Production Manager, Finished Goods

Department: Supply Chain

Reports to: Senior Manager, Production Management

Location: Hong Kong

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As the Production Manager, Finished Goods, you work with a team of highly qualified sourcing, quality, production and raw materials professionals in the Arc’teryx Hong Kong Supply Chain team. You will partner with the Arcteryx Head Office teams and vendor partners to strive for fulfilment of our business objectives. You will be working with a well-developed base of highly professional long-term vendor partners, always looking for creative solutions and processes to improve speed, optimize cost, and best utilize supply chain capabilities and efficiencies.

This role is based out of our Hong Kong Sourcing office and is expected to be performed on-location.

Meet Your Future Team:

We are a small but highly versatile team of problem solvers and process makers, driving collaborative partnership between Arc’teryx Headquarters, our vendors, and the Hong Kong Supply Chain team. We support the building and execution of a sustainable global sourcing strategy that enables us to deliver exceptional product at the right place, with the right quality and cost, and on-time. You will partner with cross functional teams internally as well as externally with our vendor partners to identify and fulfill the sourcing needs of the company and deliver all product developed, commercialized, and manufactured by our vendors.

If you were the Production Manager, Finished Goods now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Supporting the Supply Chain Management team to drive partnership with our vendor partners to deliver a world class supply chain performance to support our business growth.
• Supporting the HQ Supply Planning management with sales and operations (S&OP) evolution, supply review and change management initiatives
• Supporting the HQ Supply Planning management with system integration and tool development
• Optimizing supply planning, production functions and processes to ensure alignment with the Strategic Business Plans (SBP) and multi-channel performance
• Collaborating with the vendor partners and Raw Materials team to ensure efficient and effective production planning to support business needs and delivery performance
• Managing and continuously improving the finished goods key performance indicators to measure supply planning accuracy, trends and to perform analysis as required
• Managing finished goods production and supplier reporting needs - collaborating with all partners to refine data for analytics performance
• Adhering to negotiated lead times and balanced annual capacities to expedite responsible purchasing practices as outlined in the Responsible Sourcing Policy
• Leading and providing coaching to the production team members, building the core competencies and capabilities in the team to deliver on speed to market needs.
• Set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
• Upholding Fair Labour Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principal of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arcteryx Supply Chain

Are you our next Production Manager, Finished Goods?

• You have a degree in Merchandising/Business Management or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
• You have 10+ years’ experience in apparel merchandising or productionand at least 3+ years’ experience in people leadership.MNC sourcing office experience is a plus
• You have strong leadership, interpersonal and facilitation skills, along with previous people leadership and mentoring experience
• You have the ability to think both strategically and tactically, ability exert tactful influence within the organization
• You bring excellent communication skills with the ability to relate to all levels of stakeholders
• You have strong presentation skills and have demonstrated experience with presenting to senior leadership
• You have advanced skills in MS Office (Word, Power point, Excel including Vlookup / XLookup and Pivot Tables), and knowledge ofERP & PLM systems is an advantage (e.g., SAP, Centric etc.)
• You have strong knowledge and skills in capacity and production planning
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
• You have the ability to travel occasionally, as required.
• 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

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 we operate.  

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

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