Product Development Assistant

Department: Product Creation

Reports to: Director, Product Development

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As the Product Development Assistant (PDA), you support the Product Creation Development Team in their efforts to develop a consistent level of quality, promoting Arc’teryx as a brand that consistently exceeds customer expectations.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on location. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

We are a small, high-performing team that works closely with all aspects of product creation. The work we do behind the scenes supports Designers and Product Developers to accomplish go-to-market deliverables. You will be part of a focused team of Product Developers, Designers, Design Developers, Pattern Makers, and a Cut & Sew team that works on creating innovative product. Our team builds strong relationships with cross-functional partners to realize ideas into commercialized successes.

Supporting the Product Creation Development Team with all aspects of product development, including (but not limited to) data entry, compiling spec packages, coordinating raw materials for sampling, product testing and washing, for concept and proto samples

Organizing approved raw material inventory within the design centre, and supporting the material needs for the design maker phase

Contributing to the design maker phase alongside your product creation partners

Supporting throughout the sample process, from concepting through to fit approved stage

Ensuring the timely delivery of all PDA responsibilities against product creation calendars

Preparing commercial invoices, tracking packages to factories and providing product details to support logistic requirements, from concept through to fit approved stage

Organizing and maintaining team sample racks

Organizing all sampling inventory and archiving

Ordering approved raw materials, stock transfers and supplies for the Design and Development teams as required

Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Creating strong cross-functional relationships with Raw Materials, Design, and Cut & Sew teams, amongst others

Collaborating to create efficient processes in fabric material inventories, sample tracking, and shipping

Supporting Product Developers in managing models

You have a post-secondary education in apparel or textile design, technology, merchandising, or the equivalent experience

You have a knowledge of garment construction

You are proficient in the use of Microsoft Office

You have a strong attention to detail and accuracy

You have strong interpersonal and communication skills

You demonstrate intercultural fluency and can collaborate with diverse teams

You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions

You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity

You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration

You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement

You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right

Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

The salary range for this role is: CAD$53,000 - CAD$69,000