Product Design Team Lead

Career menu Start your adventure at BUFF® Explore our open positions BUFF® RespectAbility Program Employee as employee Candidate to Connect Homepage buff.com Share page Facebook X LinkedIn Mail Design · BUFF® HQ · Hybrid Product Design Team Lead Lead our Product Design Team at BUFF®, shaping eco-conscious outdoor gear with passion, growth, and global impact. Inspire, collaborate, and deliver market-ready collections. We're Hiring We are looking for a new BUFF® lover to join the Team. Join our adventure and be part of the LIVE MORE NOW spirit. It all began 30 years ago, in 1992, with one man determined to find a way to stay outdoors for as long as he could, Joan Rojas invented the seamless neckwear. Today his legacy lives on, as it’s embedded in our purpose of inspiring a more conscious world through the thrill of adventure. That initial spirit of invention and passion for nature are still at the very heart of our company.  It’s in our values, in our commitment to people and our planet, the teams we build and the community we create. We care for PEOPLE We are PASSIONATE We take OWNERSHIP We are INNOVATIVE We act with INTEGRITY We love curious and critical thinkers who share our passion and commitment to a more sustainable and inclusive world. Do you share the BUFF® spirit? Want to play your part in our growing company? Let’s meet! What are we looking for? We are looking for a Product Design leader who can inspire and guide the Product Design Team to create innovative, functional, and market-driven outdoor accessories. This person will connect design excellence with deep consumer insight, technical performance, sustainability, and our outdoor heritage to strengthen brand identity and drive global growth. The role is key to delivering commercially successful collections across neckwear, caps, knitted, gloves, and socks, reinforcing competitiveness, accelerating time-to-market, and supporting long-term business performance in international markets. About the Role: Translate trends into commercial designs that cover functional and aesthetic needs for consumers following the creative direction for the Season set by the Head of Design. Support the Product Design team in understanding the consumer needs based on the Brief delivered by Product Management and coordinate its development enhancing design and trends to provide unique, commercial solutions working closely with Product Development and Graphic Design Coordinator. Organize research trips and revision trips to suppliers. Evaluate the design process every season to enhance efficiency and implement improvements following LEAN Methodology. Ensure the design calendar is followed, key deadlines met and outputs delivered on time. Lead the product design team fostering growth and empowerment as well as executional excellence and coordinating and distributing workload while ensuring deadlines are met, products are designed according to brief and budget is met. Drive material selection and support Purchasing in acquiring the needed product from suppliers, ensuring natural, renewable and recycled materials are used, working in close cooperation with the Innovation Engineer. Ensure that all designs are meeting briefed FOB targets. Support the team ensuring accurate Techpacks, fitting process and style comments using PLM, Illustrator and Photoshop. About you: Education: Product Design/Textile  formation At least 5 years of experience in product design; possibly in accessories & apparel . A sharp eye on understanding consumer focused product creation in Sport & Lifestyle environment. Good knowledge in Graphic Design & Technics. Languages: High English level spoken and written. Other requirements: Good knowledge of Photoshop/Illustrator and Pack Office, CLO3D is a plus, any PLM system is a plus. / Any additional AI knowledge would be appreciated. What do we offer? Permanent contract. Flexible remuneration: Salary fixed 45-65K€ + 10% variable (final compensation will depend on experience and seniority). Flexible compensation supporting your financial wellbeing, with advance payments when needed and benefits like meals, transport, childcare, and health Insurance. 30 calendar days of holidays per year (22 working days) + 3 extra days off. 1 extra day off for your birthday. Flexible & Hybrid Schedule: so you can have a better work balance. Commute bonus (if the habitual residence is more than 15 km away). Training plan & online training platform for self-improvement. Canteen bonus: company finance 50%, healthy menu and options for all. BUFF® benefits: discounts platform with different brands. And the best benefit: BUFF® products discounts. Equality commitment BUFF® is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to recruit, hire, train, promote, compensate, and administer all personnel actions with equal opportunities. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for the outdoors and believe in a more sustainable world. Diversity in our workforce not only includes race, age, gender identity and expression, but also different mental and physical capacities, sexual orientation, color, religion, citizenship status, marital or parental status, and many other parts of one’s identity. We believe diversity, inclusion and equality is everyone’s responsibility. We have an internal Equality Commission that promotes initiatives to ensure an inclusive workplace in which all ideas are welcome and where employees excel based on personal merit, experience, ability, and job performance. Are you a Buff lover, or want to become one? Watch our videos! BUFF® - 30 YEARS BUFF® x CERTIFIED B CORP EPISODE 1: MADE IN BARCELONA: BUFF® HOME EPISODE 2: MADE IN BARCELONA: BUFF® HEADQUARTERS Departamento Design Locations BUFF® HQ Remote status Hybrid BUFF® RespectAbility Program No