Engineer, Sourcing Development, Footwear
Core
Ensure quality of development samples, maintain commercialization timelines, and oversee T2 activities at assigned factories to guarantee product quality, consistency, and on-time performance for footwear brands.
Role type
Senior sourcing development engineer (footwear)
Builds
Footwear products (prototypes, sales samples, production-ready goods) for VF brands
Domain
Footwear manufacturing and supply chain
Required skills
Footwear construction knowledge, material physical properties, pattern grading, mold checking, raw material testing, full shoe testing, wear testing, cost analysis, factory capacity planning, SOP adherence, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Automation/computer stitching knowledge, last making, cost savings implementation, process improvement
Technologies
Windows Office suite (Word, Excel)
Responsibilities
Manage development process with Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors across prototype to production stages; Inspect all development samples including sales samples; Conduct core footwear activities including raw material testing and full shoe testing; Coordinate factory capacity and material purchasing; Confirm fit and wear testing results; Propose cost savings and efficiency improvements; Execute Tech 2 trials according to SOPs.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC