Product Developer Assistant

About the Position

Established in 1986 in the Swedish mountains, our love for skiing in untouched terrain and embarking on adventures in the wild run deep. Our purpose is simple: to bring this freeride spirit to the world. With our products, we aim to make adventures possible 365 days a year.

We are driven by passion, togetherhood, responsibility, and a winning spirit. We know that an inspiring spread of unique abilities and personalities contribute to our dynamic culture and our success. Now, we are looking for a new talent to join our team.

This is an opportunity for you who want to work in a cross-functional team with developing our high-quality products to our end consumer all over the world.

Responsibilities

As a Product Developer Assistant you will have an important role in the exciting and yet complex process of creating our fantastic products. Together with a tight team you will work with the development and innovation of our different product lines, ensuring that each piece meets the brand’s high standards for quality, design, and sustainability.

Your main responsibility will be to work closely with Product Developer and support in the daily work such as oversee the development process, source materials, ensure quality and fit, manage costing, maintain accurate product data, and foster effective communication with internal departments and external suppliers.

Requirements

• Minimum one year of experience in product development, textiles, buying or a related field.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across different teams and functions.
• A proactive approach with the confidence to take initiative and move tasks forward.
• A hands-on and unpretentious approach, combined with a flexible attitude.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• A results-oriented mindset with good commercial awareness.

We Offer

We offer you an inspiring work environment where our values of Passion, Togetherhood, Responsibility, and Winning Spirit are at the core of everything we do, promoting creativity, teamwork, accountability, and progress. You get the opportunity to work with a great team that shares your passion for sports and outdoor life. We are on a growth journey, finding our line and building our future success. That provides interesting challenges and possibilities in all roles for the person who is curious and likes to get things done. We’re small enough for you to play a key role regardless of your position, but big enough to have a global presence. At Peak Performance, you get the best of both worlds.

To live our brand, we also offer:

• Workout classes and yoga classes in our Training Box at HQ
• Sports Hour – 1 hour training on Fridays (activity of your own choice)
• Mountain house & Apartment in Åre. Available for rent and team activities.
• Health care allowance – 3000 SEK per year
• Pension advisory via Linder & Partners
• Skandia Health Insurance

About the Company

Back in 1986, two very passionate skiers, one of them a world-class mogul skier with several World Cup wins, were sitting next to each other in a chairlift heading up a mountain. About to test and write about a new skiwear line, they started to talk about why no one was making skiwear that they wanted to wear. Garments that combined excellent functionality with simple, attractive design. Also, they wondered if there was any way that they could stay longer and more often in the ski resort they both loved - the little mountain village Åre, in northern Sweden.

It turned out that the answer to both questions was Peak Performance. Initially, their ambitions didn’t extend much beyond making some clothes for themselves and their friends, in sufficient quantities to make a living from it. The business was shaped by what was important to them. Finding the right design and technical solution was paramount.

And the strategy worked. In the late 1980’s, people were tired of extravagance and superficiality. Everybody was looking for the real thing that comes with genuine quality. Ski jackets with leather details and flannel shirts were suddenly the answer, rather than neon and looking like a fully decorated Christmas tree. Orders generated by the first mail order catalog overwhelmed the little post office in town. So much so that they had to take on more staff just to keep up.

During the early years, most things took longer to do than they should have. After all, Peak Performance was a company founded by skiers – people who more than anything else wanted to ski some winter. Anyone who managed to find our little office in Åre was often confronted with a sign on the front door that read: Gone skiing.