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Specialist - Footwear Materials(m/w/x)

Zürich
Full-timeOn-siteExperienced

Developing performance and lifestyle footwear materials, executing global material strategy. 3+ years textile material development experience required. Collaboration with Design, Development, Product Marketing, and Sustainability teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering or Technology, or related field
  • 3+ years textile material development/industry experience
  • High attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
  • Collaborative mindset with diverse stakeholders
  • Mid-level autonomy in managing day-to-day work
  • Seeking guidance on new assignments/strategic direction
  • Deep curiosity and growth mindset
  • Motivated to problem-solve unexpected challenges

Tasks

  • Support creation and development of performance materials
  • Execute material creation and development for lifestyle footwear
  • Contribute to global material strategy execution
  • Collaborate with Design, Development, Product Marketing, and Sustainability teams
  • Ensure material integrity and industrialization
  • Transform material concepts into scalable, high-performance solutions
  • Develop technical specifications and quality standards
  • Ensure materials meet performance and sustainability benchmarks
  • Act as technical link between T2 suppliers and T1 product factories
  • Support seamless integration from development to mass production
  • Source technical, high-performance materials according to design briefs
  • Evaluate and aim for material-specific sustainability targets
  • Identify opportunities for material performance and efficiency gains
  • Test, approve, and continuously improve materials
  • Maintain material library and tools for product creation teams
  • Foster relationships with T2 suppliers and T1 factory teams
  • Support material development, quality, and process improvements
  • Collaborate with internal teams for material initiative alignment
  • Execute material selection tasks
  • Integrate high-performance materials across footwear products

Work Experience

  • 3 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent
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