We are looking for a Senior Footwear Materials Specialist to drive innovation and excellence in footwear materials. This role involves developing, testing, and commercializing new materials, collaborating with internal teams and vendors to ensure quality, performance, and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and commercialize new footwear materials, ensuring product quality and innovation.
- Collaborate with Material Planning, Sourcing, and Costing teams to resolve material-related issues.
- Work with vendors to manage material specifications, pricing, and performance.
- Translate lab testing results into actionable insights for product teams.
- Provide training and guidance on material strategies and best practices.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in materials development, manufacturing, or engineering.
- Expertise in various materials (e.g., fibers, yarn, textiles, leather).
- Proficient in MS Office and material management systems.
About BrickRed Systems:
BrickRed Systems is a global leader in next-generation technology, consulting, and business process service companies. We enable clients to navigate their digital transformation. BrickRed Systems delivers a range of consulting services to our clients across multiple industries around the world. Our practices employ highly skilled and experienced individuals with a client-centric passion for innovation and delivery excellence.
With ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification and over a decade of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we harness the power of cognitive computing hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics, and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
