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Engineer – Footwear
| Company | VF |
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| Location | Portsmouth, NH, USA |
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| Salary | $72000 – $90000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, the sciences or industrial design is preferred
- 6 years of progressive experience within footwear product development
- Experience with a PLM and or PDM (Product Data management) system is a plus
- Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Illustrator
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and be comfortable influencing others’ decisions to reach desired results
- Results driven with optimal organizational skills
- Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills
- Proactively seek learning opportunities to build business and technical skills
- Flexibility and open to organizational change
- Proven project management experience required
- The ability to travel to manufacturing locations, development centers and suppliers to ensure footwear product integrity is properly executed.
Responsibilities
- Ensure timely product commercialization for global product category
- Ensure timely execution regarding last, bottoming, function, material, fit, pattern, construction and quality/ product standard adherence in production
- Partner with senior engineers to ensure product is ready for manufacturing while maintaining appearance, fit, quality and performance as prescribed by Category Product Team
- In collaboration with product design and development, partner with senior engineers to ensure the proper fit, function and manufacturability of the product line
- Actively participate and problem solve with senior engineers and product development as product transitions from line close to sales samples and into commercialization
- Buy readiness; manage development efforts to reach buy readiness on assigned projects by overseeing and meeting all calendar milestones necessary to achieve this goal
- Managing engineering tear-down of product with country office/partner factory
- Responsibility for any needed corrective action(s) in Commercialization Project Management
- Maintain consistency of standardized pattern attributes meeting regional needs to make ‘Best Engineered Product.’
- Assist as needed with planning and execution of Forward Engineering activities to meet related commercialization and ‘Buy-Ready’ timelines
- Work proactively with senior engineers at seasonal kick-off
- Actively participate in all product related milestones, from seasonal kick-off through commercialization
- Review specifications, material, construction, fit, pattern and process at each stage providing input as needed
- Engage with development and design teams to problem solve shoe making and footwear construction methods
- Provide and keep a clear form of documentation and communication with internal and external colleagues
- Proactively seek learning activities to build business and technical skills
- Participate and work with senior engineers on seasonal last development
- Leverage internal Footwear Performance Index (FPI) testing on Timberland and competitor product benchmark footwear, providing input to the Design/Product Management team to improve product, identifying key positive ‘feature/benefit’ differences or product areas that need enhancements
- Participate in the validation of mold development conformance from initial drawings through confirmation of sample size, including Extreme Size bottom molds
- Travel to manufacturing locations, development centers and suppliers to ensure footwear product integrity is properly executed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with a PLM and or PDM (Product Data management) system is a plus.
