Rafał Piotr Karwowski

Shoe Technical Specialist

Görlitz, Saxony, Germany

About

I'm a confident person, who always takes a challenge as a first priority to maintain continues improvement. I willingly work with other people in a company as a team or cooporate with other partners. I'm always looking forward to innovative changes, especially the once, which guarantee improvements. I'm ready to learn new things and gather new experience, because my ideal way of working and living is always to do and try new things instead of maintaining the same way without any changes and improvements, but at the same time I respect the traditional ways. I like to share my experience with others, to make sure we all know that what we are doing is the best way of doing it.

Experience

  • Engineer Footwear Production at BIRKENSTOCK
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Shoe Technician / Modeller at RIEKER GRUPPE
    Nov 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • K - Mail Order GmbH & Co. KG (Full-time · 2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Modeller / Designer
      Feb 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      • Footwear last and mould development projects • Creating moodboards • Development and maintenance of technical and quality requirements for the complete shoe- and bag ranges • Participation in the collection development • Providing technical advice on purchasing • Elaboration with the suppliers, e.g. for new developments • Supplier evaluation and advice on collaboration • Development of quality guidelines • Independent processing of external quality tests and evaluation of the test results • Quality assurance in the area of shoes / leather goods • Supervision of the field audit

    • Shoe Technician
      Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 · 6 mos

  • Technical Modeller at LLOYD Shoes GmbH
    Oct 2013 - Nov 2020 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    • Created and adjusted construction / patterns on CAD / CAM • Measured lasts to get the grading scale • Created technical documentation • Ensured that the products meet the specific technical standards • Monitored "Back-Part-Moulding" and "Cement-Lasting" process • Coordinated with designers and quality management • Applied necessary modifications on CAD during the developmentprocess • Prepared prototype leather / component cuts for shipment to other unit • Ordered cutting dies / press-knives for prototypes and production • Making "pullovers"- plastic sheets pulled over a last for new designcreations

  • Shoe Technician at Ecco (Xiamen) Co. Ltd.
    Aug 2010 - Jul 2013 · 3 yrs

    • Pattern construction on CAD / CAM • Organized technical documentation • Provided technical support to production • Follow up the approval process in development stages and remind to approve in late cases. • Followed up development stages and Gore-Tex approvals • Updated Factory Plan in ''PIC'' room ''Production Information Centre''