Regional Materials Development Engineer

• Supervise material development process in a direct-to-supplier environment where HQ Materials Development communicate directly to the suppliers
• Partner with material suppliers to streamline communication and integrate standard operating procedures.
• Utilize specialized experience to foresee potential development risks and use broad industry knowledge to troubleshoot and create mainline solutions.
• Facilitate Material Development between Vendor/Factory to ensure material feasibility and proper specifications.
• Utilize technical skills to review both lab dip development as well as bulk submits to determine and advise potential shade matching concerns.
• Develop regional source options to reduce lead-times and improve cost when needed.
• Attend Sample trials and ensure proper execution, quality and performance prior to shipping.

• Bachelor's degree in Material Science, Textile Engineering, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of footwear materials development experience with a working knowledge of the footwear industry.
• Solid knowledge of performance and lifestyle footwear material types, applications, and physical properties.
• Technical knowledge spanning all areas of synthetics, films and textiles from fibers, yarn, material construction, dyeing, finishing, and printing
• Knowledge of Raw Material and Footwear testing methodologies and standards, with the ability to analyze material testing results, identify quality risks.
• Basic knowledge of footwear manufacturing and development practices, including fluency in footwear component terminology.
• Can travel approximately 35% of the time.
• Proficient in Vietnamese and English (Chinese a plus)

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