Graphics, Materials & Colour Lead; Berghaus

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We’re Pentland Brands; a dynamic, global family business, and proud owners and licensees of many iconic active and footwear brands. With a community of over 1,300 team members worldwide, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and champion growth and development. Our success is built on teamwork, courage, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

As the Graphics, Materials & Colour Lead, you will play a pivotal role in defining and delivering the material strategy and colour direction for our product ranges. You will work cross-functionally with design, product development, merchandising, and sustainability teams to bring product innovation to life in a way that is both consumer-led and purpose-driven.

You’ll lead material selection, sourcing, and trend development – balancing technical performance with aesthetic appeal, sustainability requirements, and cost considerations. You will champion colour and material storytelling, ensuring our products are not only high-performing but visually distinguishing.

As our Graphics, Materials & Colour Lead – you will be responsible for:

• Lead on defining and implementing material strategies across our product categories (e.g. Trail, Hike, Alpinism, MTB, road, protective).
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new performance fabrics, trims, and sustainable materials.
• Partner with R&D and sourcing teams to trial, test, and validate materials.
• Drive continuous material cost optimization while protecting quality and performance.

• Develop colour palettes, seasonal colour stories, and trend boards that align with brand DNA and consumer insights.
• Work closely with design leads to translate trend direction into product colourways.
• Oversee the colour approval process, ensuring consistency in production and specification.

• Passion for graphic design, visual culture, and creating work that shapes brand identity and consumer connection.
• Ability to not only produce placement graphics, but also repeat designs, branding graphics, trims executions and packaging.
• Comprehensive understanding of technical execution of graphics and branding for outdoor performance product. Innovative and directional approach to driving graphic solutions that enhance the performance of all product.

• Collaborate with Design, Technical Development, Merchandising, and Marketing to embed material and colour strategy into the product lifecycle.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure technical and sustainability requirements are met (e.g., recycled content, bluesign, Oeko Tex).
• Support production teams with material and colour risk mitigation (e.g. colour fastness, performance).

• Ensure materials and colour choices support our sustainability goals (e.g. use of recycled yarns, reducing waste).Drive initiatives to reduce environmental impact through innovation in materials and processes.
• Monitor quality performance (durability, washing performance, wear) and work with quality control to resolve issues.

• Mentor junior members of the materials and colour team, fostering a culture of curiosity, craft, and continuous improvement.
• Represent the materials and colour function in cross-brand and group-level forums, contributing to Pentland’s long-term innovation roadmap.

You just might be our next superstar if you have the following skills and experience:

• You have a degree in relevant material, graphic and colour design fields:
  Fashion, Sport, Outdoor, Cycling, Industrial and Graphic Design, or equivalent experience, and have a minimum of 5-7 years experience in a professional environment.
• Possess strong technical knowledge of textiles (weaves, finishes, performance metrics) and colour theory.
• Have a proven track record of working with material suppliers and navigating complex supply chains.
• Are passionate about sustainability and have experience…