Materials Developer ll, Kids Footwear

Who You’ll Work With

As a Materials Developer, you will collaborate with cross‑functional footwear teams, material vendors, and other key functions to establish seasonal material direction, attain on‑time delivery, and ensure product excellence for athletes & consumers. You’ll serve as the primary contact for material vendors regarding category‑specific issues (price, technical specs, performance standards, material lead time, etc.) and work with the innovation team to scale and deliver relevant ideas to market.

Who We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials, Chemistry, Product Development or Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Design or an equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• Minimum of 2 years of directly applicable work experience.
• High communication and influencing skills, including the ability to interact with leadership and cross‑functional product creation team members.
• Knowledge of footwear material types—including fibers, yarns, textiles, leathers, synthetic leathers, components or trims, manufacturing technologies and equipment, tooling, and materials—is highly preferred.
• Ability to interpret design intent and offer alternative solutions.

What You’ll Work On

• Drive functional excellence with a focus on materials creation, sourcing, costing, quality, and implementation of sustainable solutions.
• Work on complex footwear projects, converting project briefs from 2D design renderings into 3D samples that balance athlete needs and business priorities.
• Engage in all phases of the product creation process to ensure projects meet critical dates, design intent, quality & performance standards, margin targets, and sustainability goals.
• Ensure projects are ready for commercialization and can be scaled for manufacturing.
• Build toolkits and material palettes to help optimize material choice.

Accommodations

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single‑location in‑person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.