Department: Supply Chain
Reports to: Vice President, Sourcing
Location: Hong Kong
Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Senior Director, Sourcing in Hong Kong Sourcing Office, you will lead and elevate our Asia-based sourcing operations, serving as the regional anchor for supplier engagement and execution of global sourcing objectives. You will be responsible for translating corporate sourcing objectives into actionable sourcing plans, delivering supplier performance, buy-readiness, and operational excellence. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving agility, innovation, and cost efficiency across our vendor network, while upholding sustainability and compliance standards. This role is pivotal in bridging global strategy with in-region execution, enabling a resilient and responsive supply chain that supports our growth and brand integrity.
Meet Your Future Team:
We are a high-performing and versatile team of problem solvers and process innovators dedicated to bringing design to life and maintaining our brand integrity. We embrace and live our brand values and are passionate about innovation.
The Sourcing Team builds and executes a sustainable global sourcing strategy that enables us to deliver exceptional products at the right place, with the right quality and cost, and on time. You will collaborate internally with Product Development, Commercialization, Finance, Raw Materials, Quality, Planning, and Sustainability, as well as externally with our vendor partners to execute our strategy.
If you were the Senior Director, Sourcing in our Hong Kong Sourcing Office, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for:
Building, leading, and mentoring a high performing Sourcing team, fostering core competencies and capabilities in delivering a world class supply chainRepresenting the region in executive-level planning and decision makingAligning regional strategy with business, global sourcing and supply chain goalsOverseeing and optimizing supplier relationship and performance through direct engagement, collaboration and partnershipContributing to 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 needsPlaying a key role in shaping strategic direction by providing market intelligence, regional insights and operational feedbackSupporting business initiatives by collaborating with global leadership and translating strategy into regional executionLeading the search strategy for new suppliers with robust sourcing criteria, evaluation and qualification frameworkProviding leadership and expert insight into seasonal planning discussions, offering recommendations and operational perspectivesLeading the seasonal/monthly PO process and WIP management, delivering On-Time-In-Full to meet business requirementsFostering a culture of growth and development across the Sourcing org and regional teamsBuilding a transparent costing methodology with strong standards to deliver the right product costs and meet margin targetsDesigning comprehensive onboarding and supplier development programs for all new and incumbent suppliers to drive successful executionNegotiating, managing and safeguarding the terms and conditions of our supplier agreementUpholding the Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing through the Arc’teryx supply chainAdvancing responsible purchasing principles and practices through adherence negotiated lead time and balanced annual capacities as outlined in the Responsible Sourcing PolicyHere are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
Developing a robust and effective network assessment framework that assures the long-term availability of quality productsBuilding best-in-class supply chain processes that enhance our Innovation-to-Consumer efficiencyFostering a continuous improvement mindset that optimizes our supply chainBuilding a talent pipeline and creating career development opportunities that inspire and challenge the teamsAre you our next Senior Director, Sourcing?
You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Apparel or Textile Design, Merchandising, along with 15+ years of leadership experience in global sourcing and supply chainYou have deep experience in Asia-based manufacturing and vendor managementYou have in-depth knowledge of the end-to-end apparel go-to-market process You have proven skills at problem solving and strategy executionYou have proven performance history with domestic and offshore vendors and manufacturersYou have strong communication and influencing skillsYou have proven business acumen and analytical skillsYou have strong digital dexterity, including the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and leverage dataYou have extreme attention to detailYou have an extensive knowledge of raw materials, technical construction, and sourcingYou have proven people management skills; you set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectivesYou remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguityYou effectively balance autonomy and collaborationYou inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvementYou seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions with an unwavering commitment to do what is rightYour passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living itEqual Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants,
employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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