
Care & Repair Technical Innovation Specialist
- North Vancouver, BC
- 70.000-97.000 $ par an
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Supporting in the management and forecasting of our structured and categorized standardized raw material inventory across our global repair network
- Acting as the SME in executing our raw material strategic roadmap to enable global scale and iteration.
- Identifying and devise raw materials and repair innovation in collaboration with our cross-functional partners in design, development, advanced concepts and the ARC'One manufacturing facility.
- Effectively utilizing and interpreting product returns and raw material consumption data to identify and inform innovation and product improvement initiatives internally and within the broader organization.
- Developing, project managing and executing core initiatives from briefing through to final delivery for implementation at all global ReBird service and repair expressions.
- Partnering with the Care & Repair and Retail Operations teams in our continual drive to increase our repairability range and reduce repair times throughout our repair network.
- Reverse engineering all product model categories to assess and improve repairability outcomes
- Conducting trialing and testing of new innovative repair solutions and establish quality parameters and update our guest care advice.
- Partnering with cross-functional SMEs in identifying and recording of repair standards and procedure manuals as per Care & Repair's repairability roadmap.
- Partnering with key stakeholders to ensure that outcomes of Arc'teryx's circularity program are effectively implemented within Care & Repair's global release program.
- Overseeing the release and successful implementation of new repair standards and raw materials to ReBird repair partners.
- Developing resources and SOPs to ensure all identified workflows within the business unit are optimized for global iteration.
- Fulfilling the mandate of ensuring continual alignment and companywide visibility on our long-term strategic objectives within the raw material and repair innovation space.
- Taking ownership of facilitating repair center and Alpha store repair check-ins ensuring that all required data and discussion points are clearly communicated, and tasks actioned.
- Partnering with key internal stakeholders in the development of resources to expand the general knowledge base of repair and raw materials.
- Leading and supporting initiating hard goods repairs within our global service network.
- Continuously providing feedback to cross-functional partners upstream on post-consumer product performance and insights
- Initiating the discovery and project planning requirements in collaboration with our footwear team in developing the strategy around footwear repairability.
- Partnering in ideating and develop bespoke raw material offerings as we expand and evolve our repair offerings
- Integrating current repair and raw materials innovation into circular product qualification programs within the creative product space.
- Becoming a champion in bringing Arc'teryx Care & Repair innovation to the forefront of the global circularity narrative.
- You have 2+ years' direct experience in innovating in the raw material and repair environments.
- You have 3+ years in technical product knowledge, design, manufacturing, or quality assurance related roles
- You have a bachelor's degree or post-secondary education with a focus on design, pattern making, supply planning, product development or related work experience.
- You have proficiency in using project management tools like Jira and Asana
- You have strong proficiency in Word, Power Point, Outlook and Teams with an advanced ability in Excel.
- You have in depth knowledge of raw materials, including identification, sourcing, digital management, procurement, shipping and storage solutions
- You have experience working cross-functionally with stakeholders at all levels
- You have experience managing part-time staff members performing simple manual tasks.
- You are dynamic and organized, and a master of clear delegation
- You demonstrate a strong attention to detail along with the ability to adapt your communication style according to your audience's needs
- You have experience working in roles where you need to translate information between technical and non-technical players
- You have excellent communication skills and are confident at distilling complex information in an easily understood, actionable way
- You have experience multitasking various projects at once, with a diverse range of responsibilities, and are effectively able to adapt to changing priorities
- You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and recommending solutions
- You are skilled at facilitating meetings and workshops
- You have demonstrated ability to balance a wide array of responsibilities, and are effectively able to adapt and re-prioritize as required
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
- You have a record of curiosity and collaboration
- You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it