Senior Manager, Material Development

Global Sports Jobs Limited; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited is seeking a seasoned Materials & Palette Manager to drive excellence across material development, sourcing, and manufacturing partnerships.

You will lead a team, shape seasonal palettes, and collaborate with product creation and factories to ensure cost, delivery, and sustainability goals are met.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Material Science or Product Development.
• 5 years of experience in a product-related occupation.
• Material Development and Manufacturing process.
• Supplier Relationship Management and data analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive materials and product excellence with vendors and factories.
• Develop the seasonal roadmap for material developments and retirements.
• Expand palettes to new and existing material suppliers.
• Serve as expert on materials usage for finished goods and train others.
• Collaborate with product creation, sourcing, costing, and manufacturing teams for upstream/downstream synergy.
• Lead a team to ensure palette health and alignment with design communities.

Skills

Leadership

Data analytics

Tableau

Smartsheet

Product development

Project management

Supplier relationship management

Talent development

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Chemical Engineering

Master's degree in Material Science

Master's degree in Product development

Tools

Tableau

Smartsheet

Data analytics tools

Job description

About the Role

This role drives materials and product excellence in partnership with material vendors, internal stakeholders, and finished goods factories. It develops the seasonal roadmap of new material developments, mappings, and retirements, and manages the expansion of palettes to new and existing material suppliers. The role leads a team focused on palette health and collaborates closely with product creation, sourcing, costing, and manufacturing teams to ensure upstream and downstream synergy. It also develops strategy for palette materials to deliver performance in manufacturing quality, delivery, costing, and sustainability priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive materials and product excellence in partnership with material vendors, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and finished goods factories.
• Develop the seasonal roadmap of new material developments, mappings, and retirements using data and analytics.
• Manage the expansion of palettes to both new and existing material suppliers.
• Serve as an expert on materials and their usage on finished goods, anticipating potential issues, problem solving challenges, and teaching and training others.
• Collaborate closely with product creation, sourcing, costing, and manufacturing teams to ensure upstream and downstream synergy, including multi-sourcing strategies and volume allocations.
• Develop strategy for the development and implementation of palette materials to deliver strong performance in manufacturing quality, delivery, costing, and sustainability priorities, ensuring impacts are mitigated and issues are resolved.
• Lead a team that ensures palette health and resonates with the product development and design communities.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Material Science or Product development.
• 5 years of experience in the job offered or a product-related occupation.
• Material Development and Manufacturing process.
• FW Product Development and Manufacturing process.
• Material Testing.
• Footwear product testing.
• Supplier Relationship Management.
• Tableau.
• Smartsheet.
• Data analytics.
• Talent Development.
• Project Management.

Workplace

• Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S., except from AK, AL, AR, DE, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, RI, SD, VT, WV, and WY.

The Application Process

Accommodations are available to complete the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. Candidates who need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability during the application process can complete a Candidate Accommodation Request Form.