Commercialization Specialist

Department:  Product Creation Development Reports to:  Manager, Commercialization Location: Hong Kong **Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:**This is a dual-function technical position. The "Hybrid" nature of this role refers specifically to the integration of Product Development and Pattern Making & Fit Engineering.  As a Hybrid Commercialization Specialist, you are responsible for managing products from design approval through to production readiness, supporting our ability to deliver on time and providing an exceptional consumer experience.  Your innovative and solutions-focused approach to development and commercialization ensures that each product you work on meets Arc'teryx design intent, supply chain requirements and contributes to our ability to scale in a skilled capable manufacturing base. **Meet Your Future Team:**The Commercialization Specialists (Hybrid) are passionate about transitioning product from creation to a scalable buy ready state.  We partner closely with our vendors to ensure products meet product development, cost and quality expectations while supporting our sourcing strategies.  We achieve this by building strong cross functional relationships within Product Creation Development and additional functional Supply Chain partners, as well as the Design and Merchandising teams.
If you were the Commercialization Specialist (Hybrid) now, you manage the product development, while expanding your ownership to include fit review and approval for modest amount of dual source development. 

If you were the Commercialization Specialist now, here are some of the core Product Development activities you would be doing:

• Owning the development and commercialization of products as we transition to manufacturing from product creation development approval through to bulk readiness, ensuring product is delivered on time in full
• Consistently achieving product design intent through collaboration with Product Creation Development, Design, and Supply Chain (Sourcing, Costing, Compliance and Quality) departments
• Working directly with global vendors, , to accurately communicate model requirements, buy ready and production ready specifications, approved reference samples and patterns to meet established fit, quality and construction standards
• Collaborating with global vendors to provide manufacturing input to our Product teams that will improve scalability, efficiency and enable quality in our manufacturing base
• Transforming the Product Creation Development tech pack information, give attention to details, with accurate database of Bill of Materials (BOM) information that will result in efficient raw material sourcing and purchasing which then enables the vendors to accurately produce finished product on time, in full at cost
• Executing to calendar deliverables, including but not limited to development protos, pre-production and size run samples, raw material and finished goods validation, costing, compliance testing, quality evaluation and approval requirements with key stakeholders