Department: Raw Materials, Operations
Reports to: Vice President, Raw Materials
Location: North Vancouver, BC
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Manager, Raw Materials Development, you will be responsible for developing the materials that enable our vertical future and fuel our continued growth. You will lead our raw materials development team with ideas, energy, and your proven technical expertise. This dynamic opportunity requires decision making processes that incorporate a broad range of stakeholders: Design, Sourcing, and Advanced Concepts to name a few. Success will depend on your ability to lead a team that develops best in class performance materials in alignment with our design philosophy, meeting our guests’ evolving needs and keeping on cost.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Raw Materials Development team is part of the broader Raw Materials team that includes Raw Materials Sourcing and Colour Operations.
If you were the Manager, Raw Materials Development now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
- Leveraging your development experience to guide and grow a team of developers. Minimizing risk on the cutting edge.
- Diving deep on the big picture by understanding how the materials you develop today need to meet the business needs of tomorrow. Understanding how your team’s work is a key enabler to future growth and strategic priorities.
- Editing our materials library and building a toolbox, best in class and ready to scale.
- Meeting with key cross functional teams across the organization to ensure alignment. Seeing what they don’t and communicating it clearly and with gravity.
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
- Collaborating with the Advanced Concepts team to develop a go to market plan for material innovations.
- Working with sourcing teams to design local supply chains that bring agility and resiliency to our business.
- Providing the unlock to complex sustainability problems such as product end of life and water usage.
- Participating in the development of speed to market strategies that compress lead times and bring our product to more markets faster, ensuring that we never miss an opportunity.
Are you our next Manager, Raw Materials Development?
- You have 7 + years’ experience in the apparel industry with a focus on textile development, including 3+ years’ experience leading teams.
- You have a degree in Materials Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- You can think strategically and balance the needs of multiple cross functional teams.
- You have the ability to translate a designer’s vision into a raw material that meets the Arc’teryx quality standards.
- You know when to use your voice and take a stand on important ethical and sustainability issues that impact our business.
- You know the value of data to drive decision making and have a desire to employ the latest in data management technologies across and organization.
- You can incorporate and understand both lab testing data and experiential feedback from field testing.
$106,000 - $146,000 a year
A reasonable estimate of the pay range is CAD$106,000 - CAD$146,000 at the time of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training. The upper end of the range is typically reserved for candidates with demonstrated expertise that is above job requirements or who bring exceptional directly transferable experience.
Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and does not include our competitive bonus program and benefits that we offer.
Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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