Materials Developer 2 chez Arc’teryx

Department: Raw Material Development Reports to: Senior Materials Developer  Location: North Vancouver, BC  Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:  As a Materials Developer 2, you are a technical developer focused on seasonal developments ranging across a variety of high-performance textiles for all activities. You are grounded in circular material development and maintain operational excellence. You develop best-in-class textiles that significantly impact the success of our product. You will learn alongside our industry partners through hands on experience. Your focus will be a high-performance circular toolbox and on-time delivery in the materials space, driving our product and our brand forward in alignment with our supply chain goals.   This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.  Meet Your Future Team: The Raw Materials Development (RMD) Team commercializes seasonal performance textiles and trims that exceed the industry standard. We create toolbox palettes for each product category, made of innovative materials that can ultimately become brand icons for many years to come. Our success comes from our knowledge, our standards of excellence and delivering on-time material solutions, alongside our supply chain partners. 



If you were in the Materials Developer 2, role now, here are some of the things you’d be doing:

Delivering high performance materials and technologies for our performance categories 

Developing and validating materials according to the Circular RM roadmap; meeting the highest quality standards within alignment to our Supply Chain strategy  

Utilizing your resourcefulness when faced with supply chain limitations  

Providing technical expertise to Design and Product teams on textile construction and finishing, as well as vendor capabilities  

Communicating clearly and concisely with internal and external partners to shepherd decision making and deliver on time  

Ensuring new developments follow our circular material guidelines to meet sustainability targets 

Maintaining organization and accuracy within digital workspaces  

Building and strengthening mill partnerships within our supply chain and leveraging capabilities to meet material specifications 

Communicating material development status and updates to leadership  

Initiating and informing seasonal wear testing, in partnership with our wear test team within RM pre-season calendar timelines  

Operating and training on in-house lab equipment to record and inform performance attributes and test results

Here are some of the things you could work on in the future:

Researching advanced technology and manufacturing opportunities  

Optimizing the circular toolbox through consolidation efforts  

Solutioning for advanced, longer lead time developments  

Contributing to fabric trademark and franchise opportunities 

Are you our next Materials Developer 2?

You have 3+ years of industry experience related to materials and trims 

You have a degree or diploma in Materials Science, Textile Technology, Product or Textile Design, or the equivalent industry experience 

You have a working knowledge of the design and development process from inception through to final adoption 

You have an extensive knowledge of materials and construction  

You have a thorough understanding of trims and textile manufacturing, including dying, finishing, printing, molding, etc 

You have previous materials laboratory testing experience 

You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration with multiple teams 

You partner effectively with diverse networks of internal and external cultures and teams 

You have strong organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple tasks within tight deadlines 

You are able to travel internationally, as required   

You have strong verbal and written communication skills 

You are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and PLM systems 

You have the physical ability to handle small boxes and rolls of fabric, etc. 

You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 

You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement 

You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right

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