Manager, Trims and Packaging

Location:

CGT

Address:

250 Bowie Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6E 4Y2 Canada

Job Title:

Manager, Trims and Packaging

Canada Goose isn't like anything else. We've built something great, something special - an iconic lifestyle brand with an inspirational and authentic story. At the heart of it is our promise to inspire and enable all people to thrive in the world outside. To Live in the Open. At Canada Goose, you're part of a movement that belongs to something bigger. One that seeks out the restorative power of nature and is driven by a purpose to keep the planet cold and the people on it warm. We endure any condition, observe every detail, and are building a community that believes in living bravely and coming together to support game-changing people.

Here, opportunities are everywhere - to try something new, to learn, to do meaningful and impactful work, and they're yours for the taking.

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Canada Goose n’est comme aucune autre entreprise. Nous avons bâti quelque chose de grand, quelque chose de spécial — une marque emblématique de style de vie avec une histoire authentique et inspirante. Au cœur de cette histoire se trouve notre promesse : inspirer et permettre à chacun de s’épanouir dans le monde extérieur. Vivre à ciel ouvert.

Chez Canada Goose, vous faites partie d’un mouvement plus grand que vous. Un mouvement qui cherche à puiser dans le pouvoir réparateur de la nature et qui est animé par une mission : garder la planète froide et les gens au chaud. Nous affrontons toutes les conditions, prêtons attention à chaque détail et construisons une communauté qui croit en une vie audacieuse et solidaire, autour de personnes qui changent les règles du jeu.

Ici, les opportunités sont partout — pour essayer quelque chose de nouveau, pour apprendre, pour accomplir un travail significatif et porteur de sens et elles sont à votre portée.

Position Overview:

Job Purpose:

As a strategic leader within the materials and development team, the Trims Manager will be responsible for driving innovative, sustainable, and commercially viable trim and packaging solutions. This role bridges creative vision with operational excellence, translating conceptual direction from Design and Marketing into tangible trim developments that meet both aesthetic and functional demands.

About The Role:

• Concept Execution: Interpret high-level creative direction from Design and Marketing to develop trim and packaging solutions in close collaboration with suppliers, balancing innovation, functionality, and commercial feasibility.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong, trust-based relationships with cross-functional partners including Merchandising, Design, PDE, QA, PIC, Sourcing, Marketing, Brand and Sustainability. Serve as a strategic partner to ensure alignment on trims + packing initiatives with company - wide objectives.
• Commercialization Process: Partner with cross-functional team leaders to identify, define, and implement an optimized trims commercialization process, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and scalability across all programs.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a global team of trims + packaging developers. Manage day-to-day operations while fostering a high-performance culture focused on creativity, accountability, reporting and timely execution.
• Creative Integration: Ensure seamless integration of Snow Goose capsules into the trims toolkit as needed, maintaining design integrity and development timelines.
• Innovation Culture: Champion a culture of creativity and innovation within the development team. Encourage collaborative problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking to meet evolving product and consumer needs.
• Trims Expertise: Act as the internal trims expert, providing guidance on material selection, application, and best practices. Serve as the go-to resource for toolbox trims and new developments.
• Strategic Roadmapping: Partner with the Director of Materials Research & Innovation to shape the materials roadmap, identifying opportunities for new trims aligned with future product and sustainability goals.
• Sustainable Innovation: Collaborate with external partners and industry experts to research and recommend new sustainable trims solutions, contributing to the company’s broader environmental commitments.
• Trim Evaluation: Assess needs for new and carryover trims, delivering thoughtful recommendations to Design and Leadership with a focus on innovation, function, and sustainability.
• Presentation Standards: Oversee the quality and impact of all trims presentations and showcases, ensuring they reflect the brand’s high standards and creative direction.
• Library Management: Co-manage the materials library in partnership with Fabric and Color Development teams, ensuring up-to-date and organized trims resources.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree with a focus on product development or design
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience working with trim suppliers, and 3rd-party testing facilities, integrating design thinking to drive innovation.
• Experience and leadership of a diverse, global team
• Technical knowledge and understanding of trims and product development and manufacturing technologies, with a passion for sustainable product development.
• Passion for building sustainable products using best-in-class trims + packing
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with a keen understanding of research principles and a curiosity about exploring new knowledge
• Self-starter with excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, able to prioritize day-to-day work activities according to department/business needs and consistently exhibiting Canada Goose's values.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, coupled with a high level of flexibility to adjust to change within a fast-paced, creative, and innovative team environment.
• High attention to detail

Working Conditions:

• Combination of home and office environment.
• Approximately 10% international and domestic travel required for supplier meetings and material development initiatives.

What’s in it For You?

• A company built on Canadian roots and heritage
• Your work is recognized with a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards Program
• Opportunities for career growth through numerous internal and external programs
• Recognize and be recognized by your peers with our Goose Rewards & ICON Rewards
• Be a part of CG Gives. Donation matching and paid volunteer time to help the organizations you care about
• Access to tools and resources to support physical and mental health, embracing change and connecting with colleagues
• Inspiring leaders and colleagues who will lift you up and help you grow

We believe in the power of inclusion and are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where all employees can bring their authentic selves to work everyday. We believe every one of our team members enriches our diversity by exposing us to varying ways to understand the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, produce, and deliver great products and service. Our different perspectives are what enable us to create, dream and live in the open.

Canada Goose is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

There are multiple ways to interview with us! If you require any interview accommodation for your interview, please e-mail us at HR@canadagoose.com.

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Ce que nous vous offrons :

• Une entreprise fondée sur des racines et un patrimoine canadien
• Votre travail est reconnu grâce à un programme global et concurrentiel de récompenses totales
• Des opportunités d’évolution de carrière à travers de nombreux programmes internes et externes
• Donnez et recevez de la reconnaissance avec nos programmes Goose Rewards et ICON Rewards
• Faites partie de CG « Gives » : programme de dons jumelés et congés payés pour faire du bénévolat auprès des organismes qui vous tiennent à cœur
• Accès à des outils et ressources pour soutenir votre santé physique et mentale, favoriser le changement et renforcer les liens avec vos collègues
• Des leaders et des collègues inspirants qui vous élèveront et vous aideront à grandir

Nous croyons au pouvoir de l’inclusion et sommes passionnés par la création et le maintien d’un environnement de travail inclusif et équitable, où chaque employé peut être authentique chaque jour. Nous sommes convaincus que chacun de nos membres d’équipe enrichit notre diversité en nous exposant à différentes façons de comprendre le monde, d’identifier les défis et de découvrir, concevoir, produire et offrir d’excellents produits et services. Ce sont nos perspectives variées qui nous permettent de créer, rêver et vivre à ciel ouvert.

Canada Goose est un employeur offrant l’égalité des chances et s’engage à fournir des mesures d’adaptation en matière d’emploi conformément au Code des droits de la personne de l’Ontario et à la Loi sur l’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées de l’Ontario.

Il existe plusieurs façons de passer une entrevue avec nous! Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation pour votre entrevue, veuillez nous écrire à l’adresse suivante : HR@canadagoose.com.