Description de l'entreprise

Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainable Program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Description du poste

Are you recognized as an expert in the development of textile materials with 5 years of experience in a similar role?

Have you completed a specialized Master's degree in textile engineering?

Are you passionate about outdoor sports?

Do you enjoy contributing to the development of technical sportswear and/or sportstyle clothing?

You are the perfect candidate for our position of Textile Materials Developer W/M/O !

As a member of our Apparel team, your main goal will be to initiate the anticipation and development processes through to the material production stage."

Directly reporting to the Global Material Manager, our future Material developer W/M/O will have from the garment design and targets to initiate the anticipation and development processes until the stage of production of the materials

Your mail missions :

Development :

• Contribute to the creation of the product offer and to the satisfaction of the end customer by developing innovative, efficient and reliable materials while remaining at the forefront of technology
• Define the solutions, the technical choices by controlling the innovation / risk-taking adequacy
• Manage the selection of materials taking into account their performance, production locations and the price target while optimizing the number of materials
• Ensure material booking for prototypes in collaboration with the purchasing team and Material soucing plateform (material selection file)
• From the Design files and within defined timelines, check material conformity in regards of quality standards and design expectations.
• Check the reliability and availability of technical files and required data for production
• Be in phase with the brand's values, CSR approach and sustainability target in the development of materials
• Lead meetings around fabric selection process and secure follow up with key stakeholders
• Order fabric yardages for internal prototyping

Anticipation :

• Collaborate in the development of university partnerships
• Follow up on technical textile innovation in the industry
• Contribute to the development of the material library (library of textile materials)
• Lead some specific anticipation project (advanced material development project)

Qualifications

• Required experiences : Minimum 5 years experience on a similar position
• Education : Master in Textile engineering
• Languages : English; fluent
• Specific skills : Material technical knowledge, Material production and industrialization knowledge, Garment construction and production knowledge,
• IT skills : MS Office
• Transversal skills : ability to plan and organize, ability to animate, autonomy, ability to work at an international level

Informations supplémentaires

Permanent Contract, Full Time

Job based in Annecy (74), FRANCE

Ability to travel