Sr. Director, Footwear Sourcing

This role sets the strategic direction for the footwear supply chain, integrating manufacturing, development, production planning and partner management to deliver quality products, accelerate speed to market and drive sustainable margin improvement. It leads a geographically dispersed sourcing function, building a high-performance team across sourcing, development, costing, production planning and quality assurance. The role collaborates with product teams, T1 and T2 factories, and upstream and downstream stakeholders to ensure product is properly engineered and delivered with the highest quality, at the best cost and at the right time.

• Develops and drives strategy for the sourcing team, reviewing vendor scorecards, costing matrices, raw material costs and macro trends, and researching and analysing cost structures to recommend and execute the sourcing strategy.
• Recommends best-in-class sourcing strategies that optimise processes by leveraging global efficiencies in raw materials and other assets, maintaining advantageous relationships with key vendors and maximising speed to market.
• Provides information on macro market trends such as costing, raw material availability, labour wage trends, factory capacities and foreign countries' trade policies and opportunities.
• Drives development of key initiatives to maximise margins and minimise costs, including commitments, production space, and collaboration with T1 and T2 factories on conservation and efficiency.
• Drives functional operational excellence within product teams, providing discipline, balance and inspiration to ensure sourcing processes are synergised and focus remains on overall results.
• Builds a high-performance team through selection and development of talent in sourcing, development, costing, production planning and quality assurance
• Coaches, guides, manages and develops direct reports and creates an environment where employees are encouraged to perform at their potential and where diversity is respected and encouraged.
• Drives vendor strategy, ensuring alignment with Under Armour's strategy to enable company growth.
• Works with T1 partners to enable strategies that build vendor-managed capabilities and support for Under Armour in development, 3D, engineering and quality.
• Develops and maintains effective vendor relationships and communications, reviewing and analysing vendor production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications.
• Partners with upstream and downstream stakeholders to ensure that product is properly engineered for a smooth transition to manufacturing and is delivered with the highest quality, at the best cost and at the right time.

• Extensive knowledge and expertise in sourcing, including understanding of global supply chain dynamics and sourcing strategies.
• Experience with AI-driven solutions and digital transformation in sourcing processes.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to manage a geographically dispersed team and foster a high-performance culture.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in the footwear industry, with 5 years in a leadership role.
• Robust negotiation and international business experience.
• Strategic thinking, communication, problem solving, team player, leadership, risk management, organisational matrix management and customer focus.

• Prior experience in the sports footwear industry and overseas manufacturing.

• Travel: 10-15% of the year.

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