Lead - Footwear Development
Core
Lead footwear development from concept to production, managing cross-functional teams across Zurich, Asia, and factories to ensure manufacturability, cost, quality, and on-time delivery.
Role type
Senior IC footwear development lead
Builds
Seasonal footwear products for On
Domain
Sportswear / Footwear manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Footwear development lifecycle management, cross-functional team leadership, construction and costing optimization, manufacturing process knowledge, CAD/CAM tooling expertise, pattern engineering, mold making, risk management, capacity planning, trend analysis, best practice standardization
Preferred skills
Adobe Illustrator proficiency, Chinese or Vietnamese language skills
Technologies
2D/3D CAD, CAM, Adobe Illustrator
Responsibilities
Lead seasonal footwear projects from concept to production, guide teams on construction/costing/process solutions for technical blueprints, facilitate communication between Zurich, Asia, and factory teams, manage factory development capacity and bottlenecks, coach team members on research and experimentation, standardize development processes across teams and factories, monitor Key Performance Matrix with sourcing partners
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management