Lead Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods

If you were in the Lead Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods role now, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for:

• Supporting the Senior Manager, Proof of Concept Validation in building and coaching a team of technical Experts, Engineers and Developers, and owning the day-to-day leadership and development of the team.
• Owning and developing accurate documentation of the testing and validation methods and results whilst ensuring parameters are accurately documented.
• Partner with Compliance to identify changes in regulations/standards, and how these changes impact constructions.
• Partner with Compliance and engineering to identify Hardgoods pull test needs and initial testing.
• Facilitating regular communication between cross-functional groups to establish and maintain practices to ensure smooth transition to downstream teams.
• Partnering with Product Integrity to ensure that all constructions / technical sets meet our standards.
• Partnering with Product Operations on calendar requirements, ensuring timelines are met throughout the Proof-of-Concept process by managing workloads amongst team members
• Providing regular reporting of metrics to Proof-of-Concept leadership team
• Accurately producing technical drawings of approved constructions and maintaining Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods construction and testing libraries.
• Managing a limited repertoire of testing and validating materials and construction as the technical expert, ensuring Arc'teryx brand standards are consistently met.
• Communicating seasonal technical sets validation in the transition to Execution.
• Being the point of contact for troubleshooting any sample / technical sets challenges during samples in the Execution and Commercialization phases

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Supporting strategic needs through contributions to high-visibility projects
• Project management for key initiatives
• Work directly with cross-functional partners on any key developments.

Are you our next Lead, Knits, Wovens and Hardgoods?

• You have 8+ years’ experience in product development, with a minimum of 2 years at a senior / expert level with an emphasis on technical / innovative apparel and equipment, or equivalent additional experience in lieu
• You have an Undergraduate Degree OR equivalent industry training, certification, or related business experience
• You have a complete understanding of the product lifecycle process - from ideation to consumer
• You have a comprehensive understanding of design intent, product aesthetics, construction, production and fit
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
• You have strong leadership skills with an aptitude for coaching and mentoring teams
• You have an extensive knowledge of raw materials, technical construction, and sourcing
• You have experience effectively communicating with and travelling to domestic and offshore vendors and manufacturers
• You have experience in product costing and negotiation skills
• You are detailed and accuracy oriented with strong organizational skills
• You are goal-driven with a results-oriented attitude
• You have strong prioritization skills
• You have strong computer skills in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office