MANAGER SAMPLEMAKER INNOVATION (M/F/D) - Herzogenaurach (DE)

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JOB TITLE: Manager Samplemaker Innovation(m/f/d)
BRAND: adidas
LOCATION: Herzogenaurach
TEAM: Research & Development
STATE: BY
COUNTRY/REGION: DE
CONTRACT TYPE: Full time
NUMBER: 376328

Adidas Innovation Team

Do you have the ambition to go "all in" and apply your skills to innovate high performance sports products? Can you drive cross-functional projects by applying excellent organizational skills and attention to detail? Do you want to help shape the future of sports by shaping the way we make products? Are you interested in bringing a new way for consumers of the future to experience the adidas brand through your technical expertise? Have you always dreamed of using your potential to develop sports products at the highest level for yourself, your friends or the best athletes in the world?

The didas Innovation Team is currently looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join us as we revolutionize the industry. As part of an exciting new brand initiative, we are looking to hire the best talent to join our high-performing team in our quest to transform the way we make, develop and communicate our products. The adidas Innovation Team is a collaborative group of dedicated teams focused on footwear, apparel, hardware and manufacturing projects with the goal of creating the best for the athlete. As a member of the adidas Innovation Team, you will become an active player in the adidas brand and get the unique opportunity to contribute your expertise to progressive company projects.

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

Support Innovation design, development and project management apparel with creation of garments on highest quality level for handover to all BU ́s, which could be concept garments, prototypes and production pieces for key athletes and consumers. Proactively identify and solve problems which could occur in process of product creation and/or could lead to quality issue in production.

Deliver proposals for solving those issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently create garment prototypes, testing garments/equipment for research, mock-ups, samples in general and MTM products for Innovation design, Future research and project development.
• Be the capable contact person for product development, design and x-functional teams in terms of material based quality assurance and material analysis to optimize construction.
• Support and consult project managers and developers apparel adidas Innovation on topics like quality standards and workmanship solutions.
• Understanding of requirements for manufacturing processes in regards to physical material properties (especially in the area of bonding technology) and ability to differentiate between material types and quality.
• Identify and communicate and solve technical issues in regards to product/prototype creation (i.e. in regards to pattern, problems depending on material choice...) and work proactively towards solving those issues with a hands-on mentality.
• Be able to create and adjust basic pattern physically and digitally and to create new silhouettes through the draping technique and bring them into a digital format.
• Oversee the organization of fit sessions and conduct fittings to adjust pattern.
• Ability to handle all equipment that is needed for creation of prototypes/products which is not part of a standard operation process (i.e. sublimation printing, laser cutting) and provide file formats to enable those processes.
• Be instrumental in identifying new and upcoming manufacturing processes within the prototype creation process which leads to investment in new machinery, new tools or tuning and adapting of existing equipment and tools.
• Communicate with both external and internal partners as needed (ie. Machine vendors/repair; inline apparel and footwear sample shops, fabric and trim supplier).

Key Relationships:

• Credibility Concept team and development team adidas Innovation
• Atelier team
• Research team adidas innovation
• Design team adidas Innovation
• External Apparel machinery companies, factories and supplier
• Internal sample shops

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Good IT skills (Illustrator, MS Office)
• Pattern programs (Clo3D, Gerber, Gravis)
• Travel, domestic and international, as required by business needs
• Good Communication skills
• Ability to deliver on time
• Comprehend change as positive and always strive for optimization
• Good team player
• Strong technical understanding and vocabulary
• High knowledge of patternmaking, fabrics, materials, process and assembling related to garment engineering
• Very good knowledge and use of common industrial sewing machines

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Apprenticeship as tailor/dressmaker or industrial clothes manufacturer
• Min. 4 years of work experience in clothing manufacturing ideally in the area of sampling production