Senior Manager, Sourcing Systems & Process

Overview

Department :
Sourcing

Reports to :
Director, Supply Planning

Location :
North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX
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The Senior Manager, Sourcing Systems & Process represents Arc’teryx Sourcing, Supply Planning, & Decoration Services business needs in cross-functional systems implementation projects that could impact Sourcing & Supply Planning processes. As the lead for Sourcing / Supply Planning on digital transformation projects, you will provide department-specific systems requirements, work with consultants and the overall company to identify best in class solutions, coordinate departmental work for the project, provide input on whether proposed solutions meet needs, and coordinate testing and implementation of the new systems solution(s).

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and possible in a hybrid work environment. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet your future team
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The Sourcing Systems & Process team partners closely with various parts of the business to initiate, manage, and provide oversight of digitalization initiatives that enable Sourcing to elevate and achieve its strategic goals and objectives. This role serves as the connector between business and technical teams, translating business requirements into technical requirements and vice versa. The Sr. Manager, Sourcing Systems & Process will work with internal and external cross-functional groups to ideate, design, and deliver a variety of end-to-end business system and process solutions.

We connect strategy to execution by leading a portfolio of digital project initiatives that directly work to achieve the company’s vision and goals.

• Representing Sourcing & Supply Planning teams throughout each stage of the systems & process projects, from Business Requirement Documentation through testing to go-live
• Driving the overall business readiness prior to project go-live on behalf of the Sourcing teams
• Identifying where there are gaps between business requirements and process/system design, and leading the evaluation of potential solutions to address those gaps as needed
• Acting as the point of contact and representative of Sourcing teams to ensure that their needs are considered end-to-end across the systems & processes implemented
• Ensuring best practices and process optimization are built at the design stage for future enhancements focused on long term scale, not short-term benefit
• Documenting, directly and indirectly, the current and future state of all business processes affected by systems projects at hand
• Identifying operational changes between current state and future state processes, and leading and coordinating the process/system change within the internal departments to ensure successful implementation
• Acting as the Sourcing team business partner for all other departments involved to drive a common business design and data consistency
• Communicating the end-state consistently to the project team and notify project leadership of any challenges to the plan
• Holding stakeholders (at all levels) accountable to committed timelines and deliverables
• Develops and maintains a healthy and effective working relationship with Supply Chain leaders for ongoing collaboration on process changes and improvements
• Builds and develops a high performing team providing clear guidance on tasks and priorities, mentorship, and inspiration in driving their career forward

• Initiatives relating to SAP enhancements and Business Transformation upgrades
• New Technology / Business Processes and Supply Chain related priorities

• You have a Bachelor's degree, ideally in Supply Chain and / or Project Management
• You have 8+ years experience working in sourcing and/or supply chain related roles, with at least 2 in a leadership role
• You have proven experience in leading ERP implementations (preferably SAP), Sourcing / Supply Chain systems transformations, and process improvements
• You have your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification as a plus
• You have a strong knowledge of Supply Chain principles
• You have strong understanding of…