Manager, Pattern Maker

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…