Arc'teryx Equipment · 19 hours ago
Senior Director, Footwear Engineering
Portland, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$188K/yr - $235K/yr
15+ years expARC'TERYX is a leading outdoor equipment company, and they are seeking a Senior Director of Footwear Engineering. In this role, you will build the engineering strategy for footwear, ensuring high performance and quality standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and sustainability initiatives.
RetailConsumer GoodsManufacturingSportsOutdoorsSporting Goods
Responsibilities
Building our global long-term vision for all Engineering functions, including product engineering, cost engineering, and manufacturing engineering
Owning performance and quality excellence throughout our product line, by influencing the design of new products to ensure manufacturability, performance and margin targets are met
Establishing toolboxes and best practices for all models
Acting as a critical thought partner to Supply Chain and Footwear Leadership Team as we evolve our teams’ strategic priorities
Collaborating with the Footwear and Sourcing leadership teams to establish and execute a medium to long-term partner strategy grounded in product excellence, on-time delivery, quality, and risk mitigation
Developing recommendations on our future organizational structure and the technical resources needed to support growth, and hiring the technical talent needed to address current and future needs
Fostering deep, collaborative partnerships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners to ensure Arc’teryx’s standards and processes are agreed upon and followed. You will establish technical metrics and scorecards in collaboration with Supply Chain and Footwear team partners and develop a regular cadence of reviewing and acting upon them
Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and establishing and driving a footwear innovation agenda. You will recommend an approach to finding solutions to the technical aspects of all projects, including leveraging teams in Portland and North Vancouver, external resources, and with Tier 1 partners in Asia
Providing a strong point of view on and heavily influencing our Sustainability agenda and our corporate mission to “Leave It Better”
Driving profitability goals through collaboration with all Footwear and cross-functional stakeholders (including Sourcing, Materials, etc.) and establishing a system by which margin targets, cost breakdown, sheets and other financial and technical data are scrutinized and reviewed
Leveraging your deep functional expertise to educate, coach and mentor others
Developing and/or identifying the digital tools and processes need to lead us into the digital future
Fully resourcing a team of technical talent in Portland and/or Asia to support our recommended growth plan
Developing opportunities and programs to develop technical talent across Amer brands
Evolving our organization and processes to ensure we are well positioned for our next phase of growth
Qualification
Required
15+ years' experience in a technical aspect of the footwear industry (engineering, development, manufacturing, etc.), ideally with extensive experience in manufacturing environments in Asia
Proven experience building engineering systems, structures, and teams from the ground up, and can lead an organization through scale and growth
Strong influential leadership, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional stakeholders at all levels of the business
Set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
In-depth knowledge of footwear construction, foams and rubbers, pattern making, manufacturing, costing, lasts, and materials
Proven skills in interpreting design intent and product innovation
Proven performance history with domestic and offshore vendors and manufacturers
Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
Entrepreneurial with the ability to make decisions and take calculated risks
Proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
Remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
Effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
Inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
Seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
Passion for sustainability is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it
Benefits
Competitive bonus program
Benefits that we offer
Company
Arc'teryx Equipment
Arc’teryx is a Canadian company born in the Coast Mountains, where our passion for the outdoors drives us to push the boundaries of performance and durability.
1001-5000 employees
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