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Orthopaedic Last Designer
Applications accepted until: 23.09.2020
Job Location: Portugal
Klaveness Footwear Group:
Klaveness Footwear Group is one of the leading innovative footwear companies in Europe, providing orthopaedic clinics and their customers shoes for special care. As a family-owned company, we focus on long term performance with a sustainable financial position. We, "One Team Klaveness", are an international company with 200 skilled and motivated employees supporting the Klaveness Brand every day. The turnover was NOK 130 million in 2019. Northern Europe is our core market with head office in Sandefjord, Norway and with Klaveness own manufacturing unit in Portugal. We have made strong plans for growing and developing the company with our international customers. The demand for individual shoe solutions gives Klaveness company great opportunities for the future. To support our customers in orthopaedic clinics with good technical solutions and individual shoe solutions, we need to strengthen our team with new Orthopaedic Last Designer.
Description:
Are you a professional problem solver with good communicational skills?
If yes, we are waiting for your contact!
Klaveness Group is built for growth, and we have high expectations for the future. We are expecting a self-driven attitude, good communicational skills and customer- orientated mindset from our employees in key positions.
Your main responsibility would be orthopaedic last design and manufacturing with overseeing the manufacturing process and quality. We expect you to have knowledge on most common problems and indications related to individual footwear, and custom-made foot orthotics should be familiar to you to design and manufacture. Knowhow on individual footwear design would be positive!
Klaveness orthopaedic last designer is expected to share knowledge internally and participate in customer training when necessary. As individual footwear is built on a custom-designed last, it would be required to know the footwear construction process and participate in developing our processes towards a more customer-orientated direction.
Our manufacturing unit Klaveness SA is located in Avintes, Portugal, where our team is waiting for you!
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for orthopaedic last design process.
- Design of individual foot orthotics.
- Planning and executing customer and internal training.
- Participation for developing our Individual Footwear processes to customer-orientated direction.
Desired qualifications:
Experience and proven record working in orthopaedic last design. Portuguese and English skills, written and oral. Good communication and presentations skills. Strong interpersonal competence and a drive to succeed. Excellent technical skills in Rhinoceros, and familiar with other 3D design software.
What you will experience in "One Team Klaveness":
- An engaging job where there are great opportunities to be part of a company that has a strong growth strategy.
- A key position in the company where you will have strong support from every team member.
- Development opportunities with strong family ownership in an international company.
- A company where we create results, have open communication and celebrate results.
- Competitive conditions in an innovative company that really want to develop.
Klaveness Footwear Group would like to receive a CV and cover letter with salary request before 23.09.2020.
Please provide all documents in English.
The vacancy will be filled when a suitable person is found.
If you have any questions regarding the job, please contact
Sales / Product Specialist – Orthopaedic Clinics – Helping people walk better!
Applications accepted until: 15.10.2020
Klaveness Footwear Group:
Klaveness Footwear Group is one of the leading innovative footwear companies in Europe providing orthopaedic clinics and their customers shoes for special care. As a family owned company, we focus on long term performance with a sustainable financial position. We, "One Team Klaveness", are an international company with 200 skilled and motivated employees supporting the Klaveness Brand every day. The turnover was NOK 130 million in 2019. Northern Europe is our core market with head office in Sandefjord, Norway and with Klaveness own manufacturing unit in Portugal. We have made strong plans for growing and developing the company with our international customers. The demand for individual shoe solutions gives Klaveness company great opportunities for the future. To support our customers in orthopaedic clinics with good technical solutions and individual shoe solutions we want to strengthen our team with new Sales / Product Specialist.
Description:
Do you have an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset? Do you want to be part of influencing the future medical footwear solutions and succeed in your profession? If yes, we are looking for you!
We are in a growth market with high expectations for the future. You are result–oriented, open minded, structured and self–driven. The "One Team Klaveness" will be your supporter of your work and we really want you to succeed. We want a person that creates good spirit, proactive attitude among customers and colleagues. You will plan your "Frequency" travels to customer's with support from "One Klaveness Team".
As a Sales / Product Specialist you will be responsible for the sales of our medical shoe solutions that we offer to Orthopaedic Clinics in Northern Europe. You will have the complete portfolio to offer from the Klaveness branded shoe solutions. You will be part of a team that really want you to be successful by providing great shoe solutions for individual needs!
Main responsibilities:
- Work as part of the international Klaveness Team and support to build a better company.
The team is always more important than the individual.
- Responsible for own customer accounts no matter where customer is located (local/international).
- Customer–oriented work. Establishing and maintaining good customer relationship.
- Develop existing customer relationships according to customer classification and acquiring new customers (You identify potential customer companies regardless of size).
- Planning and executing customer trainings, including preparing and submitting tenders.
- The target is to travel minimum 3 days a week and arrange minimum 2 customer visits a day during the sales peak seasons.
- Following up sales work – "Frequency" on present platforms.
- You are familiar with the work of Customer Service Team and can help them if necessary (You understand the importance of customer service as part of sales work as a team).
Desired qualifications:
Experience and proven record in sales and/or experience from working in an orthopaedic clinic (preferably orthopaedic engineer or similar). Experience and willingness to travel and train people with different background. Scandinavian (native) and English (fluent) skills, written and oral. Excellent communication and presentations skills. Strong interpersonal competence and a drive to succeed. Drivers licence for car. Good technical skills with usage of computer.
What you will experience in "One Team Klaveness":
- An engaging job where there are great opportunities to be part of a company that has a strong growth strategy.
- A key position in the company where you will have strong support from every team member.
- Development opportunities with strong family ownership in an international company.
- A company where we create results, have open communication, and celebrate results.
- Competitive conditions in an innovative company that really want to develop.
Klaveness Footwear Group would like to receive a CV and cover letter with salary request no later than 15.10.2020.
Please provide all documents in English.
We will be reviewing candidates already during the application period, so act quick!
If you have any questions regarding the job, please contact our sales manager Timo Takkinen,