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FOOTWEAR (FW) MATERIALS DEVELOPER II VIETNAM
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
In this role, you’ll partner with cross-functional teams across the Partner Management Office (PMO), Phil Knight Campus (PHK), and Product Creation Center (PCC) to surface issues early and collaborate on effective solutions. You’ll serve as the primary vendor contact for material-specific matters, including pricing, technical specifications, and performance. Based at the Nike Vietnam Office in Ho Chi Minh City, this role reports to the Director, FW Material Development Lead Vietnam.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a Footwear Materials Developer with strong technical expertise to help deliver product excellence. In this role, you will provide tools, guidance, and data analysis across multiple material types to support effective material selection across a wide range of products. You will clearly present facts and solutions—balancing athlete’s needs and business priorities—to help cross-functional teams make informed decisions.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Materials, Chemistry, Product Development or Product Engineering, Manufacturing or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
- Minimum of 2 years’ directly applicable work experience.
- High communication and influencing skills, including the ability to interact with leadership and cross-functional product creation team members.
- Knowledge of footwear material types including fibers, yarns, textiles, leathers, synthetic leathers, components.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate goals and objectives.
- Willingness to travel domestically.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will provide tools, solutions and data across multiple material types to support effective, end-use-driven material selection. You will clearly present facts and solutions with product creation and consumer needs in mind, enabling the team to make informed decisions.
- Manages the materials creation process from concept through commercialization and production, ensuring assigned materials are delivered on time and meet critical milestones, product specifications, sustainability standards, performance requirements, and profitability goals.
- Leads projects and coordinates communication across multiple stakeholders.
- Creates, updates, and maintains development documentation for assigned materials, including product specifications and prototypes.
- Monitors testing and communicates issues promptly to ensure materials meet integrity requirements.
- Serves as a technical materials advisor to stakeholders.
- Manages time effectively to advance project initiatives and deliverables.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
