Footwear Materials Developer

Job Details:

Job Title: Footwear Materials Developer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 9 Months

Type: Full-Time, Contract

Description:

A global athletic brand is looking for a Footwear Materials Developer to join the Materials Development team. In this role, you will collaborate with vendors, the product creation team, and other functions to drive the materials development process, establish seasonal material direction, attain timely delivery, and ensure product excellence for consumers and athletes. You will provide tools, palettes, and data across multiple material types to enable effective material selection. You will manage the materials creation process for assigned materials, engage in all phases of the product process to ensure projects meet critical dates, design intent, performance goals, costing/profitability, and sustainability targets, and ensure projects are ready for commercialization and manufacturing. You will partner with Product Development, Design, Engineering, Materials Planning, Supply Chain, and Material Design to solve issues and infuse seasonal developments with energy while considering source base, price, performance, and sustainability.

Top 5-7 Skills:

1. Materials manufacturing processes knowledge
2. Footwear product creation process knowledge
3. Managing materials creation process from development to commercialization
4. Cross-functional collaboration (Product Development, Design, Engineering, Supply Chain)
5. Costing, quality, and sustainability implementation
6. Lab testing and interpreting results
7. Problem-solving and continuous innovation

Requirements for the role:

• Minimum 6 years of directly applicable work experience
• Solid understanding of various material manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of the footwear product creation process
• Excellent problem-solving skills and continual innovation ability
• Ability to balance multiple priorities, interpret design intent, and offer alternative solutions
• Clear communication skills
• Ability to anticipate needs, address problems, perform research, and analyze results
• Attention to detail, active follow-through, assertiveness, self-motivation, and a phenomenal teammate
• Computer proficiency with working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Materials, Chemistry, Product Development, Product Engineering, or a related field
• Or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training
• Minimum 6 years of directly applicable work experience

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Lab testing and ability to interpret results

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.