[Hiring] Engineer, Commercialization, Footwear @VF Corporation

Role Description

In partnership with VF nominated Asia Product teams, you will represent commercialization in all early PD cycle product review meetings and 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 techniques.
• Ensure PD and vendor teams have conducted correct laboratory testing to ensure product performance.
• Lead/track extreme fit trial schedules conducted by brand-approved fit and wear test teams and remain on track to product BR timeline, 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.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years relevant experience in manufacturing or technical or production environments working for reputable, fashion, retail, or consumer-facing multinational organizations.
• Degree holder in Textiles, Eq./Apparel/Footwear related fields.
• Subject Expert in footwear, LEAN manufacturing, automation, patterns, laboratory standards, and testing/materials.

Requirements

• 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, multicultural team and be seen as a positive contributor.
• Ability to communicate technical feedback in an impactful and easy-to-understand format to ensure fast buy-in for troubleshooting.
• A strong understanding of paper patterns creation and an understanding of digital product creation will be a strong advantage.
• Strong upholder of VF’s core pillars.
• Excellent English; Mandarin is a plus; local regional language proficiency is an advantage.