Columbia Sportswear, Inc.:
Textile Materials Technician Job in Burlington, VT

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia, were as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, were proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

CSC ZH LO material team is responsible for planning/monitoring footwear materials needed to support the sample and production cycles. Meanwhile manage FGT and RMV compliance with CSC standard to ensure the product safety.

This position is report to material manager. Be responsible for researching and developing textile, coordinate & communicate with FGVs, RMVs, cross functional team on textile materials planning & OTP related issues, evaluating RMV materials delivery performance.

This position will be located in Zhuhai, China.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Leading textile material development and analysis activities related to all projects across whole product cycle from innovation to production. Leading and supporting to audit test standard of textile base on different composite/process materials.
Working with related functional team to analysis and solve textile failure across the product cycle. Work closely with HQ team to implement textile sourcing /developing strategy; Scouting of new textile materials, mostly sustainable alternatives; Application to packaging projects and trial coordination with projects teams.
Textile source base optimization, sample/production delivery tracking, textile RMVs performance evaluation, product Safety/Compliance involvement. Maintain a timely, accurate, stable flow of materials related data to respective internal and external counterparts, which including PDM RM data such as RMSF, lead time, MOQ etc, also including RM tracking report, OTP report, rolling prebuild, excess materials report, and RM D/N coordination. etc. Coordinate with PDX to check and ensure raw material forecast system is running smoothly and issue forecast to raw material vendors monthly.
Coordinate regular meetings with the FGVs material team and RMVs to strengthen the business relationship. Other task / project if needs

YOU ARE
Good English skill, both written and oral.
Good time management and project management skill to organize and plan effectively in material processes.
Familiar with performance and structural characterization of various textile basic materials.

YOU HAVE
University degree in textile materials.
3+ years of related experience in footwear manufacturing industry.
PC software, i.e., SAP, Power-BI, spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing.







Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.


This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.