Footwear Technician - Port Melbourne, Australia - EOS Footwear

Description

Urban Shoemakers is a family owned footwear importer and wholesaler that has enjoyed a preeminent position in the specialist independent footwear wholesale market in Australian and New Zealand for over 30 years.

_head_ office we design, develop, manufacture (utilizing overseas sub-contracted resources), import and wholesale footwear into the Australian and New Zealand markets across two in-house footwear brands, EOS Footwear and Los Cabos.

For this part of your role, you will be responsible for all the technical footwear issues associated within the Urban business - be they from the current ranges and/or any new ranges introduced.

• Last design and last prototype development and correction.
• Footwear Pattern cutting.
• Thorough Footwear Component knowledge including the ability to design and correct all major footwear components.
• Extensive Footwear material knowledge relevant to all major footwear genres.
• Thorough knowledge and hands on experience in all major footwear manufacturing technologies.
• Thorough knowledge of all major footwear finishing techniques and an ability to communicate them to and reliably train relevant manufacturing resource staff.
• Thorough knowledge of major relevant international 'Chemical testing' regulations and requirements.
• Ability to systematically and scientifically 'fit' all prototypes and adjust for the relevant targeted market segment.
• Be a team player.

• Ability to think strategically, coolly and decisively under all circumstances
• Having a 'results' driven approach to the role and be able to show previous success in building brand awareness
• Ability to travel extensively is a prerequisite
• Possess a natural flair for design, fashion and sales
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively under often tight predetermined deadlines
• A highly motivated and focused approach to work
• A handson approach that will see you roll up your sleeves and assist in miscellaneous operational and administrative task as may be necessary
• Proven skills to negotiate and liaise with suppliers, customers, service providers, sales agents and colleagues
• Able to work independently, while contributing strongly to our whole business and product development team
• A working knowledge of Portuguese, Italian, Spanish,Mandarin, Vietnamese and/or Hindi will be very favourably assessed.
• Possess excellent time management
• Be able to multitask and
• Have a confident communication style

• This is a fulltime permanent position and applicants must be eligible to work_ _
  _longterm__ _in Australia_
• No agencies need reply to this job advertisement_