Product Development Quality manager

Pierce AB is the ecommerce company that has grown to become Europe’s biggest online retailer for gear and accessories within Motorcycles and Snowmobiles. We do this throughout Europe through our shops 24MX, XLmoto and SledStore. The company is in an amazing growth spurt, growing by more than 40% yearly, always with black numbers on the last row. At the beginning of 2009 we were a team of 4, today we are more than 240 international professionals, committed to giving our customers across 17 European markets a huge range of products and an extraordinary level of service. Our turnover during 2017 was 618 MSEK, up 45% from the year before.
It started with passion for our sport, was driven by the enthusiasm of our staff and we still dare to reach out for more with love and dedication for our customers.
Join us on our quest to become the most admired retailer within the motor industry and shape the way motor enthusiasts shop by offering a state-of-the-art online shopping experience built on passion, professionalism, and a good dose of rebellious spirit.

Pierce is one of Europe’s most successful online retailers. In our quest to become the global leader we are working hard to build the world's most attractive and unique assortment. One way we believe we can do so is by building private product brands that will revolutionize the global Motorcycle, Motocross, & Snowmobile markets. Pierce already has a strong and proven track record of doing so, but we are now looking for additional talent that can help us to take the next steps on this journey.
We believe quality and process assurance will be a crucial step in maximizing our brand values. Through brand trust and product development efficiency.
As Product Development Quality Manager you will organize the development of all our private brand products. As well as ensuring we have the right material and production specifications, aligned with production quality control, and to confirm those are also followed. In doing this you will partner closely with the category managers, third parties around the world as well as other parts of the Pierce organization.
To excel at this we believe you have a technical background with extensive experience from Product development, production, and material knowledge. Ideally working with factories in both Europe and Asia. You will be working with everything from textile, plastic, rubber to steel and oil products. To better understand the product range, please go to 24MX.se or XLMOTO.se to check out some of our private brands: Raven, Twenty, A9 racing oils, Snell, Course and Razorback.

Responsibilities:

Planning and organizing the product development process
Documenting product specifications
Assist in product development process
Quality assurance of new products
Cooperating with manufacturers all over the world
Devising and establishing the company's quality procedures, standards and specifications
Reviewing customer requirements and making sure they are met
Working with purchasing/category staff to establish quality requirements from suppliers
Setting standards for quality as well as health and safety
Defining quality procedures in conjunction with operating staff
Setting up and maintaining controls and documentation procedures
Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports
Using relevant quality tools and making sure managers and other staff understand how to improve the business

Personal skills & Experience:

5-10 years experience of product development and quality assurance
Organized and structured
Technical and product material knowledge
Sense of urgency
Winning mentality
Experience of MX, MC or Snowmobile