Technical Footwear Product Developer

Technical Footwear Product Developer

Who We Are:

Brooks is a team of passionate people united by a desire to do meaningful work, lead healthy livesand make a difference. Weshare a focused mission: to inspire everyone to run and be active. That’s it. No distractions—it’s all about the run. Through science, creativity, service, authenticity and connection, we obsess over delivering the best running gear on the planet. We do it our way, with our unique spirit, with a goalof being more relevant to runners than any other brand, day after day and mile after mile.

Weare determined to innovate, challenging ourselves to lead thought at every turn. Inside these walls and on the roads, tracks and trails, we live and breathe Run Happy, celebrating the positive impact running has on our lives and others. We inject it into all we do because it makes everything better, smarter, more fun andmore memorable. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together and creates the conditions for success.

It is lived daily as a behavioral expression of our collective set of brand values:
Serve People, Lead Thought, Play As a Team, Compete Every Day, Demonstrate Integrity, Have Fun and Be Active. If you’re on our team, it means you’re part of creating something extraordinary. You’re part of Brooks.

Your Job:

Utilizing advanced, technical product and process knowledge you will work with a cross-functional product creation team from the collection of insights through commercialization to deliver technical running footwear that exceed consumer expectations. Hands-on experience and knowledge of the total footwear construction process including; outsole/midsole drawing, pattern engineering, material construction and properties, and costing is required for your success in this role.

Other critical responsibilities include understanding manufacturing capabilities, anticipating issues, problem solving, and timely resolution. Your ideas around engineering principles that enhance product performance, product value, and your ability to communicate them across the product teams is a must for this role. .

Your Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage multiple projects from Insights gathering to Brief Stage, through Design, Development, Costing, and into Commercialization
• Plan and execute project development according to the seasonal critical dates that lead to on–time delivery of sales samples and production confirmation
• Partner with and influence vendors and factories in the manufacturing process with the ability to manipulate the process in order to advance and achieve new manufacturing techniques which enhance the overall performance of product
• Partner with and guide design and development personnel to ensure that designs are manufacturable and meet cost and quality objectives of the organization
• Critique, adjust and evaluate technical blueprints (outsole/ midsole/ upper), upper patterns and materials from a performance, manufacturing, and functional perspective
• Participate in Asia development trips, 3-4 per year, to work with manufacturers and suppliers on existing and current development projects
• Recommend and specify to product team the material, component and construction options to meet pricing targets and product’s functional goals, as well as assure product performance integrity through product testing (physical and field testing
• Initiate and lead meetings with product teams during various phases of development to review, evaluate, update and ultimately drive the decision making process that leads to on–time production confirmation and margin goals
• Collaborate with our Research, Design and Development, Marketing and Costing teams and Color Designers in order to show sample materials that meet the criteria for the category based on…