Senior Footwear Cost Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: 

As our Senior Footwear Cost Engineer, you will ensure every product meets the high performance and quality standards that our athletes deserve, while ensuring we hit or exceed our margin targets.  You will be an integral member of our product creation team, and will influence the creation and manufacturing of all new models by ensuring margin and FOB targets are set at the beginning of the product creation process, reviewing cost breakdown sheets at each critical date, and providing suggestions accordingly.  You will collaborate with your Arc’teryx, Tier 1 and Tier 2 counterparts in Asia to optimize manufacturing costs, and work with our Sourcing and Materials team to ensure our sourcing strategy and financial targets are aligned.  You will create “cheat sheets” and other “self-service” tools and ensure critical steps in our costing process are aligned with our corporate calendar.   

This role is based out of our Portland office.  Candidates must be eligible to work in the US. 

Meet Your Team 

Our Product Creation Development team is a dynamic group spread across the globe.  It sits within our Supply Chain organization and is a center of excellence partner with our Footwear Business Unit. The Arc’teryx Footwear team creates innovative, aesthetically striking product that exceeds the core mountain athlete’s outdoors needs across climbing, hiking, and trail running categories. We are builders, problem solvers and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying our athlete’s future needs – then, build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are a passionate collective with a focus on collaborative teamwork, and our vision is to redefine the industry. 

• Enable teams to hit quality, performance and financial standards by: 

• • Ensuring teams set model-level FOB targets at the beginning of the season 

• • Reviewing CBDs at each critical stage of the product creation process 

• • Providing suggestions on all models to improve margin 

• Collaborating with the Materials Design and Development to ensure our upper materials strategy is aligned against costing targets. 

• Collaborating with our Engineering teams in both Portland and Asia to ensure quoted labor and overhead costs for every process are in line with expectations 

• Fostering deep, collaborative partnerships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners to ensure Arc’teryx’s standards and processes are agreed upon and followed.   

• Leveraging your functional expertise to educate, coach and mentor others 

• Continuously learn and monitor processes in manufacturing to search for efficiency improvements opportunities 

• Developing and/or identifying the costing tools and processes need to lead us into the digital future 

• Coaching and mentoring our full product creation team 

• Evolving our costing processes to ensure we are well positioned for our next phase of growth 

• You have at least five years’ experience in cost engineering in the footwear industry, ideally with exposure to manufacturing environments in Asia 

• You can independently provide suggestions and ideas for improving margins. 

• You have strong influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional stakeholders 

• You set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives 

• You have basic knowledge of footwear construction, foams and rubbers, manufacturing, and materials 

• You have excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal 

• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions 

• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 

• You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration 

• You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions  

A reasonable estimate of the pay range is USD$82,000 - USD$113,000 at the time of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training. The upper end of the range is typically reserved for candidates with demonstrated expertise that is above job requirements or who bring exceptional directly transferable experience.

Total Rewards

Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility. 

We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team. 

In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life: 

• Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Financial wellbeing - Immediately vested 401(k) retirement savings plan matching, eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
• Time & Flexibilit y - Paid time off and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
• Family support - Parental leave for birthing and on-birthing parents, including an option to ease the transition back to work.
• Growth, community & gear  - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear). 

*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role. 

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance. 

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.  

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

Leave it Better

We believe that the mountains transform us, that how we adventure matters, and that there’s always a better way. 

Join us in creating positive change in ourselves, our communities, and the world. 

Live it. Get out there - the mountains make us better 

Disruptive evolution. In pursuit of better. Always. 

Commit. We set bold objectives and see them through. 

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance. 

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.  

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

Leave it Better

We believe that the mountains transform us, that how we adventure matters, and that there’s always a better way. 

Join us in creating positive change in ourselves, our communities, and the world. 

Live it. Get out there - the mountains make us better 

Disruptive evolution. In pursuit of better. Always. 

Commit. We set bold objectives and see them through.