Department: Supply Chain
Reports to: VP, Sourcing
Location: North Vancouver
Business address: If you were the Sr. Director, Sourcing now, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for:- Leading, guiding and mentoring a high performing Sourcing team, fostering core competencies and capabilities in delivering a world class supply chain
- Driving cross-functional initiatives to achieve organizational objectives and long-term strategic plan
- Developing and implementing our global sourcing strategy with the right manufacturing capacity and capability to drive our business growth and delivers on cost, quality, and speed to market needs
- Leading the Sourcing team to achieve its medium and long-term financial and operating objectives as set by the strategies and business plans
- Fostering a culture of growth and development across the Sourcing org and holding other leaders and managers accountable to their goals
- Owning and enhancing relationship with our suppliers through direct engagement, collaboration, and partnership
- Leading the seasonal planning and commercialization process: allocations strategy, seasonal development to buy ready, and end-to-end costing
- Building a transparent costing methodology with strong standards to deliver the right product costs and meet margin targets
- Managing the supplier network with the right balance of country, capacity, and capability to maximize value and reduce long-term risk
- Leading the search strategy for new suppliers with a robust sourcing criteria, evaluation and qualification framework
- Designing a comprehensive onboarding program for new suppliers to ensure a successful integration
- Negotiating, managing and safeguarding the terms and conditions of our supplier agreement
- Leading continuous supply chain improvement by maintaining a supplier scorecard that captures areas of performance including product innovation, development, lead time, costs, compliance, sustainability, and partnership
- Partnering with Advanced Concepts and Inline Design teams to ensure we have the right capability and business plan to deliver product concept and innovation
- Collaborating cross-functionally as a key member of our product leadership team
- Upholding the Fair Labor Association's Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing through the Arc'teryx supply chain
- Working closely with the Amer Sports Global Sourcing Vendor Sustainability team on quarterly business reviews and training/capacity building
- Advancing responsible purchasing principles and practices through adherence negotiated lead time and balanced annual capacities as outlined in the Responsible Sourcing Policy
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:- Developing a robust and effective network assessment tool that assures the long-term availability of quality product
- Building best-in-class supply chain processes that enhances our Go-to-Market efficiency
- Fostering a continuous improvement mindset that optimizes the product engine
- Proposing and developing long term strategy in building a world class supply chain
- Building a talent pipeline and creating career development opportunities that inspire and challenge the team
Are you our next Sr. Director, Sourcing?- You have a Bachelor's Degree in Apparel or Textile Design, Supply Chain, Business, Merchandising, or Engineering, along with 10+ years of leadership experience in sourcing and supply chain
- You have a strong knowledge of supply chain and logistics
- You have a knowledge of the end-to-end apparel go-to-market process
- You have proven skills at problem solving, interpreting design intent and product innovation
- You have proven performance history with domestic and offshore vendors and manufacturers
- You have strong communication and influencing skills
- You have proven business acumen and analytical skills
- You have strong digital dexterity, including the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and leverage data
- You have extreme attention to detail
- You have an extensive knowledge of raw materials, technical construction, and sourcing
- You have proven people management skills; you set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
- You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
- You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
- You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it.
$181,000 - $249,000 a year
Wage: A reasonable estimate of the pay range is CAD $181,000 - CAD $249,000 at the time of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training. Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and does not include our competitive bonus program and benefits that we offer
Benefits: Annual Incentive Plan, extended medical and dental, RRSP Matching, 3 weeks paid time off
Hours: 40 hours per week, permanent/full-time employment
Language of work: English
Contact: [email protected]
