SENIOR TECHNICAL DEVELOPER

North Vietnam

ABOUT CONVERSE 

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it is about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth. 

ABOUT OUR TEAM 

The goals of the Converse Global Sourcing & Manufacturing team are to deliver Product Excellence, bringing to life and to market products that blow away consumer expectations and create the Manufacturing Network of the Future with capabilities to support our business. We believe this is possible by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers and investing in the right talent to: 

• Build capabilities to create innovative products that push the boundaries of our brand.

• Deploy responsive supply chain solutions that improve speed and deliver meaningful commercial impact.  

• Advance the resilience and sustainability of our supply chain through partner, performance, and risk management approaches. 

• Constantly improve our operational model to improve service, efficiency, cost, and quality.

• Live our values and put people first to drive organizational effectiveness. 

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As a Senior Technical Developer, this role drives Converse innovate Product Creation, boasting a culture of creativity from concept to commercialization. This role based in North Vietnam, Adora (ADO) factory and Report to Senior Manager, Product Creation & Engineering and collaborating with Converse Footwear Technical Service (CTS), Boston Headquarters (HQ) and T1 factory partner to meet product key deliverables.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a candidate who is highly adaptable and result oriented. This individual should possess exceptional problem-solving skill and be able to work collaboratively within stakeholders to deliver product excellence through brand-right product execution, competitive product pricing, desired product quality with on-time delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.

• Minimum 8 years of Footwear industry relevant experience which includes the footwear development process from inception through production including pattern making, grading, construction, materials, costing, manufacturing, and quality.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to clearly articulate goals and objectives.

• Creative problem-solving skill from concept to application.

• Excellent organization skill with strong sense of urgency, attention to details.

• Strong Project management Skill and able to prioritize multiple work stream to delivery on tight timeline.

• Proficiency with soft skill included PowerPoint, Word, Excel.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In this role, you will lead cross-functional collaboration to drive timely product creation and sample delivery, applying footwear expertise to ensure manufacturability, performance, and profitability of concepts through decisive execution and creative problem-solving.

• You will lead cross functional collaboration to execute product creation process according to acritical dates and gates to achieve product performance and profitability goals and ensure manufacturability of product concepts.

• You will develop and utilize footwear knowledge to bring creative solution and ensure the finished product meets or exceeds the requires. 

• You will lead, guide and follow through on making decisions that will lead to timely product confirmation and sample delivery.