Raw Materials Sourcing Specialist

**Your opportunity at Arc’teryx**:
As Raw Materials Sourcing Specialist, you will be responsible for driving supply chain operational excellence within our raw materials supplier base. You will work closely with our Raw Materials Supply Planning team and grow the capabilities of our Supply Chain team, with the focus of building a resilient Tier 2 supply chain for our apparel, equipment, and footwear product. You will own relationships with our raw materials suppliers, driving strategic sourcing projects and providing insight and recommend sustainable sourcing strategies to continuously improve speed, optimize cost, and best utilize supply chain capability and efficiencies.

**Meet Your Future Team**:
The Raw Materials Sourcing team is part of the Raw Materials organization and includes the Raw Materials Supply Planning team. The team partners closely with finished goods Sourcing and Supply Planning, and our new Asia Liaison Office teams to grow our business and create a world class supply chain.
- Other teams you will work closely with include Raw Materials Development, Product Development, Design, Quality, Compliance, Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, Global Planning, Product Operations, to name a few. Your priority is to ensure that our Tier 2 supply chain can deliver on all seasonal commercialization requirements, while anticipating the future needs of the business.

**If you were the Raw Materials Sourcing Specialist, here are some of the core activities you would be doing**:

- Collaborating with RM Supply Planners, RM Developers, and Quality partners to manage the supply chain and new business requests.
- Partnering with Product and Merchandising leadership to develop the costing and negotiation strategy required to hit margin targets.
- Supporting data management and communication between all Supply Chain partners, including ALO staff.
- Supporting strategic projects with Raw Materials teams and cross functional partners while providing regular updates on progress.
- Collaborating with sourcing partners at AMER and ANTA Sports to find process efficiencies, cost savings and sustainability best practices for the brand and the wider group
- Contributing to the management of excess raw materials and projecting write off liability formulating and presenting recommendations for minimizing ERM cost and environmental impacts.
- Contributing on behalf of wider supply chain organization, working closely with cross functional partners to support process timeline and discipline.
- Supporting raw materials supply chain feedback particularly but not exclusively for Supply Review and other key Commercialization gates.

**Here’s what you could be working on in the future**:

- Collaborating with the Sustainability team to reduce the carbon footprint of our raw materials supply chain.
- Administering delivery models for speed to market programs that improve our agility and grow our DTC business.
- Building a resilient supply chain that can respond quickly to natural disaster and geo-political disturbances.

**Are you our next Raw Materials Sourcing Specialist?**:

- You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or other relevant field
- You have 2+ years of experience in apparel, equipment, or footwear Raw Materials Sourcing or related positions.
- You have excellent communication skills, ability to relate to all levels of stakeholders
- You have strong leadership, interpersonal, facilitation, and project management experience.
- You have the ability to think both strategically and tactically, ability exert tactful influence.
- You have advanced skills in Excel, and solid systems experience.
- You are numbers and data driven, and comfortable working with and analyzing large datasets.
- You set clear direction, aligning teams and fostering commitments to objectives.
- You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions.
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.
- You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement.
- You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions.
- You are unwavering in your commitment to do what is right.
- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it.
- A degree in Supply Chain Management or related business fields is a plus.
- Foreign language skills are a plus.

**Equal 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