Senior Footwear Cost Engineer

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX
As Senior Footwear Cost Engineer you will ensure every product meets high performance and quality standards while meeting margin targets. You will influence design and manufacturing of new models by setting margin and FOB targets at the beginning of the product creation process, reviewing cost breakdown sheets at each critical stage, and providing suggestions for margin improvement. You will collaborate with Arc’teryx, Tier 1 and Tier 2 counterparts in Asia to optimize manufacturing costs and work with Sourcing and Materials teams to align sourcing strategy and financial targets. You will create “cheat sheets” and other self‑service tools and ensure critical steps in our costing process are aligned with our corporate calendar.

This role is based out of our Portland office. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US.

Meet Your Team
The Product Creation Development team is a dynamic group spread across the globe. It sits within Supply Chain and acts as a center of excellence partner with the Footwear Business Unit. The Arc’teryx Footwear team creates innovative, aesthetically striking products that exceed the core mountain athlete’s outdoor needs across climbing, hiking, and trail running. We are builders, problem solvers, and passionate outdoor enthusiasts who take an immersive approach to identifying our athlete’s future needs, then build, test, and validate products that solve real functional challenges.

Roles & Responsibilities

Enable teams to hit quality, performance and financial standards by:

Ensuring teams set model‑level FOB targets at the beginning of the season.

Reviewing cost breakdown sheets (CBDs) at each critical stage of the product creation process.

Providing suggestions on all models to improve margin.

Collaborating with Materials Design and Development to align upper‑materials strategy against costing targets.

Collaborating with Engineering teams in Portland and Asia to ensure quoted labour and overhead costs for every process align with expectations.

Fostering deep, collaborative partnerships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners to ensure Arc’teryx standards and processes are agreed upon and followed.

Leveraging functional expertise to educate, coach and mentor others.

Continuously learning and monitoring processes in manufacturing to identify efficiency improvement opportunities.

Future Opportunities

Developing and/or identifying the costing tools and processes needed to lead us into the digital future.

Coaching and mentoring our full product creation team.

Evolving our costing processes to position us for the next phase of growth.

Qualifications

At least five years’ experience in cost engineering in the footwear industry, ideally with exposure to manufacturing environments in Asia.

Independent ability to provide suggestions and ideas for improving margins.

Strong influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross‑functional stakeholders.

Ability to set a clear vision, align the team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives.

Basic knowledge of footwear construction, foams and rubbers, manufacturing, and materials.

Excellent communication skills – interpersonal, written and verbal.

Proactive in identifying root causes of issues and developing solutions.

Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.

Effective balance of autonomy and collaboration.

Skilled at seeking the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions.

Compensation
$82,000 – $113,000 a year. The range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Pay is influenced by job‑related skills, experience, education, and level of responsibility.

Benefits

Health & well‑being

– Extended health, dental, vision coverage, mental health support, fertility benefits, and 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.

Financial well‑being

– Immediately vested 401(k) with matching, eligibility for Annual Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program where applicable.

Time & flexibility

– Paid time off and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).

Family support

– Parental leave for birthing and on‑birthing parents, with options to ease transition back to work.

Growth, community & gear

– Professional development opportunities, Arc’teryx Academies (outdoor skill‑building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).

Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

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