Role OverviewAs a Footwear Developer II at Altra, you will play a key role in bringing performance footwear from concept to production. You'll drive product development, engineering, fit, margin adherence, and specifications from Final Design Review through Commercialization.
What You Will Do
Manage product development from seasonal kickoff through production, initiate and lead meetings with cross-functional product teams, create technical packages, evaluate and review tooling, and collaborate with the Design team to create technical packages.
Why It Might Be a Fit
We value a diverse, inclusive workforce and provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. You'll need to have strong technical knowledge of footwear materials, pattern engineering, tooling processes, and mold construction, as well as experience with tooling development processes.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of the footwear development process from brief handoff through production
- Strong technical knowledge of footwear materials, pattern engineering, tooling processes, and mold construction
- Experience with tooling development processes, including 2D and 3D CAD and CAM
- Strong understanding of product categories, materials, and the overall product development cycle
- Self-driven with the ability to independently manage products throughout the development cycle
- Detail-oriented with strong project management, organizational, collaboration, and time-management skills
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to contribute to and lead special and long-term projects as needed
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, product management and development systems, and the Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally on a seasonal basis and work flexible hours during peak periods as business needs and deadlines require
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