Sourcing Specialist

If you were the Sourcing Specialist for Arcteryx Hong Kong Office now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Supporting the Sourcing Manager to drive partnership with our vendors to deliver best-in-class performance
• Serve as the primary point of contact for factories regarding T1 capacity planning and lead times.
• Conduct regular capacity review meetings with key manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate with vendors to understand their capabilities, constraints, and expansion plans.
• Proactively secure and book production capacity with key vendors to meet seasonal launch schedules.
• Monitor and track factory capacity utilization in real-time, identifying potential risks and over/under-capacity situations.
• Support to develop contingency plans and alternative sourcing strategies to mitigate capacity shortfalls or unexpected demand spikes.
• Partner with the Production Planning team to align capacity with the master production schedule.
• Work closely with the Product Development, Design, Quality and Merchandising teams to understand product complexity, quality and its impact on production capacity.
• Generate regular reports on capacity status, factory utilization, and on-time delivery performance.
• Analyze historical data and future demand forecasts to ensure capacity plans for each product category and manufacturing partner are aligned.
• Analyze production lead times and efficiency metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Present findings and recommendations to management to support strategic decision-making.
• Maintain accurate and organized records of all sourcing activities, supplier information, and business data.

Here are some of things you could be working on in the future:

• Researching and assessing new vendors to support the business and capacity growth and driving continuous improvement
• Owning vendor development and relationship building with stakeholders
• Managing SAP vendor set-up and signing of T1 Supply Agreements
• Owning the onboarding and training of new vendors and continuously building capabilities throughout the entire vendor base
• Providing support to the Sustainability team on compliance and ESG management
• Upholding Fair Labour Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principal of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arcteryx Supply Chain
• Working closely with the Amer Sports Global Sourcing Vendor Sustainability team on quarterly business reviews and training/capacity building
• Working more in-depth with current and future vendor base to propose continuous improvements on vendor level for efficiency and cost improvements
• Building a talent pipeline to support long term workload increase and business growth
• Contribute to the development of the seasonal sourcing strategy.
• Develop and maintain detailed capacity planning models and dashboards.

Are you our next Sourcing Specialist for the Arcteryx Hong Kong Office?

• You have a degree in Merchandising/Business Management or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
• You have 5+ years’ experience in apparel sourcing, capacity planning or merchandising in a global company
• You have strong interpersonal skills and can work effectively with internal and external stakeholders of diverse cultural backgrounds
• You have expertise in negotiation, problem solving and multi-tasking
• You have good knowledge of raw materials, technical construction and product costing. Footwear experience is a plus
• You are assertive and have a high level of self-initiative
• You are fluent in English and have strong verbal and written communication skills
• You are proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Outlook, and knowledge of ERP & PLM systems is an advantage (e.g., SAP, Centric etc.)
• 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