Principal, Apparel MME (Either based in Taiwan or Vietnam)
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Taipei City - Taiwan
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Job Summary
Become a Part of the NIKE Inc. Team
NIKE Inc. does more than outfit the worlds best athletes. It is a place to explore potential obliterate boundaries and push the edges of what can be. Our culture thrives on innovation technical excellence and a relentless focus on delivering product readiness at scale.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Principal Materials Manufacturing Engineering (MME) role is a senior technical individual contributor responsible for owning manufacturing readiness strategy for innovation new materials processes and suppliers. This role operates early in the creation calendar and shapes Nikes material readiness strategy decision frameworks to protect mustwin sport moments.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
Own upstream manufacturing readiness strategy for innovation and highrisk materials
Partner in Product Risk Assessment execution for materials manufacturing defining focus areas and readiness priorities.
Assess manufacturability scalability and capability gaps for new materials processes and suppliers.
Define readiness gates risk thresholds and go / nogo recommendations for scale.
Translate downstream production and quality learnings into upstream standards and risk prevention frameworks.
Serve as senior technical escalation point for material manufacturing readiness decisions.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
This role reports to the Director Apparel MME & MSO and partners closely with Product Risk Engineering (PRE) Materials Quality Engineering (MQE) Materials Development Supplier Management Materials Sourcing Product Creation Product Integrity Manufacturing & Systems Engineering and external material suppliers to align on readiness strategy and execution.
WHAT YOU BRING
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience; advanced engineering or materials degree preferred.
810 years of experience in materials manufacturing engineering innovation scaleup or supply chain risk management.
Deep technical expertise in apparel materials manufacturing and supplier capability assessment.
Ability to operate in ambiguity and influence senior stakeholders
Strong systems thinking with the ability to connect risk quality capacity and scale.
Strong communication skills translating technical risk into clear business impact and recommendations.
Ability to travel approximately 10%.
