CMF Lead Designer Running Footwear

Join Mizuno as a Color & Materials Lead Designer for Running Footwear

At Mizuno, we're looking for a Color & Materials (CMF) Lead Designer for Running Footwear to join our team in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

About the job

The Mizuno European Design team is based in the Capelle aan den IJssel/Rotterdam office.

As a team lead, you will be involved in leading CMF designers of the Running category, including leading research and scheduling of work. In this exciting position, you can bring all of your energy and creativity to the creation of seasonal color design and material direction for the Running category. Together, you will work with relevant EMEA colleagues and the global footwear product team to provide and ensure a clear color design direction, with careful attention to product merchandising, regional, and global influences.

Here's where you will be responsible for:

Creating Seasonal color directions for Running category

• Leading research to gather necessary information
• Scheduling of its works
• Presentation of Seasonal color direction
• Management and lead CMF designers of Running category

Coloring each Running product

• Allocation of design-work to CMF designers of Running category (including him/herself)
• Creating and proposing color-variations based on Seasonal color direction
• Creating Tech-packs and Color-indications
• Checking all colors of Running products

Reporting

• 50% and 100% report of Seasonal color direction
• Report of all colors of Running products
• Distributing trend information to relevant parties

About you

• Design education bachelor and/or Masters (Color design major)
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience
• Comprehensive understanding of global and European business (useful)
• Advanced level IT Skills (Illustrator, Photoshop, Office 365)
• 3D rendering software is highly valued
• Understanding of FW production and lead times
• Relevant experience within the industry (useful)
• Understanding of footwear construction and material execution
• Strong communication, organizational, and presentation skills
• Strong understanding of color process and color execution
• A real team player, with a feeling for being part of a global team

What we offer

If you have what it takes, we can offer you a dynamic role within a successful and established sports brand. For this position, you will receive a one-year contract to start with. You can expect a competitive salary and good secondary conditions, including a pension scheme, travel allowance, and working from home allowance, 25 paid holidays, and a free in-house gym. At Mizuno, we work hybrid.

Furthermore, you will be working in an international and dynamic organization, within a challenging environment. We offer lots of space for talent and personal development. Also, be sure to experience a fast-growing and ambitious organization, which is known for the informal atmosphere and devoted colleagues.

And last but not least, when joining Mizuno, you will be part of a group of people who are working towards the same goal: making the brand as big as possible, without losing the high-quality standards and philosophy out of sight.

Mizuno is an international sports brand founded in 1906 in Osaka (Japan). Throughout the years, we have grown into a global player of high-tech products in the field of various functional sports, for example, Running, Tennis, Soccer, Golf, and many more. Amongst others, we are the proud main sponsor of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon. Through years of experience and our devotion to supporting our customers in achieving their best, we strive to deliver the best quality. Our high-quality standards are in line with our Philosophy: ‘To contribute to society through the advancement of sporting goods and the promotion of sports’.