Footwear Materials Manager

Department: Footwear Supply Chain  Reports to: Vice President, Product Development & Engineering, Footwear  Location:  Portland, Oregon  Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:    As our Footwear Materials Manager you will lead our Materials Development team and manage our relationships with our most important Tier 2 partners.  You will work most closely with our Materials Designers, Footwear Developers and Engineers, and our teams in Asia as we create the most innovative products for the mountain athlete.  You will directly manage our footwear product developers,and have dotted line responsibility for our materials analysts in Asia. You will be a member of the Footwear Product Creation leadership team, and will work with your fellow leaders as we execute our seasonal product creation process and create and deliver on our innovation agenda.  Your responsibilities will focus on upper materials, but you will also heavily influence our strategy related to foams and rubbers.  This role is based out of our Portland office and is expected to be performed on-location.   Meet Your Future Team:   Our Product Creation team is a dynamic group spread across the globe.  It sits within our Supply Chain organization and is a center of excellence partner with our Footwear Business Unit. The Arc’teryx Footwear team creates innovative, aesthetically striking product that exceeds the core mountain athlete’s outdoors needs across climbing, hiking, and trail running categories. We are builders, problem solvers and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying our athlete’s future needs – then, build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are a passionate collective with a focus on collaborative teamwork, and our vision is to redefine the industry.