeable about the sustainable value chain and bring this expertise to everything you do.Develop new training and sales promotion materials to ensure that our sales team has everything they need to promote our products and services effectively.
Ideal Profile
- A degree in Textile Processing and in Business Administration
- At least 5 years of experience in Product Management
- Strong industry-specific experience in the textile value chain (Brand, Manufacturing, Chemistry, because we want someone who knows the industry inside and out)
- Strong Marketing experience (because we need someone who knows how to get things running)
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively (because we want someone who can be a team player, but also has the self-motivation to get things done on their own)
- Experience in designing and executing research projects to identify customer habits and practices, satisfaction levels, product concept development, usage and awareness, purchase drivers, and branding and positioning (because we need someone who can be both analytical and creative)
Personal Skills
- Market analysis and project management skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English and German (as we are looking for someone who can communicate with customers and colleagues around the world)
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks
- Extreme customer-centric, customer success perspective (because we want someone who's as dedicated to our customers' success).
- Travel experience (worldwide and regional, because we need someone who's ready to hit the road and take our message to the masses)
We offer you a varied and responsible role with lots of freedom in an international and dynamic environment. Great benefits, a modern workplace, and flexible working hours are a matter of course for us in a growing company.
Interested? Send us your application and corresponding documents, your earliest possible start date, and your salary expectations by applying through the following link .We look forward to getting to know you.
Be part of the sustainability movement.
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production.
Bluesign is a globally operating company headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for textile and related industries to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include major international brands, chemical suppliers, and textile manufacturers. Our employees are motivated professionals, focused specialists – and you!
Bluesign joined SGS in 2008, meaning we belong to the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies.
Based in Bristol, with the aim to strengthen our global team, we are looking for a:
Junior Marketing Coordinator 100 % (f/m/d)
Job Description
The Junior Marketing Coordinator actively supports online and offline Marketing and Communication activities of the company by executing strategic marketing plans to promote the company services. Support day-to-day operations, including corporate and product communication across various channels, advertising campaigns, sales materials, event planning, social media and other projects. Maintain regular contact with external agencies and partners, and work closely with customer relations and other internal departments.
Major Responsibilities
- Manage our social media channels, maintaining web content and executing content marketing strategy, including content creation
- Execute communication plans to reach targets from corporate communication, help implement strategies and facilitate effective internal communications
- Support the creation of documents like flyers and presentations, as well as online and print advertisement
- Support promotional activities for new products/services and market entries, design and implement successful marketing campaigns
- Assist in analyzing marketing data (market research, campaign results, conversion rates, traffic, SEO.) to help shape future marketing strategies
Qualifications
- B.A./B.S. Marketing, Communications or relevant study is desired
- 1-3 years experience as a Junior Marketing Coordinator, or similar role
- Social media experience
- Work with design tools i.e. Adobe Creative Cloud for digital content creation
- Professional English (native proficiency preferred)
Personal Skills
- Strong communication and good interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of marketing tools
- Ability to apply marketing techniques over digital and non-digital instruments
- Passioned writer and storyteller
- Creative outlook
- Strong analytical, organizational and project management skills
- Business awareness, customer focused
- Solid computer skills
- Confident and dynamic personality, good team working skills
- Ability to work as a team member but also independently, meeting tight deadlines, take direction from others, solve problems with limited supervision
Be part of the sustainability movement.
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production.
bluesign® is a globally operating company with its headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for textile and related industries to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include major international brands, manufacturers, and chemical suppliers from across the planet. Our employees are motivated professionals, focused specialists – and you!
We are looking for a:
CRM Manager (Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel Europe) - Europe (f/m/d)
Job Description
- Establish the bluesign® SYSTEM in the segments Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel in Europe. As per Bluesign definition, the segment Professional Wear consists of the sub-segments Workwear, Corporate Fashion, Gastronomy Wear, Uniforms, Clean room wear and Medical Wear.
- Supporting suppliers of Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel (Garment manufacturers, material suppliers) in implementing the bluesign® SYSTEM in their organization, marketing and supply chain.
- Maintain regular contact to brands to promote/sell the bluesign services(new acceleration program, ACADEMY services)
- Develops additional business/value for bluesign and our system partners (existing and new service schemes)
- Support of regional and local CRM activities (cross region support)
- Support of bluesign market penetration activities
- Assisting the bluesign Technical Services Department (TSE) in developing Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel specific technical service tools/processes
- Strengthening the value of the bluesign® SYSTEM within brands organizations (focus sustainability)
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish the bluesign® SYSTEM and services in the segments Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel together with the bluesign organization (especially with CRM colleagues, Brand Services team and Marketing team)
- Develop and implement the Sales and Marketing strategy in the segments Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel - in line with the overall company strategy
- communication, presentations, speeches
- trade shows, networking - CRM Management (with CRM team)
- support and coordinate all customer related activities
- ensure payments and keep customer data updated
- training of customer personnel in co-operation with Brand Services and Academy
- acquire new customers (Brands, Garment manufacturers, Material suppliers) - Regular feedback on sales activities, competitor activities and market developments
- Ensure achievement of objectives set in mid-range plan and yearly budgets
- Contribute to continuous improvement of services, in particular for Brands
Qualifications
- Several years of sales experience in the textile industry and with textile products.
- Target profile 1: minimum 5 years of sales experience at a Brand (preferably a Professional Wear or Promotional Apparel brand).
- Target profile 2: minimum 5 years of experience as a sales manager Europe or area sales manager Europe at a fabric or trim supplier to Professional Wear or Promotional Apparel brands.
- Experience with multi stakeholder initiatives (textile-, NGO’s and sustainability organizations within the Professional Wear and Promotional Apparel industry). Experience in sustainability
- Knowledge in textile processing and manufacturing chain
- Excellent English skills, both verbally and in writing
- Team player
- Sales experience, used to work towards achieving ambitious revenue and margin budgets
- International travel experience
- Excellent people skills and eloquent networker
- Upbeat and enthusiastic attitude
- Organizational skills and high level of independency
- Solution oriented
- Additional language skills of advantage
What's in it for you
- We provide hybrid working environment
- Be a part of an internationally driven organization with a purpose that will broaden your horizon
We look forward to getting to know you.
Be part of the sustainability movement.
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production.
Coach some of the most respected and influential consumer brands on their journey towards chemical integrity and product sustainability.
bluesign® is a globally operating company with its headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for textile and related industries to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include major international brands, manufacturers, and chemical suppliers from across the planet.Our employees are motivated professionals, focused specialists – and you!
We are looking for a team player based in Europe to strengthen our organization as a:
Brand Service Manager - Europe(f/m/d)
with strong textile brand, product development, sourcing, supply chain, materials science, and sustainability experience.
Job Description
If collaborating with some of the most influential and progressive brands in the world about product and supply chain chemical integrity and sustainability sounds intriguing, then this role may be for you. This position is for the individual excited to ‘roll up his/her sleeves’ and dig into some of the most difficult issues that brands face as they wrestle with important environmental, health and safety issues of our day. It is grounded in becoming a trusted partner with clients and empathizing with the challenges of brand system partner organizations as they try to balance myriad accountabilities while fully integrating sustainability into their company.
The tasks include:
▪ Assessing the current state of sustainable practices at our brand clients—with a focus on chemical integrity in the product and throughout the supply network;e
▪ Additionally, using your accumulated experience and knowledge, along with support of the bluesign community of experts, define the gaps between current brand performance and best practices in the industry;
▪ Lastly, coach the brand as they develop strategy and guide them on specific actions—identified as high priority—to improve their programs.
If you are a confident, yet humble, leader/coach with a passion for enabling customer excellence, a desire for life-long learning, and a principled lifestyle seeking to make the world a better place, then we encourage you to apply to join our team.
This job is extremely challenging yet infinitely rewarding when progress is made. It demands both a high degree of independence as well as collaboration and cooperation.
Qualifications
- 5 to 10 years of product brand experience in design, development, sourcing, materials, quality/compliance and/or sustainability. Preferred experience across multiple disciplines within a brand
- Firsthand knowledge and experience with brand supply chain/brand sourcing procedures and strong understanding of global supply chain issues
- Deep understanding of sustainability in product and supply chains with a specific focus on chemical integrity in textiles and related products
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Other languages are a plus
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and multiple clients
- Extreme customer centric, customer success perspective
- Travel experience (worldwide and regional)
- Experience and respect working across different countries, cultures, and languages
What's in it for you
- Role with key responsibilities in a dynamic and global workplace environment
- Be a part of an internationally driven organization with a purpose that will broaden your horizon
We look forward to getting to know you.
Expertise around the world
We are a globally active company with headquarters in Switzerland and locations in several countries worldwide. Our international Bluesign team consists of high-performing and experienced professionals in chemistry and textile technology, as well as environmental science and other areas of expertise. The range of job areas includes chemical assessors, consultants, programmers, developers, project managers, and sales and marketing experts. How can you add value to Bluesign?
Share our bluesign® values
Would you like to be a part of our success and share our Bluesign values? We look forward to receiving your application for one of our current job openings. We are always happy to receive your resume for future job opportunities as well.
Attractive benefits
The bluesign® approach is to provide excellent service and quality to our customers worldwide. To us, service means demonstrating a supportive, helpful and professional attitude, understanding our customers’ needs, and interacting with comprehensive knowledge. We welcome those who share our enthusiasm for data-based solutions that increase environmental responsibility and create business value.
Visualize your future
At bluesign®, we create a positive working environment and actively promote your personal development. To achieve this goal, we offer you a variety of training and continuing education opportunities, in addition to an attractive compensation package. Work-life balance is not an empty buzzword in our company, but a genuine value of our corporate culture. As part of the SGS Group, we combine the attitudes of a large multinational group and a medium-sized enterprise.
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