Materials Manager

The Role:
We’re looking a seasoned footwear materials expert based in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. You’ll be able to manage the Materials Team, as well as multiple team’s expectations, collecting design and merchandising requirements to develop and deliver materials that meet quality, function, cost and service requirements set by the brand.
You’ll work closely with Development, Costing and Operations Teams creating beneficial supplier relationships managing processes that track and report SLA’s (Standard Level Agreements), KPI’s, innovation projects, cost saving initiatives and benchmark prices identifying opportunities to improve speed to market, product execution and efficiencies.
You’ll already have experience in a similar role with a fashion, sports or lifestyle footwear brand and you’ll have a great network of leather and non-leather suppliers. You’ll have a strong knowledge of leather prices and cost structures and have a commercial understanding of how these then drive price change. You’ll be an expert on the shoe-making process and you’ll be a brilliant communicator with strong language skills.

The Responsibilities:
• Estalish material processes from sampling through production to achieve brand/design/commercial objectives
• Understand brand needs to support creative progress and innovation
• Establish strategic supply partnerships aligning to anesthetic, quality, price and service expectations
• Drive selection of materials into a smaller number of trusted suppliers optimizing price, profitability and supply
• Ensure adherence to the seasonal calendar delivering product range in relation to leadther/materials
• Assist setting development standards, anesthetics and physical properties for all selected materials
• Create, track, and report on FitFlop/Supplier agreed KPI’s
• Maintains the FitFlop Materials Test Manuals
• Present to the product team suitable options that meet price point and design requirements as well as meet the needs of operations/production schedules and quality
• Effective management of prodution issues where required
• Tannery relationships are optimized in all areas pff price, development, supply and service
• All suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet our seasonal production requirement
• Assure product teams are in agreement to commercial risks involved when specifying certain material types
• Create guidelines to manage the AVL ( Approved Vendor List )
• Coordinate across regions to maintain library of development & bulk color standards tied to the AVL
• Materials suppliers are compliant and reviewed against KPI’s regularly
• Expert technical leather knowledge to support product requirements

• Solid experience dedicated to managing leather resources focused on casual fashion
• Knowledge of existing and potential leather & non-leather suppliers
• Extensive knowledge of leather prices and cost structures, that drive price change
• Strong understanding of leather manufacturing and planning process including lead time requirements for leather supply into factories and geographic variations that exist
• Knowledge of source countries for leather & raw materials and their advantages and disadvantages
• Experience setting leather quality standards
• Continuation of knowledge regarding new material technologies based on sustainability and recycling
• Understanding of the shoe-making process, shoe constructions & fit for purpose
• Experience with physical and restricted substance testing
• Basic knowledge of textile and synthetic footwear materials
• English and Mandarin communication skills (Vietnamese is a bonus)
• Able to use MS Office suite of software
• Based in Vietnam and able to travel locally and internationally as needed


** The Benefits:
We’re all about giving our people the tools to be the best they can be. Because when we’re at our best (happy and healthy) together we have the power to do something amazing and really deliver. Our benefits include medical and social insurances, pension contribution, holiday, free pairs & product discounts, FitFlop Feel-Good programme (including everything from mindfulness to financial wellbeing) and a blended learning and development calendar.

- Bonus
- Medical and social insurances
- Holiday, free pairs & product discounts

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