About the role
Who We Are:
At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.
Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.
Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:
- Runner First We act in the best interest of the runner
- Word is Bond We do what we say we’ll do
- Champion Heart We give our all in everything we do
- There is no “I” in Run We stay generous with our humanity
- Keep Moving We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!
We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.
Your Job :
As our Senior Footwear Materials Developer, Asia, you will play a key role in our material process from concept to commercialization. You will work cross-functionally with the global product creation team, suppliers, and Asia factories to drive our material development process, timelines, and standards. You will partner on projects from concept to production with your corresponding US Material Developer to bring advanced materials with high performance to our products. You will carry out the research and development in materials which fuel and support the overall development and design efforts for the footwear team. Utilizing your strong technical skills, in-depth knowledge of footwear material properties and knowledge of sustainable materials trends, you’ll bring new materials and capabilities to the team and work closely with vendors to ensure that Brooks’ footwear product goals are achieved. As a key member of the materials team, you’ll explore, research, and develop various materials including knits, woven, non-woven, synthetics and all other materials used in footwear.
