Engineer, Commercialization, Equipment & Packs

🕒 March 31

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VF Corporation

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1899

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

Fashion • Retail • eCommerce

VF Corporation is a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories, with a diverse portfolio of iconic brands including The North Face, Vans, and Timberland. The company is committed to sustainability and innovation in its operations and products, aiming to enhance the performance and style of its offerings.

📋 Description

• Responsible for bringing VF owned brand equipment and packs designs to life by engineering products for efficient manufacturability • Serve as a critical liaison between the sourcing development and sourcing operation teams • Ensure product intent is maintained while meeting commercial and operational requirements • Work hands-on with factory and sourcing development teams to capture commercialization best practice feedback early within the Product development cycle • Create in partnership with the vendor to ensure product readiness to hand-off to VF production teams • Ensure VF’s high standards of quality, functionality and durability are maintained • Represent commercialization in all early PD cycle product review meetings • Ensure viability of development samples to commercialization requirements • Partner with brand and vendor development, engineering, and production teams to ensure accuracy in pattern, fit, materials and assembly technics • Lead / track extreme fit trial schedules conducted by brand approved fit and wear test teams and report each stage to the cross functional stakeholders • Partner with VF’s nominated GMS mold tooling team to ensure timelines for extreme and full size tooling aligns with planning guidance for BR and production time-frames • Partner with VF’s costing team to validate sample and production patterns against yield utilization

🎯 Requirements

• 3-5 years relevant experience in manufacturing or technical or production environments • Degree holder in Textiles, Eq./Apparel/ Footwear related fields • Subject Expert In: Equipment and accessories, LEAN manufacturing, Automation, patterns, laboratory standards and testing / materials • Ability to breakdown complex engineering situations and information into easily communicatable mails in a verbal or written format • Knowledge of Equipment and Accessories with a key focus on the all technical constructions, laboratory testing, material performance, fit and wear, LEAN production, automation and speed development • Ability to operate on your own or within a cross-functional, multi cultural team • Ability to communicate technical feedback in an impactful and easy to understand format • Strong understanding of paper patterns creation and an understanding of digital product creation will be a strong advantage • Excellent English • Mandarin is a plus local regional language

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical and financial wellbeing for all VF associates • well-being policies • workplace flexibility