Materials Manager

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⛰️ Colorado, Utah, +1 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote 🦬 Wyoming – Remote

💵 $80k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔗 Supply Chain

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Stio

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2011

👥 B2C

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

B2C • Fashion • Retail

Stio is a brand that designs and sells high-performance outdoor apparel for men, women, and kids. Founded by Stephen Sullivan, the company offers a wide range of clothing, footwear, and accessories suitable for various outdoor activities such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, running, biking, fishing, and paddling. Based in the mountains, their collections focus on both functionality and style, catering to lifestyle needs and challenging outdoor environments. Stio also engages in collaborative projects with other brands and prioritizes environmental stewardship and the renewal of used apparel through its Stio Second Turn initiative.

📋 Description

• Curate and maintain a library of high-quality, functional performance materials and trims aligned with brand positioning and product point of differentiation • Source seasonal and carry-over fabrics and trims that meet design intent, technical requirements, and cost targets; manage print development including greige commit, strike-off management, and lab dip approval • Partner with mills and suppliers to develop new materials, construction innovations, and sampling that create differentiated product; maintain and advance key supplier relationships including forecasting, costing, and timelines • Own the seasonal materials timeline end-to-end: fabric selection through production readiness, including BOM integrity, proto yardage coordination, and VCM updates to PDD • Maintain Centric PLM material records with complete and accurate field data to support PIM, wholesale workbooks, and DTC channel; conduct seasonal audits for field accuracy and blank cell remediation • Manage material costing and staging; compile mill liabilities; coordinate sample yardage shipments to development factories • Validate material test reports; collect and maintain Transaction Certificates; support preferred material certification audits (RDS, RWS, GRS, GOTS) in coordination with the sustainability program lead • Support wholesale workbook accuracy review for woven materials and technical information each season • Participate in POD team process: BOM scrubs, label decisions, and production readiness milestones • Educate cross-functional teams on material features, benefits, and seasonal story during key milestone meetings • Support auxiliary product ranges as needed; maintain active connection to full seasonal offering • Adhere to annual Product Development budget with contribution to topline revenue, margin, and EBITDA goals

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or progress toward a degree in a relevant field (Textile Science, Apparel Design, Product Development, or similar) • 3+ years of materials development and testing experience in apparel or an adjacent industry • Demonstrated technical command of fabric performance characteristics across wovens, knits, down, and synthetic insulations • Proven track record of successful material commercialization with on-time delivery • Experience with PLM systems (Centric preferred) and data integrity best practices • Effective multi-level communication skills and established cross-functional partnerships in a product creation environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans • Company Paid Long Term Disability • Employee Assistance Programs • 401k with Match • Generous paid time off policies • Gear test, perks and more