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Posted 2 days ago2233 - Senior Specialist - Footwear Material
at Ooon
Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamOn-site
Requirements
- ● Ensure all materials are rigorously tested and approved by QA, leveraging your deep understanding of yarns, material structures, and polymers to troubleshoot issues and advise
- ● You have a degree in Footwear Textile Sciences, Textile Engineering/Technology, but you're not ready to stop learning just yet.
Benefits
- As a Footwear Material Specialist based in our Ho Chi Minh City office, you will push performance materials to the next level of innovation, aligning directly with On’s sustainability and materiality vision.
Additional details
- Focusing on material development, technical execution, and production capabilities, you will bridge short-term execution with our long-term material strategy.
- Reporting to the Footwear Materials Lead, Vietnam, and collaborating closely with local development teams, you will act as a vital link for the Zurich HQ team—ensuring the seamless execution of footwear materials from early development through to final production. Your Mission
- ● End-to-End Sourcing Execution: Manage end-to-end material sourcing in alignment with On’s global strategy.
- ● Identify, onboard, and manage high-performing material suppliers, analysing lead times and production processes (including sourcing policies, quality standards, and target pricing).
- ● Sustainability & Performance Optimisation: Evaluate and drive material-specific targets in line with On’s sustainability roadmap.
- ● Proactively identify opportunities to elevate material performance, advance circularity, and optimise production efficiencies.
- ● Toolbox & System Management: Support core and seasonal Material Toolbox initiatives, ensuring the PLM system is accurately updated.
- ● Manage and maintain the physical and digital material libraries across On’s Vietnam locations.
- ● Quality Assurance & Technical Problem Solving: Partner with the lab team on physical testing criteria and standards.
- on material enhancementsSupplier Relationship Management: Build and foster transparent, highly communicative relationships with strategic material suppliers and chemical vendors.