Senior Footwear Sourcing Development Engineer

VF Corporation; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 5,625,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

VF Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineer, Sourcing Development for Footwear to ensure development sample quality and milestones align with calendar timelines. The role coordinates Tier 2 factory activities and guides engineering for productivity, product quality, integrity, and performance per VF standards.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support strategic product initiatives, ensuring on-time production, quality, and VF policy compliance across regions and vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development, commercialization, pre-production, and production in footwear or related fields within a multinational company.
• Good command of English and strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Manage development processes with Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors across all sample stages.
• Inspect development samples, including sales samples across countries of origin.
• Conduct activities related to new bottoms, uppers, color-ups, fit approval, material testing, wear testing, swatch sign-off, and cost approval.
• Plan Buy Ready process by SKU.
• Communicate product and performance requirements to vendors.
• Solve issues related to construction, performance, costing, and process.
• Coordinate factory capacity and material purchasing aligned with production calendar.
• Review tech package information and confirm pattern grading and tooling readiness.
• Confirm sample size patterns and molds for salesman samples.
• Assist in building production specifications.
• Propose and implement cost-saving, efficiency, automation, and quality improvement ideas.
• Conduct Tech 2 trials and confirm fit and wear testing.
• Introduce new products and cascade quality risks during tear-down and NPI meetings.
• Provide support as needed during pre-production and production phases.

Skills

Footwear development

English communication

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

Job description

VF Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineer, Sourcing Development for Footwear to ensure development sample quality and milestones align with calendar timelines. The role coordinates Tier 2 factory activities and guides engineering for productivity, product quality, integrity, and performance per VF standards.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support strategic product initiatives, ensuring on-time production, quality, and VF policy compliance across regions and vendors.