Senior Developer, Material Portfolio, Trims

The Senior Developer, Material Portfolio, Trims is responsible for creating and maintaining scalable trim platforms that support VF brands and product categories.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Manager, Material Portfolio, Trims, this role translates brand and product needs into consolidated, reusable, and technically validated trim solutions.
• The role analyzes trim usage, identifies opportunities to reduce duplication and complexity, and develops core platforms that improve adoption, speed, consistency, cost efficiency, sustainability, and supply resilience across brands.
• Trim Platform Creation & Development Create and develop scalable trim platforms across key categories such as zippers, buttons, snaps, labels, tapes, elastics, cords, hardware, and packaging-related trims.
• Translate common brand and product requirements into core trim constructions, specifications, color or finish options, and application guidelines that can be adopted across multiple products and brands.
• Develop platform solutions that balance brand relevance with repeatability, technical performance, cost efficiency, sustainability, speed, and supply resilience.
• Maintain a clear pipeline of new platforms and platform enhancements based on portfolio gaps, product needs, market trends, supplier capability, and innovation opportunities.
• Analysis, Consolidation & Lifecycle Management Analyze trim usage, specifications, suppliers, cost, performance, and adoption data to identify duplicate, fragmented, low-usage, or overlapping materials.
• Recommend and execute consolidation opportunities by aligning similar trim requests to existing core materials or by creating common platforms that serve broader business needs.
• Support lifecycle management of core and seasonal trims, including adoption, performance review, rationalization, replacement, and phase-out.
• Platform Validation & Readiness Validate platform constructions, finishes, compatibility, durability, appearance, and end-use performance across intended product applications.
• Coordinate sampling, testing, risk assessment, trial adoption, and corrective actions with Product Development, Quality, Sustainability, suppliers, and brand material teams.
• Ensure approved platforms have complete specifications, testing records, application guidance, supplier information, and digital assets for reliable adoption and commercialization.
• Cross-Brand Adoption & Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with brand material teams, Design, Product Development, Material Sourcing, Quality, and Sustainability to identify shared needs and embed platform solutions into seasonal development.
• Present platform options, consolidation recommendations, technical trade-offs, and business benefits clearly to support timely material decisions.
• Work with suppliers and internal partners to resolve technical barriers and improve the usability, relevance, and adoption of core trim platforms.
• Digital Portfolio, Analytics & Continuous Improvement Maintain accurate trim metadata, specifications, images, supplier details, lifecycle status, and platform relationships in PLM and material library systems.
• Track platform adoption, trim proliferation, material utilization, consolidation progress, and portfolio gaps to support data-driven decisions.
• Continuously improve platform-development and portfolio-review processes to reduce redundant requests, increase core-material adoption, and simplify the overall trims portfolio.

Requirements

• WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU: Technical Expertise Strong knowledge of trim categories, constructions, finishes, manufacturing processes, performance characteristics, and product applications.
• Demonstrated capability in creating scalable material platforms, comparing specifications, identifying commonality, and converting multiple requirements into consolidated solutions.
• Working knowledge of material testing, quality, sustainability, compliance, costing, supplier capability, and lifecycle management.
• Leadership & Collaboration Proven ability to lead and develop small teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across teams and suppliers.
• Strong analytical capability to interpret material usage, specifications, adoption, supplier, cost, and performance data and turn findings into portfolio actions.
• Ability to manage multiple platform-development and consolidation projects, align stakeholders, and deliver against seasonal and longer-range priorities.
• R-20261103-0046

Preferred

• Experience with PLM, ERP, or material library systems is a plus.