First Weeks at Björn Borg

Hi!

I have finished the second week of my internship at Björn Borg in Stockholm! I am working in the Production Department in the Souring team. The Sourcing team consists of two others who graduated from our same programme in Textile Value Chain Management at the University of Borås, so I feel really lucky to have their insight and support. Björn Borg, as a sports fashion brand, has a strong company culture in health and fitness, so many people train everyday, but on Fridays we have mandatory group training with a personal trainer! 

My experience so far consists on joining meetings with our Tier 1 suppliers in which we follow up on production, Covid restrictions and delays, confirm timeframes, and work to improve sustainability and performance. I attend meetings and webinars related to Björn Borg's sustainability strategy improving economic, environmental and social sustainability performance. I am also assisting in quality control in which we perform hands-on tests on sample products as well as evaluate quality reports coming directly from inline and final production. My individual tasks include conducting a benchmark report on the social compliancy auditor we currently use and compare the other options to see if they would like to switch providers in the future. Social compliancy auditor services allow us to monitor and improve the social performance of our vendors across the supply chain, so this includes maintaining standards such as fair wages and no child labour. The Sourcing team works directly with vendors to encourage and empower them to improve their social responsibility and environmental sustainability through incentives, education and maintaining a strong working relationship. It's been a challenging experience so far, but there is a considerable amount of overlap between what we've studied at university and what I'm doing in the workplace, so I'm very glad to have this internship opportunity. 

Hope you all are enjoying your time!

Christine