Manager, Commercialization

Arc'teryx Equipment; North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading outdoor apparel company in North Vancouver is looking for a Manager, Commercialization. This role involves leading a team in product development, ensuring quality and efficiency while managing vendor relationships. Candidates should have substantial experience in merchandising and strong skills in problem solving and communication. The position offers a full-time commitment and emphasizes sustainable practices in product development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in sourcing, design, development, production, or merchandising.
• Strong knowledge of apparel construction and material properties.
• Proven performance history with domestic and offshore vendors.

Responsibilities

• Building and leading a team of Technical Commercialization Specialists.
• Managing the product specification process from fit approval to bulk production.
• Reporting on key performance metrics to drive improvements.

Skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Prioritization skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Apparel or Textile Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office

Job description

Be among the first 25 applicants. This range is provided by Arc'teryx Equipment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$106,000.00/yr - CA$133,000.00/yr

Department: Product Creation Development

Reports to: Senior Director, Product Creation Development

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As the Manager, Commercialization, you are the commercialization expert in your designated product category. You understand the unique needs of your category to lead, support and guide a team of specialists in their efforts to develop and deliver the technical specifications and factory competencies to be buy ready and production ready, while meeting product cost strategies, quality and manufacturing standards and efficiency. You provide insight and recommend sustainable strategies for your product category to continuously improve speed, optimize total product cost, support margin, and best utilize supply chain capability and efficiencies to achieve the product intent, function, and performance with integrity.

Core activities

• Building, leading, coaching, and guiding a high performing team of Technical Commercialization Specialists who manage the buy ready and production ready process at our factories
• Managing workload between team members and calendar requirements to ensure timelines are met throughout the commercialization process
• Leading, training, and guiding a team of commercialization specialists to improve scalability, efficiency, and quality in our manufacturing base
• Managing the new model product specification process from fit approval to bulk production enabling the accurate planning of raw materials to meet our quality and delivery expectations
• Ensuring the seasonal carryover and transition process supports Supply Chain team needs and seasonal updates are met
• Managing processes and planning workload to ensure timelines are met to support delivery expectations
• Reporting and driving improvement on key performance metrics that deliver speed, quality, cost, and efficiency
• Reporting team performance metrics regularly to management team (e.g., product category execution against the corporate calendar, workflow, team capacity vs seasonal requirements)
• Managing the standard documentation process to provide sufficient detail to accurately produce finish goods, maintain an accurate database of BOM (Bill of Materials) information, aid raw material commitments and support Quality processes
• Supporting with the building of direct development to extend our development capacity and ensure Arc’teryx continues to achieve state of the art opportunities for product innovation
• Proposing sourcing strategies for your product category to optimize total product cost, support margin, and best utilize supply chain capabilities and efficiencies
• Partnering with Sourcing and their strategy to provide recommendation for the seasonal model allocation for your product category.
• Supporting Sourcing partners on the assessment of new factories needed to support growth, category expansion and flexibility in our supply chain
• Supporting the product development creation process
• Partnering with Design, Product Creation Development, Supply Chain, and our external vendors to provide continuous improvements in speed, scalability, efficiency, and consistency in our development to manufacturing process
• Providing the seasonal timeline targets and delivery plan for your product and/or factory portfolio
• Working with the Product Integrity team to ensure our vendor base understands, utilizes and supports the evolution of construction standards
• Supporting the Compliance team in ensuring all testing requirements are consistently met
• Building strong partnerships with our vendor base ensuring our expectations of our Product Creation and Commercialization process are clear and deliverables achievable in the expected time
• Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain
• Working closely with the Amer Sports Global Sourcing Vendor Sustainability team on quarterly business reviews and training/capacity building
• Adhering to negotiated lead times and balanced annual capacities to expedite responsible purchasing practices as outlined in the Responsible Sourcing Policy

Future work

• Part of building SOPs between Product Creation Development and Commercialisation
• Building and hiring a team of technical specialists for the appropriate product categories.
• Training on our development and quality standards/processes and planning training for future hires
• Collaborating on cross‑functional projects

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Apparel or Textile Design, Technology, Merchandising, or Engineering
• 8+ years’ experience in sourcing, design, development, production, or merchandising, ideally including 3+ years’ experience in people leadership
• Strong knowledge of apparel construction, material construction and properties, pattern making, costing, bill of materials, embroidery, and surface applications
• Proven skills in problem solving, interpreting design intent and product innovation
• Proven performance history with domestic and offshore vendors and manufacturers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Extreme attention to detail
• Able to travel globally, as needed, to support the business expectations
• Strong prioritization skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong computer skills in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office
• Set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
• Proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• Balance of autonomy and collaboration
• Inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• Seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
• Passion for the work and a love for the outdoors

Equal Opportunity

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Product Management and Marketing

Industries: Apparel & Fashion