Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process; Temporary

Position: Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process (Temporary)
Department
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Sourcing Systems & Process
Reports to
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Manager, Sourcing Business Process
Location: North Vancouver, BC
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:As the Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process, you will represent Arc’teryx Sourcing business needs in identifying and implementing technology and business solutions as required. In this role, you will represent the supply chain functions and will be responsible to provide department specific needs, coordinate departmental work for the project, provide input on whether proposed solutions meet needs, and then coordinate implementation of the new solution(s).This

role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Please note this is a temporary full-time role ending in March 2027.
Meet your future team:The Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process will work with a cross-functional group whose focus is to deliver best-in-class solutions to support Arc’teryx Strategic Business Goals.

If you were the Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Supporting the overall business readiness for projects and initiatives

Identifying where there are gaps between business requirements and proposed solutions, and leading the evaluation of ways to address those gaps

Defining the business requirements for your business area within scope of responsibility, and other supporting tools, and assisting other departments in defining theirs

Documenting the current and future state of business processes affected by identified projects and initiatives

Identifying operational changes between current and future state, including new required processes

Working closely with business and technology stakeholders to ensure the efficient use of technical solutions vs business process workarounds.

Acting as the sourcing point of contact for all other departments involved to drive a common business design and data consistency

Ensuring best practices and process optimization are built at the design stage

Working closely with the internal and external teams to ensure that the projects and initiatives stay on track; communicating status and potential roadblocks to leadership.

Taking the lead in identifying the required information to support existing systems / applications with other future tools

Helping to determine the optimal go live strategy for different projects

Focusing on Planning, Sourcing, supporting Data Migration, System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and validating test transactions for Planning Tool & SAP S4 Hanna change requests

Using analysis tools – Excel, Analysis for Office, Power

BI - to perform data analysis. Leverage data analysis skills to troubleshoot data inaccuracies, perform root cause analysis.

Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Working closely with the Amer Sports Global Sourcing Vendor Sustainability team on quarterly business reviews and training/capacity building (at least annually)

Adhering to negotiated lead times and balanced annual capacities to expedite responsible purchasing practices as outlined in the Responsible Sourcing Policy

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

Contributing to and supporting future initiatives to evolve and build upon the core technical and business solutions

Conducting ongoing assessment of project blueprints and business requirements, and identifying potential gaps or opportunities for future consideration

Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify business and system process efficiencies

Are you our next Project Specialist, Sourcing Systems & Process?

You have 3+ years’ work experience in a planning and supply chain focused role

You have 3+ years work experience SAP, or equivalent system

You have experience in developing reports for analysis and decision making

You have strong Project Management skills

You have a drive to learn and participate

You are an excellent collaborator while also able to work effectively with a team

You…