Senior Footwear Materials Developer, Asia

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First
  • We act in the best interest of the runner
• Word is Bond
  • We do what we say we’ll do
• Champion Heart
  • We give our all in everything we do
• There is no “I” in Run
  • We stay generous with our humanity
• Keep Moving
  • We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

As our Senior Footwear Materials Developer, Asia, you will play a key role in our material process from concept to commercialization. You will work cross-functionally with the global product creation team, suppliers, and Asia factories to drive our material development process, timelines, and standards. You will partner on projects from concept to production with your corresponding US Material Developer to bring advanced materials with high performance to our products.

You will carry out the research and development in materials which fuel and support the overall development and design efforts for the footwear team. Utilizing your strong technical skills, in-depth knowledge of footwear material properties and knowledge of sustainable materials trends, you’ll bring new materials and capabilities to the team and work closely with vendors to ensure that Brooks’ footwear product goals are achieved.

As a key member of the materials team, you’ll explore, research, and develop various materials including knits, woven, non‑woven, synthetics and all other materials used in footwear.

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

• Lead in the development of technical textile designs, material toolbox creation through all physical testing, creation, and commercialization.
• Manage designated projects focused on core product projects across multiple timelines including validating materials both on and off products.
• Work across the supply chain to create materials, validate them, and ensure that products can be made and commercialized with all footwear materials.
• Evaluate the risk factors associated with all material developments and communicate them to the product teams.
• Submit, manage, and provide feedback on color lab dip Identify options to address risks and lead the execution of solutions.
• Evaluate the risk factors associated with all material developments and communicate them to the product teams. Identify options to address risks and lead the execution of solutions.
• Organize processes and measures that result in timely delivery of quality materials while also providing an action plan to incorporate into a seasonal calendar for the assigned projects.
• Contribute to advanced materials R&D projects, as necessary.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION

• Collaborate with Development, Design, and Product Management to develop materials specifications for product functionality, durability, and aesthetics, including identifying needs and researching solutions with good understanding about the material creation process and a certain level knowledge of the textile/yarn/machinery and knitting methods.
• Partner with Corporate Sustainability to manage the footwear initiatives pertinent to global laws, business requirements, and consumer expectations. Evaluate new product /materials applications to improve cost, reduce environmental impact or improve quality of Brooks’ products.
• Coordinate and review with Asia materials testing team, to ensure that materials pass Brooks commercialization process by the specified dates on the seasonal calendar.
• Review testing with development team to ensure product quality. Recommend adjustments as needed to hit testing requirements.

MATERIALS DATA & LIBRARY MANAGEMENT

• Ensure that Brooks has accurate complete specification sheets…