Manager, Pattern Maker

Job description

**Department**: Product Creation Development **Reports to:**Director, Product Development Execution **Location:**North Vancouver, BC **Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:** As the Manager, Pattern Maker you provide leadership to the pattern team and support to the development team in their efforts to develop a consistent level of quality, fit and performance, promoting the Arc’teryx brand as one that exceeds customer expectations **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 pattern makers, product developers, designers, and a cut and sew team that works on creating innovative product. Our team builds strong relationships with cross-functional partners to realize ideas into commercialized successes. ### If you were in the Manager, Pattern Maker role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing: - Providing leadership to pattern makers and leads, while building, coaching a high performing team of technical Pattern Makers, and owning the day-to-day leadership of the team - Ensuring the pattern team interpret design intent, create prototype, sample and graded production patterns, ensuring that methods and documentation are consistent with known factory methods and processes - Managing workload within the pattern making team to ensure development and production deadlines are met - Maintaining regular communication with sample line and design team to ensure consistent methods for new technical construction are well communicated - Working with design to identify Maker Phase needs for concepting and block development - Working with design to establish standard fit by product category/end use and ensure product size/fit consistency, including consistent use of block pattern library by pattern team, working with design, development team on new blocks as required - Establishing and maintaining computer pattern libraries, ensuring change consistency amongst all patternmakers. - Developing and support pattern makers in building SOP’s / clear documentation and process to ensure smooth and an efficient process within the I2C calendar. - Partnering with Proof of Concept and Commercialization teams to ensure a smooth transition throughout the I2C process and enabling Product Creation Development to deliver on time in full. - Collaborating with Designers and Product Developers to establish and document product construction standards and illustrated technical specifications for all product - Building business relationships with Designers, Cut and Sew, Product Developers, and Factory partners - Ensuring accurate finished garment measurement specifications are developed and maintained each season - Troubleshooting problems and ensuring regular maintenance of computer software and equipment - Identifying the need and building best practice processes and procedures are in place and understood by all team members. - Supporting Leadership to refine as needed to meet changing business needs and design integrity ### Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future: - Working on high visibility projects supporting strategic needs for the future - Project management of custom calendar projects - Building the team’s leadership capabilities and supporting the ongoing development of our talent ### Are you our next Manager, Pattern Maker? - You have a 10+ years in patternmaking and production, with 3+ years in a leadership capacity - You have the ability to work from pattern blocks or from sketches - You have knowledge of garment construction, grading specialty - You have experience using Gerber PDS & Accumark - You have experience leading a team - You have effective verbal and written communications skills - You have good attention to detail - You have strong interpersonal skills - You have the ability to work independently - You have demonstrated management skills - 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 (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