Senior Manager, Sourcing Systems & Process

Department
:
Sourcing

Reports to
:
Director, Supply Planning

Location: North Vancouver, BC

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

Decoration Services business needs in cross-functional projects that could impact Sourcing & Supply Planning processes. As the lead for Sourcing / Supply Planning on business transformation projects, you will provide department specific needs, 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 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:

The Sourcing Business Process (SBP) team partners closely with various parts of the business to initiate, manage, and provide oversight of initiatives that enable Sourcing to elevate and achieve its strategic goals and objectives. SBP also serves as the conduit between different business teams and project teams that are external to Sourcing. The Sr. Manager, Sourcing Business Process will work with internal and external cross-functional groups to ideate, design, and deliver a variety of end-to-end business processes and system solutions.

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

• 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 leader for the team in gathering and testing the requirements of the Sourcing teams for externally led projects
• Acting as the point of contact and representative of Sourcing teams to ensure that their needs are considered end-to-end across the business 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 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
• Working closely with the internal and global project teams to ensure that the projects stay on track
• Communicating project status and potential roadblocks to project leadership with enough notice to mitigate risks
• 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 a strong knowledge of Supply Chain principles
• You have your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification as a plus
• You have proven experience in leading ERP implementations (preferably SAP), Sourcing / Supply Chain…