Job opportunity
Two Student Helpers
Overall Purpose
Do you aspire to be at the forefront of innovation in the fashion industry? Do you believe that sustainability should be achieved through technological breakthrough? Are you a fast-learner with a team-player mentality and do you see yourself as hard-working, and with an eye for detail? Then this could be a unique opportunity for you.
In our innovative Copenhagen-based office space our game changing microfactory produces clothes for apparel brands, made on-demand with a significantly reduced CO2-fooptrint and without water. Read more about Rodinia Generation at the end of this post.
In this position you will acquire invaluable skills and industry knowledge in the fields of automation manufacturing, sustainability and technical design, while being an integrated part of our cross-disciplinary team of designers and engineers. We make up a hybrid group that welcomes new ideas and appraises team spirit.
We are looking for a young professional still in studies, preferably within the fields of production tech, sustainability and/or design to ensure high quality of the clothes we produce for apparel brands. In this role, your main responsibilities will be to assist the production team with the following:
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Qualifications & Responsibilities
General
Location: Copenhagen
Reporting to: Head of Commercial & Technical Design and Purchase & Quality Manager
Start Date: As soon as possible
Involvement: paid-by-the-hour (student help)
Key Responsibilities
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Quality Check of production in-progress
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Preferably assisting with procurement and supplier-contact
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Preferably assisting with pattern and techpack QC and preparations
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Keep process documentation up to speed
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Ad hoc day-to-day tasks
Professional Competencies
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Applicants should study fashion design and production technology, supply chain management or the like.
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Should know the basics of pattern making and understand shape development 2D to 3D, and be skilled in Adobe Illustrator
And / Or:
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Should know the basics of procurement, supply chain management and logistics, and accustomed to work in Excel or other spreadsheet-programs.
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Be helpful by nature and a team-player.
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Ability to work independently (but never too proud to ask questions).
Reasons to Join Us
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Rare opportunity to work in the production-end of the value chain right here in Copenhagen.
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Take active part in helping the fashion industry reduce its impact on our planet.
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Learn from a multi-disciplinary team in the cross-section of tech and fashion.
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Paid by the hour: minimum 10 hours a week. Additional work in busy periods. Flexibility for specific hours e.g. early mornings, late evenings or weekends (to be agreed).
About Rodinia Generation
The majority of the world’s clothing is made on the other side of the planet from where it is consumed. Currently the global fashion industry accounts for 45 billion unsold products each year due to overproduction and consumer demands shifting faster than new clothes can be made. Rodinia Generation is the inventor and owner of a game changing automation-factory technology that enables clothing brands and apparel manufacturers to create onshore, on-demand sustainable fashion. The company is award-winning for its capability of producing 80% of all clothing categories without water or toxic chemicals at an avg. 40% reduced carbon footprint. The company is working towards a global network of automation-factories that handles production orders onshore and in 48 hours.
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Rodinia Generation runs its operations in newly renovated premises that also houses an automation-factory lab where production for selected fashion brands happens on a daily basis. With the company growing rapidly, its next major step is to scale its operations internationally by efficient roll-out of new production units, thus accelerating Rodinia’s mission to revolutionize the fashion industry.
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Please send your CV and a few words about why you believe you are a match to the relevant person: Helena Olsen, Head of Commercial & Technical Design,
or Jeppe Hejlsberg, Purchase & Quality Manager, jeppe@rodiniageneration.io
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