Engineer, Commercialization, Footwear
VF Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇻🇳 Vietnam
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Execute the commercialization process, use your SME production knowledge to ensure viability of development samples to commercialization requirements.
- Partner with brand and vendor development, engineering, and production teams to ensure accuracy in pattern, fit, materials and assembly technics and ensure PD and vendor teams have conducted correct laboratory testing to ensure product performance.
- Lead / track extreme fit trial schedules are conducted by brand approved fit and wear test teams and remain on track to product BR time-line – reporting each stage to the cross functional stakeholders.
- Track and hold accountable downstream and update stream teams against timelines to ensure BR and T4 readiness.
- Partner with VF’s nominated GMS mold tooling team to ensure timelines for extreme and full-size tooling align with planning guidance for BR and production timeframes.
- Partner with VF’s costing team to validate sample and production patterns against yield utilization.
Requirements
- 3 years relevant experience in footwear commercialization or production environments
- Degree holder in Textiles, Eq./Apparel/ Footwear related fields
- Subject Expert In: Footwear engineer, LEAN manufacturing, Automation, patterns, laboratory standards and testing / materials
- Knowledge of Footwear with a key focus on all technical constructions, laboratory testing, material performance, fit and wear, LEAN production, automation and speed development.
- Ability to operate on your own or within a cross-functional, multi-cultural team
- Ability to communicate technical feedback in an impactful and easy to understand format
- A strong understanding of paper patterns creation and an understanding of digital product creation will be a strong advantage.
- Excellent English – Mandarin / Vietnamese a plus.
Benefits
- Well-being policies
- Workplace flexibility that helps you show up and lean into life with your whole self – emotionally, physically and socially.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
footwear commercializationLEAN manufacturingautomationlaboratory testingmaterial performancepattern creationdigital product creation
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationcommunicationaccountabilityimpactful feedback
Certifications
degree in Textilesdegree in Appareldegree in Footwear