Technical Manager Footwear - Pattern - Product Operations Originals Core (m/f)

Job description

Country: Germany
Job Function: Product Development

State / Province: Germany
Position Type: Full time

City / Location: Herzogenaurach
Brand: adidas Group

Relocation: No Selection

At adidas Group, our love of sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a shoe more than padding and rubber, we are bigger than our products. We don’t just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics: We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it’s hard work inventing the future of sport, and that’s why we love it; that when you push your limits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.

At adidas Group, this drive it what connects us, whether we’re working for TaylorMade, adidas or Reebok. We’re all working toward a future motivated by passion, original thinking, and the desire to build upon a proud legacy.

Purpose

Responsible for the management of the Technical information for the Footwear Development process. Responsible to create and collaborate technical information with Design, Marketing, FW Development and Sourcing teams in order to provide effective transition of footwear designs into prototypes all the way through Commercialization.

Key Accountabilities

· Analyze, Create and/or organize the constructions of 2D/3D models and patterns to be used for the technical product description.
· Support the Product Team by analyzing designs for manufacturability, production and material properties, offering economic and efficient solutions to achieve cost targets.
· Actively participate in cross-training for CAD and Pattern engineering with the goal to provide customers in Design and Development with the complete range of technical product data (Uppers and Bottoms).
· Collaborate with Sourcing to enable them to execute product demands.
· Conduct tear down meetings (i.e. with Product testing, Development) to ensure that each shoe is engineered and constructed to meet adidas quality standards.
· Mentor new employees in technical product development by teaching them about adidas specific technical standards, processes and systems related to the Tech Package creation
· Able to evaluate work processes for future improvements in close communication with the Sourcing team in Asia.
· Offer technical solutions to the team taking into consideration cost and manufacturing constraints.
· Increase the speed and efficiency of processes by eliminating non value adding steps and try to execute “Right the First Time”
· Use the internal Database to keep track of the constructions during the development process
· Support and guide Technician Footwear in the team in all aspects of Technical Management.

Knowledge, Capabilities and Exoerience

· Extensive CAD work experience. Rhino preferred, other 2D-3D CAD applications, Crispin for Pattern engineering.
· Computer literacy (MS Office)
· Fluent in English; German an advantage

Qualifications

· University degree or comparable education as a technical drafter, mould maker, model maker or Pattern engineer
· Minimum of 3 years related work experience preferred
· Knowledge about mold making and shoe making process preferred